It is easy enough to tell the poor to accept their poverty as Gods wil…

Thomas Merton
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It is easy enough to tell the poor to accept their poverty as Gods will when you yourself have warm clothes and plenty of food and medical care and a roof over your head and no worry about the rent. But if you want them to believe youtry to share some of their poverty and see if you can accept it as Gods will yourself! ✨ Thomas Merton (2007). New Seeds of Contemplation, p.179, New Directions Publishing
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