Monks are like trees in the dark, purifying the air by their vital presence.

 

"In the night of our technological barbarism, monks must be as trees which exist silently in the dark, and by their vital presence purify the air."

Thomas Merton  

Photo: A Douglas-fir "tree monk" prays, draped in a habit of snow; Lory State Park, CO; February 2, 2014

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