Not only do we cheat ourselves and those around us if we are only glum or always wary … - Martin E. Marty

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Martin E. Marty

Not only do we cheat ourselves and those around us if we are only glum or always wary when it comes time to respond to divine stirrings. No, we are then also being simply unfaithful to the surrounding reality. The one who purges gloom has given occasions and reasons, in the midst of life's sadness, to be joyful.

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