To be happy even in suffering, to stand firmly on the ground, to walk on the muddy and bumpy roads of this world while sitting with Christ on the throne at the right hand of the Father; to laugh and weep with the children of this world and at the same time to continually sing praises to God with the choirs of angels – that is the Christian life until the morning of eternity dawns.
(Teresa Benedicta of the Cross /1891–1942/, The Hidden Life)
