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To desire him to be merciful to us is to acknowledge him as god. to seek his pity when we deserve no pity is to ask him to be just with a justice so holy that it knows no evil and shows mercy to everyone who does not fly from him in despair.
-Thomas Merton
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To Desire Him To Be Merciful To

Thomas Merton
To desire him to be merciful to us is to acknowledge him as god. to seek his pity when we deserve no pity is to ask him to be just with a justice so holy that it knows no evil and shows mercy to everyone who does not fly from him in despair.
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