Love in fact is the spiritual life, and without it all the other exerc…

Thomas Merton
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Love in fact is the spiritual life, and without it all the other exercises of the spirit, however lofty, are emptied of content and become mere illusions. ✨ The Wisdom of the Desert.
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Love in fact is the spiritual life, and without it all the other exercises of the spirit, however lofty, are emptied of content and become mere illusions. ✨ The Wisdom of the Desert.

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