Quote by Hans urs von Balthasar
Without Easter, Good Friday would have no meaning. Without Easter, there would be no hope that suffering and abandonment might be tolerable. But with Easter, a way out becomes visible for human sorrows, an absolute future: more than a hope, a divine expectation.

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"What you are is God's gift to you; what you become is your gift to God."

- Hans urs von Balthasar

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"It is to the Cross that the Christian is challenged to follow his Master: no path of redemption can make a detour around it."

- Hans urs von Balthasar

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"What you are is God's gift to you, what you become is your gift to God."

- Hans urs von Balthasar

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"What you are is God’s gift to you, what you become is your gift to God."

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"What you are is God’s gift to you. What you become is your gift to God."

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"Happiness is possible even in the midst of darkness."

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"No one is beyond redemption."

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"You will … hear us declare with Moroni that hope is essential if we are to ‘receive [the] inheritance [God] hast prepared [for us]’ [Ether 12:32]. We want you to claim that inheritance as sons and daughters of a king. To do that, we must realize that hope is not just the message and manner of the naturally optimistic; it is the privilege of everyone who believes."

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"Keep a little fire burning; however small, however hidden."

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"Light tomorrow with today."

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