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- URL: https://joshualore.com/inthemiddleway/thomas-merton-passed-away-this-day-in-1968-one/
- Published: 2015-12-11T01:30:55.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-03T04:01:57.000Z
- Author: Joshua Lore
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Thomas Merton passed away this day, in 1968\. One of my favorite bits by him:

“My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end. Nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think that I am following your will does not mean that I am actually doing so. But I believe that the desire to please you does in fact please you. And I hope I have that desire in all that I am doing. I hope that I will never do anything apart from that desire. And I know that if I do this you will lead me by the right road though I may know nothing about it. Therefore will I trust you always though I may seem to be lost and in the shadow of death. I will not fear, for you are ever with me, and you will never leave me to face my perils alone.”