Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Interior Life

"The only thing that can save the world from complete moral collapse is a spiritual revolution.  Christianity, by its very nature, demands such a revolution.  If Christians would all live up to what they profess to believe, the revolution would happen.  The desire for unworldiness, detachment, and union with God is the most fundamental expression of this revolutionary spirit...

"The big problem that confronts Christianity is not Christ's enemies.  Persecution has never done much harm to the inner life of the Church as such.  The real religious problem exists in the souls of those of us who in their hearts believe in God, and who recognize their obligation to love Him and serve Him -- yet do not!...

"The world we live in is dry ground for the seed of God's Truth...You cannot love Him unless you know Him.  And you cannot come to know Him unless you have a little time and a little peace in which to pray and think about Him and study His truth...The truth is, we are simply not permitted to devote ourselves to God without at the same time leading an interior life."
  --Thomas Merton, in Ascent to Truth (1951)
Posted by at

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

Novena to the Holy Spirit

"Wait for the promise of the Father...you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you." Acts 1:5,6

Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and enkindle in them the fire of your love. Send forth your Spirit, and they shall be created, and you shall renew the face of the earth.

Let us pray.

O, God, who by the light of the Holy Spirit, did instruct the hearts of the faithful, grant that by the same Holy Spirit we may be truly wise and ever enjoy His consolations. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.