{"id":905,"date":"2007-05-21T09:10:00","date_gmt":"2007-05-21T09:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/godspolitics\/2007\/05\/voice-of-the-day-thomas-merton-1.html"},"modified":"2007-05-21T09:10:00","modified_gmt":"2007-05-21T09:10:00","slug":"voice-of-the-day-thomas-merton-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/godspolitics\/2007\/05\/voice-of-the-day-thomas-merton-1.html","title":{"rendered":"Voice of the Day: Thomas Merton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have the immense joy of being [human], a member of a race in which God became incarnate. As if the sorrows and stupidities of the human condition could overwhelm me, now I realize what we all are. And if only everybody could realize this! But it cannot be explained. 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