In the old days, on Easter night, the Russian peasants used to carry the blest fire home from church. The light would scatter and travel in all directions through the darkness, and the desolation of t… — Thomas Merton
Without being forgiven—released from the consequences of what we have done—our capacity to act would, as it were, be confined to a single deed from which we could never recover; we would remain the victims of its consequences forever.
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