"In the end, even the “yes” to love is a source of suffering, because love always requires expropriations of my “I”, in which I allow myself to be prun...

God does not change; he is Love, ever and always. In himself, he is communion, unity in Trinity, and all his words and works are directed to communion.
~ Pope Benedict XVI ~












God does not change; he is Love, ever and always. In himself, he is communion, unity in Trinity, and...
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