Several months ago I ordered Thomas Merton's A Book of Hours. Off and on I have read the day's reflections at the scheduled time. Throughout our trip to Alaska and Canada I made a more intentional effort to be engaged with his writings and thoughts.
What wisdom and insight he has. The things I read were so appropo for the place I find myself. His words of hope, contentment, strength of faith, sacrifice, simplicity, contemplatoin, needing to learn, God is all around, the joy of the Lord is everywhere.......
Most of all over and over he reminds me to listen to God in silence. "We do not know we are full of paradise becuase we are so full of our own noise that we cannot hear God singing us and all things into being."
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