Merton is speaking of seeing his father in a hospital bed, unable to speak and disfigured by a brain tumor. He is 14 or 15 years old, and has no faith or relationship with God to speak of.
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Agents of Creation
(If the quote looks familiar, it’s the same one from the “Interdependence” post, so feel free to skip ahead. I promise the rest of the post is different!)
“In fact, we are always meeting in nature with admirable examples of the close correspondence between the forms of the organs and the offices they fulfill, even when these bring no actual benefit to the animal.
