Tag Archives: Thomas Merton

Purpose Driven

Posted on January 14, 2021 by billtonnis

“Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone – we find it with another.” – Thomas Merton +++ Listen to my song “Pour Me Out” on YouTube by clicking HERE. Support my … Continue reading →

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Path to Peace

Posted on December 2, 2020 by billtonnis

“Solitude is a way to defend the spirit against the murderous din of our materialism.” – Thomas Merton +++ Listen to my song “Slow Me Down” on YouTube by clicking HERE. +++ Psalm 23:1 The LORD is my shepherd; there … Continue reading →

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Glory Be

Posted on November 24, 2020 by billtonnis

“Let the beauty we love be what we do. There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground.” – Rumi +++ Listen to my song “How Magnificent, Wondrous and Glorious” on YouTube by clicking HERE. +++ Psalm 96:11-12 … Continue reading →

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Come Together

Posted on November 19, 2020 by billtonnis

“We are one, after all, you and I, together we suffer, together exist, and forever will recreate each other.” – Teilhard de Chardin +++ Listen to my song “Breathe On Me” on YouTube by clicking HERE. +++ Luke 19:41-42 As … Continue reading →

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Express Yourself

Posted on November 18, 2020 by billtonnis

“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.” – Thomas Merton, No Man Is an Island +++ Listen to my song “Shall We Sing” on YouTube by clicking HERE. +++ Revelation 4:11 “Worthy are you, … Continue reading →

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Who Are You?

Posted on November 13, 2020 by billtonnis

“Every one of us is shadowed by an illusory person: a false self. This is the man I want myself to be but who cannot exist, because God does not know anything about him.” – Thomas Merton +++ Listen to … Continue reading →

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Sacred Unity

Posted on November 6, 2020 by billtonnis

“Union with God is not withdrawal or separation from the activity of the world but a dedicated, integrated, and sublimated absorption into it.” – Ilia Delio +++ Listen to my song “How Magnificent, Wondrous and Glorious” on YouTube +++ Philippians … Continue reading →

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Agape

Posted on October 22, 2020 by billtonnis

“To say that I am made in the image of God is to say that love is the reason for my existence, for God is love.” – Thomas Merton, New Seeds of Contemplation +++ Listen to my song “Pour Me … Continue reading →

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Be Free

Posted on October 12, 2020 by billtonnis

“Yet the fact remains that we are invited to forget ourselves on purpose, cast our awful solemnity to the winds and join in the general dance.” – Thomas Merton, New Seeds of Contemplation +++ Listen to my song “Love Will … Continue reading →

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Choose Compassion

Posted on October 8, 2020 by billtonnis

“To be risen with Christ means not only that one has a choice and that one may live by a higher law – the law of grace and love – but that one must do so.” – Thomas Merton +++ … Continue reading →

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