“The soul of the Christian needs to be refined and sensitive, to have sensibility and wings, to be constantly in flight and to live in dreams, to fly through infinity, among the stars, amidst the greatness of God, amid silence.  Whoever wants to become a Christian must first become a poet.   That’s what it is! You must suffer. You must love and suffer — suffer for the one you love. Love makes effort for the loved one. She runs  through the night; she stays awake; she stains her feet with blood in order to meet her beloved. She makes sacrifices and disregards all impediments, threats and difficulties for the sake of the loved one. Love toward  Christ is something even higher, infinitely higher. And when we say ‘love’ we don’t mean the virtues that we will acquire, but the heart that is pervaded by love towards Christ and others.  We need to turn everything in this direction.”

-‘Wounded by Love’