Faith is not a refuge from reality. It is a demand that we face realit…

Evelyn Underhill
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Faith is not a refuge from reality. It is a demand that we face reality ... The true subject matter of religion is not our own little souls, but the Eternal God and His whole mysterious purpose, and our solemn responsibility to Him. ✨ Evelyn Underhill (2015). The School of Charity: Meditations on the Christian Creed, p.100, Aeterna Press
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On every level of life, from housework to heights of prayer, in all judgment and efforts to get things done, hurry and impatience are sure marks of the amateur.
Man's will and God's grace rise and fall together ✨ Evelyn Underhill (1937). The Spiritual Life
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I have an idea heaven will be both absolutely happy and absolutely dark, to protect us from the blaze of God.
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