Those who see the spiritual life as a life of restrictions and demands,
of only yes or no, of life bounded by limits and denial, fail entirely to
understand that the spirituality of the liturgical year is a spirituality
made out of the shards and triumphs of life. It is a spirituality for the
living and the joyful, the insightful and the wise, as well as for the
suffering and the sinful. It makes of us the spiritual poets who see the
beauty of life. In all its minuscule pieces magnified for us to see as we
have never seen them before, perhaps -- one rose, one windstorm, one baby,
one tomb -- life over time becomes, without doubt, one great, happy feast
day.
Joan ChittisterThe
Liturgical Year
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