Merton's Voice: ...the "most wise singer" is not singing for ourselves alone and we must accept the fact that some of His notes and words are for others and seemingly "against us." ...We must learn to respond not to this or that syllable, but to the whole song.

Thomas Merton. Faith and Violence. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press: 1968) p. 118.

Prayer: O sing to the Lord a new song, for he has done marvelous things. 

NRSV Psalm 98: 1

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