Tuesday, March 27, 2012

letters from prison (1953, 1970) - bonhoeffer

stifter once said 'pain is a holy angel, who shows treasures to men which otherwise remain forever hidden ...' ... we shall not and need not talk it away. but it needs to be overcome every time, and thus there is an even holier angel than the one of pain, that is the one of joy in God. 
(letters, 21 nov 1943)

once in a while you read about failure futility and dashed hopes and are somehow inspired to live responsibly, fully and freely in a world that is broken.

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