Oblate Program at Belmont Abbey, NC

I was born in a mask

merton_webTo say I was born in sin is to say I came into the world with a false self. I was born in a mask. I came into existence under  a sign of contradiction,  being someone that I was never intended  to be and therefore a denial of what I am supposed  to be. And thus I came into existence and nonexistence at the same time because from the very start I was something that I was not.

Thomas Merton
New Seeds of Contemplation, pp. 33-34

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