“Life is this simple: we are living in a world that is absolutely transparent and the divine is shining through it all the time. This is not just a nice story or fable, it is true. This is something we are not able to see; but if we abandon ourselves to Him, forget ourselves, we see it sometimes … that God manifests Himself everywhere, in everything: in people, and in things, and in nature, and in events; so that it becomes very obvious that He is everywhere and we cannot be without Him.”
—Thomas Merton, in his final address as novice master at the Abbey of Gethsemani on Aug. 20, 1965
This holiday season, we hope that you can sense the Divine shining through the darkness, that you see God in all things, that you find the Holy in everyday miracles. Merry Christmas, from the Prairiewoods family to your family!