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.