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Quote for Today  - January 14, 2011

"A man cannot be a perfect Christian - that is, a saint - unless he is also a communist. This means that he must either absolutely give up all right to possess anything at all, or else only use what he himself needs, of all the goods that belong to him, and administer the rest for other men and for the poor: and in his determination of what he needs he must be governed to a great extent by the gravity of the needs of others."

Thomas Merton [1915-1968], Seeds of Contemplation (1949)

Questions: (1) Did this comment cause a stir in 1949 - as the cold war was beginning? (2) Did Thomas Merton make any comments about this comment? (3) Was the comment made in the context of Acts 2:44-45 and / or Matthew 19:16-26? (4) Was this comment brought into the context of Religious Orders and Congregations and Communities?