As the sap flows through the branches of the vine and vitalizes the whole organism so that it burst into the beauty and glory of foliage and blossom and finally into fruit, so through the lives of men and women, inwardly receptive, the life of God flows, carrying vitality, awakening love, creating passion for goodness, kindling the fervor of consecration and producing that living body, that organism of the Spirit, that 'blessed community' which continues through the centuries the revelation of God as love and tenderness and eternal goodness…
-- Rufus Jones
I really recommend that you click through and read the article on Rufus Jones. Very interesting indeed. I had not realized that he set the stage, really, for Thomas Merton's works to be so influential.
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