Thomas Merton Quotes


Grace is not a strange, magic substance which is subtly filtered into our souls to act as a kind of spiritual penicillin. Grace is unity, oneness within ourselves, oneness with God.


Citations

Merton, Thomas. Life and Holiness. Herder and Herder, 1963.

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Thomas Merton
Thomas Merton
  • Born: January 31, 1915
  • Died: December 10, 1968
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Trappist Monk, Author

Thomas Merton OCSO was an American Trappist monk, writer, theologian, mystic, poet, social activist, and scholar of comparative religion. On May 26, 1949, he was ordained to the priesthood and given the name "Father Louis". He was a member of the Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani, near Bardstown, Kentucky, living there from 1941 to his death.