“The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the interdependence of all these livin g beings, which are all part of one another, and all involved in one another.” Thomas Merton (Ame rican and Trappist Monk t Our Lady of Gethsemani Abbey in Trappist, Kentucky, 1915-1968)

Bishop of the Texas Louisiana Gulf Coast Synod, of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

July 8, 2010

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