Traditionally, the two marks of the saint are joy and penitence: joy because one knows that one is not God, and yet with God all things are possible. The saint knows that perfection rests in divinity and not in the ability of the believer to negotiate reality so that one "comes off best." The saint knows that he or she is not God, and yet knows how easily one can forget this simple fact. The saint knows about darknesses and shadows that cloud judgment.Alan Jones
Soul Making: The Desert Way of Spirituality (1985)
From: Inward/Outward
