Thomas Merton, the well–known monk, author and spiritual mentor, said of this transformation, “The true Christian rebirth is a renewed transformation, a ‘passover’ in which we are progressively liberated from selfishness and not only grow in love but in some sense ‘become love.’ The perfection of this new birth is reached everywhere there is no more selfishness, [everywhere] there is only love.” (Thomas Merton, Honorable Reader, found in Bridges to Contemplative Living, Book 3, Jonathan Montaldo & Robert Toth, eds. [Merton Institute for Contemplative Living]).