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Darkness deserves gratitude. It is the alleluia point at which we learn to understand that all growth does not take place in the sunlight.

By Joan Chittister
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Sister Joan D. Chittister is an American Benedictine nun, theologian, and advocate. She has written more than sixty books focusing both on monasticism and interfaith issues such as peace, justice, and equality, especially for women in church and society.

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