The sky is my prayer, the birds are my prayer, the wind in the trees i…

Thomas Merton
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The sky is my prayer, the birds are my prayer, the wind in the trees is my prayer, for God is all in all. ✨ Thomas Merton (2011). Thoughts In Solitude, p.107, Macmillan
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The sky is my prayer, the birds are my prayer, the wind in the trees is my prayer, for God is all in all. ✨ Thomas Merton (2011). Thoughts In Solitude, p.107, Macmillan

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