J. R. R. Tolkien to his son, Christopher
"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."
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