A Recall to the Inner Life

"Let those who call themselves Catholics, Protestants, or Jews recall that the function of their religion is to intensify the spiritual life of man and not to empty the vials of bitterness into hearts, stirring up one against another. . . Religion must not be a cloak covering the dagger of hate!"  
~ Fulton J. Sheen, Way to Happiness, p. 158

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