Merton's Voice: While I am asking questions which You do not answer, You ask me a question which is so simple that I cannot answer. I do not even understand the question.

A Merton Reader, ed. by Thomas P. McDonnell, (New York: Image Books, 1989): 213

Psalm 81: 8 In distress you called and I rescued you; I answered you in secret with thunder

Contemplative Pause: Throughout this day, pause, take a breath, and listen with your heart. What is the source of your confusion?