“Cheerfulness is often a cloak that hides a life of sacrifice and a continual union with God.”
Souls hold no attraction – Heaven means nothing – to me, it looks like an empty place – the thought of it means nothing to me, and yet this torturing longing for God.
Come Be My Light
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