Merton's Voice: So instead of loving what you think is peace, love other men and love God above all. And instead of hating the people you think are warmakers, hate the appetites and the disorder in your own soul, which are the causes of war. If you love peace, then hate injustice, hate tyranny, hate greet - but hate these things in yourself, not in another.
Thomas Merton, New Seeds of Contemplation. (New York: New Directions, 1961). p. 122.
Prayer: For the sake of my relatives and friends I will say, "Peace be within you." For the sake of the house of the Lord our God, I will seek your good. NRSV Psalm 122: 8-9.
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