An evening devotional.

The second part of our four-episode dive into Thomas Merton’s book Thoughts in Solitude. Jonathan Malone and Charley Eastman discuss the first 16 chapters.

Here is the prayer that Jonathan read

O my heavenly Father,

God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

God of all comfort,

I thank you for revealing to me

your dear Son, Jesus Christ,

in whom I believe,

whom I have preached and confessed,

whom I have loved and praised.

I pray, my Lord Jesus Christ,

take my soul into your hands.

Heavenly Father,

I know that

although I will live this body

and be taken from this life,

I will live with you forever,

and that no one can pluck me

out of your hands.

God so loved the world

that he gave his only-begotten Son,

that whoever believes in him shall not perish,

but have eternal life.

Our God is the God of salvation,

and the Lord delivers from death.

Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.

You have redeemed me, O Lord, the God of truth.

Martin Luther – 1483 - 1546

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