Closeness Quote by Thomas Merton

“That is God's call to us - simply to be people who are content to live close to him and to renew the kind of life in which the closeness is felt and experienced.” quote by Thomas Merton — Download Open image

“That is God's call to us - simply to be people who are content to live close to him and to renew the kind of life in which the closeness is felt and experienced.”

Thomas Merton

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