“Holiness ... is nothing we can *do* ... It is gift, sheer gift, waiting there to be recognized and received. We do not have to be qualified to be holy. We do not have to be qualified to be whole, or healed.Made”

Madeleine L'Engle

Madeleine L'Engle - “Holiness ... is nothing we can *do...” 1

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