By my monastic life and vows I am saying no to all the concentration c…

Thomas Merton
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By my monastic life and vows I am saying no to all the concentration camps, the aerial bombardments, the staged political trials, the judicial murders, the racial injustices, the economic tyrannies, and the whole socioeconomic apparatus which seems geared for nothing but global destruction in spite of all its fair words in favor of peace. ✨ Thomas Merton (2015). Choosing to Love the World: On Contemplation, p.134, Sounds True
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