Love looks to the eternal. Love is indeed ecstasy, not in the sense of…

Pope Benedict XVI
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Love looks to the eternal. Love is indeed ecstasy, not in the sense of a moment of intoxication, but rather as a journey, an on-going exodus out of the closed inward-looking self toward its liberation through self-giving... toward authentic self-discovery and indeed the discovery of God.
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