But Take Courage!

'The one peculiar and characteristic sin of the world is this:

that whereas God would have us live for the life to come, 

the world would make us live for this life.'

(John Henry Cardinal Newman)

'You will suffer in the world, but take courage!

I have overcome the world'

(words of Jesus in John 16:33)

Painting: José García Ramos, Leaving a Masqued Ball