Musical compositions can be very sad – Chopin – but you have the pleasure of this sadness. The cheap consolation is: you will be happy. The higher consolation is the pleasure and recognition of your unhappiness, the pleasure of having recognised that fate, destiny and life are such as they are and so you reach a higher form of consciousness.
Recognition
The Vatican's recognition of the State of Israel in 1997 could not have occurred without John Paul's leadership.
The Vatican’s recognition of the State of Israel in 1997 could not have occurred without John Paul’s leadership.