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Most of my Facebook friends are Catholic, so I often see quotes about spiritual matters on my feed, often with the comment, \u201cNeeded to hear this today!\u201d \u00a0And then the quote is something like, \u201cWe must strive to love each other always!\u201d \u00a0Okay, sure, fine, I guess I needed to hear that. \u00a0Or sometimes it\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1533,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[6,359],"class_list":["post-11687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-books","tag-francis-de-sales"],"yoast_head":"\n
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