The whole world has risen in Christ... If God is 'all in all,' then ev…

Thomas Merton
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The whole world has risen in Christ... If God is 'all in all,' then everything is in fact paradise, because it is filled with the glory and presence of God, and nothing is any more separated from God. ✨ Thomas Merton (2011). The Hidden Ground of Love: Letters, p.822, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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