Contemplation cannot construct a new world by itself.
Contemplation does not feed the hungry; it does not clothe the naked…
and it does not return the sinner to peace, truth, and union with God.
But without contemplation we cannot see what we do…
Without contemplation we cannot understand
the significance of the world in which we must act.
Without contemplation we remain small, limited, divided, partial;
we adhere to the insufficient,
permanently united to our narrow group and its interests,
losing sight of justice and charity,
seized by the passions of the moments…
Without contemplation,
without the intimate, silent,
secret pursuit of truth through love,
our action loses itself in the world and becomes dangerous.
~ Thomas Merton
sketch by the author
Courtesy of The Beauty We Love.
Source: beautywelove.blogspot.com
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A parabola is one of the most dynamic forms in nature. It is the curve of a bowl, the path of a ball soaring upward and down to earth again. The founder of this magazine decided it was a good name for a journal devoted to the search for meaning, which often goes outward, then back home again along a different path.
