What did Tolkien call “the one great thing to love on earth”?

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What did Tolkien call “the one great thing to love on earth”?

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It’s our true refuge in the trials of life.

The famous Catholic author J.R.R. Tolkien was referring to the Blessed Sacrament.

In a letter to his son, Michael, he wrote:

Out of the darkness of my life, so much frustrated, I put before you the one great thing to love on earth: the Blessed Sacrament … There you will find romance, glory, honour, fidelity, and the true way of all your loves on earth, and more than that…
Devotion to the souls in Purgatory contains in itself all the works of mercy, which supernaturalized by a spirit of faith, should merit us Heaven. de Sales
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