To desire Him to be merciful to us is to acknowledge Him as God. To se…

Thomas Merton
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To desire Him to be merciful to us is to acknowledge Him as God. To seek His pity when we deserve no pity is to ask Him to be just with a justice so holy that it knows no evil and shows mercy to everyone who does not fly from Him in despair. ✨ Thomas Merton (2002). No Man Is an Island, p.234, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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