"Out of the darkness of my life, so much frustrated, I put before you the one great thing to love on earth: the Blessed Sacrament... There you will find romance, glory, honour, fidelity, and the true way of all your loves on earth, and more than that: Death. By the divine paradox, that which ends life, and demands the surrender of all, and yet by the taste -or foretaste- of which alone can what you seek in your earthly relationships (love, faithfulness, joy) be maintained, or take on that complexion of reality, of eternal endurance, which every man's heart desires."- J.R.R. Tolkien (letter to his son)
So cool-- didn't know he was Catholic!
ReplyDeleteYep! One of his sons even became a priest! :)
DeleteI had never read this quote before, how amazing! Can you imagine receiving a letter like this? xx
ReplyDeleteWow, yeah. I'd be floored and most likely start tearing up!
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