Initiation

Thomas Merton

Under the guidance of divine grace, in the school of charity, and the silence of the cloister, we are to be gradually initiated into a deep and experimental knowledge of the Truth – first as it is found in ourselves, then as it is found in others, and finally, as it is found in Itself.

When the Trees Say Nothing


[Convents and monasteries, and members of religious orders, by their very existence, make a statement - God IS, God exists, and giving your entire life to such a Truth is valid and worthwhile. These institutions are a silent pointing to Truth.]