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Beringia

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Sun Apr 21, 2019, 09:13 AM Apr 2019

Thomas Merton on Easter





All the apple trees came out in blossom Good Friday. It rained and got colder, but today is very bright with a pure sky. The willow is full of green. Things are all in bud.

And in my heart, the deepest peace, Christ's clarity, lucid and quiet and ever-present as eternity. On these big feasts you come out on top of a plateau in the spiritual life to get a new view of everything. Especially Easter. Easter is like what it will be entering eternity when you suddenly, peacefully, clearly recognize all your mistakes as well as all that you did well: everything falls into place.


Thomas Merton, diary entry for Easter Sunday, March 28, 1948, in The Intimate Merton: His Life From His Journals

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Thomas Merton on Easter (Original Post) Beringia Apr 2019 OP
I've read Thomas Merton's "New Seeds of Contemplation." Tobin S. Apr 2019 #1

Tobin S.

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1. I've read Thomas Merton's "New Seeds of Contemplation."
Tue Apr 23, 2019, 08:38 AM
Apr 2019

It's an excellent read and I'd recommend it to anyone interested in Christian mysticism.

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