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21 " The Transfiguration is the summer lightning of the coming Resurrection. Also of our own resurrection, for we too are to partake "
― Romano Guardini , The Lord
22 " and Jesus advanced in wisdom and age and grace with God and men” (Luke 2:52), "
23 " There are moments when we suddenly and directly apprehend the incomprehensible, overwhelming fact that we are. Despite the tribulations and burdens of life it still remains a great grace and wonder that we are allowed to breathe, to feel, to think, to love, and to act — in short, to live. And that things exist: the jug on the table, the tree in the field, the landscape around us, and the sun in the sky; and that other people also exist: this person whom I love, that other one who is in my care. In those moments one realizes that nothing can be taken for granted; that everything has the hallmark of free gift and of grace; that one must give thanks for everything — and even that one must give thanks for being able to give thanks. We "
― Romano Guardini , Art of Praying: The Principles and Methods of Christian Prayer
24 " Guardini recognized that the liturgy is the true, living environment for the Bible and that the Bible can be properly understood only in this living context within which it first emerged. "
25 " Another step is the acceptance of our destiny. Destiny is not accident. It possesses a logical consistency which is determined externally by the connection of events but also internally by the nature and character of the person involved. "
― Romano Guardini , Learning the Virtues
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― Romano Guardini , El comienzo de todas las cosas (Caminos)
27 " On the other hand, if a renunciation is to be truly heroic, the thing renounced must admittedly be valuable. "
― Romano Guardini , The Church and the Catholic