I came upon this little Thomas Merton book at Half Price the other day. It's a collection of his prayers, along with his pencil sketches. It's called "Dialogues with Silence". Just the first few pages had some great prayers that I thought I'd share here. Excerpts of course.
“What I wear is pants. What I do is live. How I pray is breathe.” Thomas Merton
“…Your [God’s] brightness is my darkness. I know nothing of You and, by myself, I cannot even imagine how to go about knowing You. If I imagine You, I am mistaken. If I understand You, I am deluded. If I am conscious and certain I know You, I am crazy. Darkness is enough.” Thomas Merton “excerpt from prayer ‘Thou Art Not as I Have Conceived Thee’”
“If I am always trying to figure out what I am and where I am and why I am, how will that work be done?” Thomas Merton
Sunday, March 16, 2008
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