Thomas Merton Quote

We cannot arrive at the perfect possession of God in this life, and that is why we are travelling and in darkness. But we already possess Him by grace, and therefore in that sense we have arrived and are dwelling in the light. But oh! How far have I to go to find You in Whom I have already arrived!


A Thomas Merton Reader (ed. Image, 1974)


We cannot arrive at the perfect possession of God in this life, and that is why we are travelling and in darkness. But we already possess Him by...

We cannot arrive at the perfect possession of God in this life, and that is why we are travelling and in darkness. But we already possess Him by...

We cannot arrive at the perfect possession of God in this life, and that is why we are travelling and in darkness. But we already possess Him by...

We cannot arrive at the perfect possession of God in this life, and that is why we are travelling and in darkness. But we already possess Him by...