The Divine Milieu
“Our individual mystical effort awaits an essential completion in its union with the mystical effort of all other men. The divine milieu which will ultimately be one in the Pleroma, must begin to become one during the earthly phase of our existence . . .To what force is it given to merge and exalt our partial rays into the principal radiance of Christ? To charity, the beginning and the end of all spiritual relationships . . . It is impossible to love Christ without loving others . . . And it is impossible to love others (in a spirit of broad human communion) without moving nearer to Christ.” — Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Teilhard de Chardin 
Teilhard’s words never fail to inspire deep hope and joy within my soul. Thank you for sharing this quote and the image above.
Thank you for the kind words Lynda. Hope all is well with you.
Peace,
W. Ockham
Great quote. Would it have killed Teilhard though (or Merton for that matter) to have used “human being” or other inclusive nouns/pronouns instead of “men” in their writings? 😉 Just sayin. Carol
CJ Gonzalez CLC, Pittsburgh
Hi Carol:
You are correct on the frustrating use of the pronoun which was common at the time of writing (and unfortunately is still common in some quarters). Sarah Appleton-Weber did a new translation “The Human Phenomenon” of one of Teilhard’s classic works which attempts to rectify that.
Peace,
W. Ockham