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The sacred attitude is, then, one of deep and fundamental respect for the real in whatever new form it may present itself.
Thomas Merton
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Thomas Merton
Age: 53 †
Born: 1915
Born: January 15
Died: 1968
Died: December 10
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Thomas Feverel Merton
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God, have mercy on me in the blindness in which I hope I am seeking You!
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May we all grow in grace and peace and not neglect the silence that is printed in the center of our being. It will not fail us.
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