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Holiness: Down and Dirty

The real mark of spiritual triumph--the possession of that more lovely, more abundant life which we discern in moments of deep prayer--is not an abstraction from this world, but a return to it; a willing use of its condition as material for the expression of love. There is nothing high-minded about Christian holiness. It is most at home in the slum, the street, the hospital ward.

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