| Author Quoted | L.C. Fillion |
| Title Quoted | Study of the Bible |
| Date (Year/Month/Day) | 1949/08/26 |
| Imprint | [S.l.] : [s.n.]. 1926I |
| Quotation | My pious Abbe Fillion suggests that, when we are stumped and cannot find out the meaning of a passage of Scripture, we ought to pray to the "sacred author," that is, to whomever it was that served as God's instrument in writing the work. The suggestion appeals to me, for I have a great though confused affection for the writers of the Bible. I feel closer to them than to almost any other writers I know of. Isaias, Job, Moses, David, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John are all part of my life. They are always about me. |
| Quotation Source | Entering the Silence: Becoming a Monk and Writer. The Journals of Thomas Merton, Volume 2, 1941-1952.; Edited by Jonathan Montaldo. / San Francisco : Harper Collins. 1996, p. 362 |
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