For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time for my departure is near. 2 Timothy 4:6
“People have no idea what one saint can do: for sanctity is stronger than the whole of hell. The saints are full of Christ in the plenitude of His Kingly and Divine power: and they are conscious of it, and they give themselves to Him, that He may exercise His power through their smallest and seemingly most insignificant acts, for the salvation of the world.”
Thomas Merton (1915-1968) in The Seven Storey Mountain (New York: Image, 1970) 284.
As I will be traveling in places closed to the Gospel with my son, Sammy, over the next 14 days, and may have limited access to email, I have chosen to post excerpts of this spiritual classic over the next 14 days. We would appreciate your prayers for us to make it there and back again.
When we give ourselves to God that He may work through our small and seemingly insignificant acts for the salvation of the world, this is our greatest act of generosity. Join us, give yourself to God, not for fame but so that people may see the plenitude, that is, the abundance of Christ’s power!