It is by desiring to grow in love that we receive the Holy Spirit, and…

Thomas Merton
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It is by desiring to grow in love that we receive the Holy Spirit, and the thirst for more charity is the effect of this more abundant reception. ✨ Thomas Merton (2005). No Man is an Island, p.190, Shambhala Publications
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