To be risen with Christ means not only that one has a choice and that …

Thomas Merton
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To be risen with Christ means not only that one has a choice and that one may live by a higher law - the law of grace and love - but that one must do so. The first obligation of the Christian is to maintain their freedom from all superstitions, all blind taboos and religious formalities, indeed from all empty forms of legalism. ✨ Thomas Merton (1975). He is risen, Tabor Pub
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