Quote#God & Faith
I really believe if, instead of shutting ourselves into our sorrows…
Quote byArthur Henry Kenney · 1776–1855
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 557..
English (original)
I really believe if, instead of shutting ourselves into our sorrows and keeping all the light of heaven out of our souls, we opened them to receive Him, Christ would so come to us that the season of our deepest grief and anguish would become one of the richest and most precious of our whole lives.
— Arthur Henry Kenney
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