“A tree gives glory to God by being a tree. For in being what God means it to be it is obeying God. It ‘consents,’ so to speak, to God’s creative love.”—Thomas Merton

Nov 29, 2020 · 8:11 PM UTC

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Replying to @RobertEllsberg
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Replying to @RobertEllsberg
I thought of Hopkins the first time I read those lines from Merton . . . "Each mortal thing does one thing and the same: Deals out that being indoors each one dwells; Selves — goes itself; myself it speaks and spells, Crying Whát I dó is me: for that I came."
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