Thursday, June 23, 2011

Humanity's task

"Be human in this most inhuman of ages; guard the image of man for it is the image of God." Thomas Merton, Raids on the Unspeakable, p. 6.

4 comments:

  1. Ron:

    I am not sure that we are living in the most inhumane part of times. My reading of history indicates that man's inhumanity to man was even worse in the past.

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  2. Whit, do you think so? The 20th century was filled with holocaust after holocaust.

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  3. Great quote. Good to read on a Sunday morning.

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