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All truth belongs of right to Christian thought, as the spoils of the Egyptians to the Hebrews. \u201cWhatever has been well said anywhere belongs to us who are Christians\u201d \u2014 because according to that saying of St. Ambrose, which St. Thomas (Aquinas) delighted to quote, \u201cevery truth, whoever said it, comes from the Holy Spirit.\u201d<\/i> -Jacques Maritain<\/p>\n

The spirit of Phariseeism never dies.<\/i> -John C.H. Wu
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Or you can forget what St. Ambrose, St. Thomas Aquinas, Jacques, and my friend John said. But Father Barron will back me up on this one too. <\/p>\n

And even he can embarrass his mom as well?! I\u2019ll end this post with just one more quote, this time from the Holy Spirit,<\/p>\n

To the weak I became weak, that I might gain the weak. I became all things to all men, that I might save all. (1 Corinthians 9:22)<\/i><\/p>\n

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