THOMAS MERTON'S TAKE 

ON DISCOVERING  GOD

Quote of the Day - January  12,  2010

“Our discovery of God is, in a way,

God’s discovery of us.

We cannot go to heaven to find Him

because we have no way of knowing

where heaven is or what it is.

He comes down from heaven and finds us.

He looks at us

from the depths of His own infinite actuality,

which is everywhere,

and His seeing us

gives us a superior reality

in which we also discover Him.

We only know Him

in so far as we are known by Him,

and our contemplation of Him

is a participation of His contemplation of Himself.”

Thomas Merton, [1915-1968], Seeds of Contemplation.

Picture "borrowed" off a Thomas Merton web site.