An action, to have moral worth, must be done from duty.

Of two duties we must choose the greater, though of two sins we must choose neither (556).

. . . is it better to throw yourself head first and laughing into the holy rage calling your name?

When we lay the soil of our hard lives opened the rain of grace and let Joy permeate our cracked and dry places, let joy soak into our broken skin and deep crevices, life grows. How can this not be the best thing for the world? for us? The clouds open when we mouth thanks. p. 58

She never says gracias because life is made of survival not grace, she says, and servants are paid to bring what they're asked.

I am thankful to God for the grace of being alive.