In silence, love can blossom

“In a world of noise, confusion and conflict it is necessary that there be places of silence, inner discipline and peace. In such places love can blossom.”

— Thomas Merton, 1968
American trappist monk

Today’s Invitation

Cultivate spaces of silence, inner discipline, and peace so that love may blossom.

This Week’s Query

What do you do in the silence of meeting for worship?

How do you prepare yourself?

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  • Thomas Merton

    Thomas Merton (January 31, 1915 – December 10, 1968) was an American Trappist monk, writer, theologian, mystic, poet, social activist and scholar of comparative religion. He was a monk in the Trappist Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani, near Bardstown, Kentucky, living there from 1941 to his death.

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