The spiritual life is a stern choice. It is not a consoling retreat fr…

Evelyn Underhill
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The spiritual life is a stern choice. It is not a consoling retreat from the difficulties of existence; but an invitation to enter fully into that difficult existence, and there apply the Charity of God and bear the cost. ✨ Evelyn Underhill (2015). The School of Charity: Meditations on the Christian Creed, p.16, Aeterna Press
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