The spiritual life is
first of all a life.
first of all a life.
It [the spiritual life] is not merely something to be known and studied, it is to be lived. Like all life, it grows sick and dies when it is uprooted from its proper element.
Grace is engrafted on our nature and the while man is sanctified by the presence and action of the Holy Spirit.
The spiritual life is not, therefore, a life entirely uprooted from man's condition and transplanted into the realm of the angels.
We live as spiritual men when we live as men seeking God.
If we are to become spiritual, we must remain men.
--Thomas Merton, Thoughts in Solitude
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