Come Nearer to the Wedding Feast of Heaven
The goal of the Christian life is not suffering, but joy in the presence of God
One of the worst distortions perpetuated about the saints, by “pious” authors and enemies of the Church alike, is that the saints were a gloomy bunch, bent over under the weight of grim penances, banishing the sunlight from their chambers, closed off to joy, laughter, and playfulness.
Anyone who knows about the saints, or anyone who has met a saintly per…
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