We become contemplatives when God discovers Himself in us. ✨ Thomas Me…

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We become contemplatives when God discovers Himself in us. ✨ Thomas Merton, William H. Shannon (2010). Thomas Merton's Paradise Journey: Writings on Contemplation, p.52, Bloomsbury Publishing
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