“All truly enlightened Souls have this in common: not that they gather in the desert to voice exuberant prayers, and not that they shut themselves up in seclusion to quietly become one with God, but rather that wherever the Divine is, there they Are … and wherever they happen to Be, they gently bring the Divine with them.

And this is the greatest mystery of our ultimate vocation: not that we cease to be human in order to become angels, but that the Love of our human hearts can literally become God’s Love — for God, as well as for all of humankind.” ~ inspired by Thomas Merton

Filed under: Reconciling the Religions by Scaughdt