This is the crucifixion of Christ: in which He dies again and again in…

Thomas Merton
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This is the crucifixion of Christ: in which He dies again and again in the individuals who were made to share the joy and freedom of His grace, and who deny Him. ✨ Thomas Merton (1998). The Seven Storey Mountain, p.158, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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This is the crucifixion of Christ: in which He dies again and again in the individuals who were made to share the joy and freedom of His grace, and who deny Him. ✨ Thomas Merton (1998). The Seven Storey Mountain, p.158, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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