Balthasar - Be "open toward heaven" rather than "closed toward earth"

 Je dois m’ouvrir du côté du del plutôt que de mefermer du côté de la terre : “I must open myself up on the side of heaven rather than shut myself off on the side of the earth.” CONSUMMATA

Hans Urs von Balthasar, The Grain of Wheat: Aphorisms (1953), chapter titled Parting

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Foley - God Doesn't Always Heal Wounds, Uses Them For Holiness; Example of St. Therese

Now it has to be understood that her sensitivity was not taken away. In fact Pauline says in the beatification process that in Carmel she wa...