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It is by desiring to grow in love that we receive the Holy Spirit, and the thirst for more charity is the effect of this more abundant reception.

Thomas Merton
Wisdom, Charity, Spirit
Thomas Merton (2005). “No Man is an Island”, p.190, Shambhala Publications
It is by desiring to grow in love that we receive the Holy Spirit, and the thirst for more charity is the effect of this more abundant reception.