Merton: living by faith?

Thursday, February 20, 2020
    Commemoration of Cecile Isherwood, Founder of the Community of the Resurrection, Grahamstown, South Africa, 1906
Meditation:
    [We] know that a man is not justified by observing the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by observing the law, because by observing the law no one will be justified.
    —Galatians 2:16 (NIV)
Quotation:
    When the time comes to enter the darkness in which we are naked and helpless and alone; in which we see the insufficiency of our greatest strength and the hollowness of our strongest virtues; in which we have nothing of our own to rely on, and nothing in our nature to support us, and nothing in the world to guide us or give us fight—then we find out whether or not we live by faith.
    ... Thomas Merton (1915-1968), Seeds of Contemplation, London: Hollis & Carter, 1949, New Directions. 1949, p. 172 (see the book)
    See also Gal. 2:15-16; Hab. 2:4; Rom. 1:17; 5:1; Gal. 3:11
Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, strengthen my faith. CQOD    Blog    email    RSS
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