{"id":5366,"date":"2010-12-10T10:50:00","date_gmt":"2010-12-10T10:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2010\/12\/quote-of-the-day-28.html"},"modified":"2010-12-10T10:50:00","modified_gmt":"2010-12-10T10:50:00","slug":"quote-of-the-day-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2010\/12\/quote-of-the-day-28.html","title":{"rendered":"Quote of the day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/mert.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"mert.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/212\/import\/assets_c\/2010\/12\/mert-thumb-200x240-20171.jpeg\" width=\"200\" height=\"240\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"float: left;margin: 0 20px 20px 0\" \/><\/a><\/span>&#8220;There is not a flower that opens, not a seed that falls into the ground, and not an ear of wheat that nods on the end of its stalk in the wind that does not preach and proclaim the greatness and the mercy of God to the whole world. There is not an act of kindness or generosity, not an act of sacrifice done, or a word of peace and gentleness spoken, not a child&#8217;s prayer uttered, that does not sing hymns to God before his throne, and in the eyes of men, and before their faces.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: right\">&#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikiquote.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Merton\">Thomas Merton<\/a>, &#8220;The Seven Storey Mountain.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right\">&nbsp;Merton entered the monastery on December 10, 1941.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right\">He died on December 10, 1968.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right\">&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-style: italic\">Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord &#8230;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right\"><i><br \/><\/i><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;There is not a flower that opens, not a seed that falls into the ground, and not an ear of wheat that nods on the end of its stalk in the wind that does not preach and proclaim the greatness and the mercy of God to the whole world. 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