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" Adoration is love overwhelmed by the beauty, the power, the immense grandeur of the loved object. Love then falls into a kind of faint, into a full and profound silence. It is also the final effort of a soul that is overflowing and can no longer speak.”   ELIZABETH OF HUNGARY "

Hans Urs von Balthasar , The Grain of Wheat: Aphorisms


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Hans Urs von Balthasar quote : Adoration is love overwhelmed by the beauty, the power, the immense grandeur of the loved object. Love then falls into a kind of faint, into a full and profound silence. It is also the final effort of a soul that is overflowing and can no longer speak.”   ELIZABETH OF HUNGARY