It is the will of God that we live not only as rational beings, but as…

Thomas Merton
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It is the will of God that we live not only as rational beings, but as new men regenerated by the Holy Spirit in Christ. It is His will that we reach out for our inheritance, that we answer His call to be His sons. We are born men without our consent, but the consent to be sons of God has to be elicited by our own free will. ✨ Thomas Merton (2005). No Man is an Island, p.60, Shambhala Publications
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