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The Skating Nun<\/a><\/p>\n

Another lovely little tale from our \u201cGrace is Dark Matter\u201d department. The world *swims* in these little encounters that go entirely unnotice by what is laughingly referred to as the News Media. Such really is news: it brings us encounters with a God we never expected. But it\u2019s not \u201cnews\u201d (i.e., the daily diet cola of excitements and brain farts that the media trade in so that they may sell beer and shampoo).<\/p>\n

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The Skating Nun Another lovely little tale from our \u201cGrace is Dark Matter\u201d department. The world *swims* in these little encounters that go entirely unnotice by what is laughingly referred to as the News Media. Such really is news: it brings us encounters with a God we never expected. But it\u2019s not \u201cnews\u201d (i.e., the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nCatholic and Enjoying It!<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Skating NunAnother lovely little tale from our "Grace is Dark Matter" department. 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