God has left sin in the world in order that there may be forgiveness: …

Thomas Merton
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God has left sin in the world in order that there may be forgiveness: not only the secret forgiveness by which He Himself cleanses our souls, but the manifest forgiveness by which we have mercy on one another and so give expression to the fact that He is living, by His mercy, in our own hearts. ✨ Thomas Merton (2005). No Man is an Island, p.220, Shambhala Publications
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