Quotemeal: Oct. 15th, 1961

Sunday, October 15, 1961

"To be grateful is to recognize the love of God in everything He has given us — and He has given us everything. Every breath we draw is a gift of His love."
— Thomas Merton

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"There is not in the world a kind of life more sweet and delightful than that of a continual conversation with God."
— Brother Lawrence —
"The test of a preacher is that his congregation goes away saying, not, "What a lovely sermon!" but, "I will do something!""
— Francis of Sales —
"It were better to have no opinion of God at all than such a one as is unworthy of him; for the one is unbelief - the other is contempt."
— Plutarch —
"Only those whose souls have struck the deepest notes of penitence can reach the highest notes of praise."
— Richard DeHaan —

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Illustration of Thomas Merton — "To be grateful is to recognize the love of God in everything He has given us — and He has given us everything. Every breath we draw is a gift of His love."

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