"True sanctity... consists in using God's creation in such a way that everything we touch and see and use and love gives new glory to God. To be a saint means to pass through the world gathering fruits for heaven from every tree and reaping God's glory in every field. "
By Thomas Merton, in Seasons of Celebration (New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1950): 137. See also, The Merton Institute for Contemplative Living.
