Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Thomas Merton on Atheists

"Do not be too quick to condemn the man who no longer believes in God: for it is perhaps your own coldness and avarice and mediocrity and materialism and selfishness that have chilled his faith." —Thomas Merton


Back to the 2 sons, it seems...are we living our faith or merely proclaiming it and acting in contradiction to it?

Pax,
Thomas

Daily Mass Readings
Isaiah 45:6b-8,18,21b-25
Psalm 85:9-14
Luke 7:18b-23

2 comments:

  1. Ow.

    Thomas Merton didn't mince words, did he?

    I'd think this would provide anyone who has a mere ounce of humility plenty of room for self-examination.

    Thank you for this post.

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  2. Thanks for you comment! Merton always keeps me humble when I get cocky.

    Pax-
    Tom

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