Sunday, July 25, 2021

Thought for the Day

If I insist on giving you my truth, and never stop to receive
your truth in return, there can be no truth between us.
~ Thomas Merton
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Quoted in E.J. Dionne, "The Catholic Bishops' Anti-Biden Project Is Backfiring" (Opinion), The Washington Post, June 27, 2021  (Note: Pope Francis quoted Merton in his 2015 speech to Congress.)

Thomas Merton (1915-1968), Trappist Monk, Catholic Writer

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