Weekly Reflection for September 6
Our vocation is not simply to be, but to work together with God in the creation of our own life, our own identify, our own destiny. We are free beings and sons of God. This means to say that we should not passively exist, but actively participate in His creative freedom, in our own lives, and in the lives of others, by choosing the truth.
Thomas Merton. New Seeds of Contemplation. (New York: New Directions Books 1961) p 32.