You pray best when the mirror of your soul is empty of every image exc…

Thomas Merton
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You pray best when the mirror of your soul is empty of every image except the Image of the Invisible Father. ✨ Thomas Merton (2011). Thoughts In Solitude, p.128, Macmillan
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You pray best when the mirror of your soul is empty of every image except the Image of the Invisible Father. ✨ Thomas Merton (2011). Thoughts In Solitude, p.128, Macmillan

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