The Deacon's Bench
This is remarkable, via The Anchoress, quoting one of my heroes, Thomas Merton:
“It has been remarked with truth that conservatives and progressives in the Church are so concerned with total victory over each other that they are more and more closed to each other. If this is the case, one seriously wonders about the value and significance of the much-touted ‘openness’ to non-Catholics. An ecumenism that does not begin with charity within one’s own Church remains questionable.”
Check out more. It’s downright prophetic.
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