Let me rest in Your will and be silent. Then the light of Your joy wil…

Thomas Merton
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Let me rest in Your will and be silent. Then the light of Your joy will warm my life. Its fire will burn in my heart and shine for Your glory. This is what I live for. Amen, amen. ✨ Thomas Merton (2002). The Sign of Jonas, p.89, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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Let me rest in Your will and be silent. Then the light of Your joy will warm my life. Its fire will burn in my heart and shine for Your glory. This is what I live for. Amen, amen. ✨ Thomas Merton (2002). The Sign of Jonas, p.89, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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