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Page 86
... knew , with the same conviction that I had about the Blessed Sacrament , that Christ was one with her , that by ... knew I was shut out before I knew I was let in . All this added up to the third great blessing the Church means to me ...
... knew , with the same conviction that I had about the Blessed Sacrament , that Christ was one with her , that by ... knew I was shut out before I knew I was let in . All this added up to the third great blessing the Church means to me ...
Page 229
... knew she was not free to dream up hopes and plans , to count on comfort and joy . She had already said , “ Be it done unto me according to thy word , " and in the saying she knew she had accepted motherhood of a doomed man . True , she ...
... knew she was not free to dream up hopes and plans , to count on comfort and joy . She had already said , “ Be it done unto me according to thy word , " and in the saying she knew she had accepted motherhood of a doomed man . True , she ...
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... knew what the cost of the incarna- tion would be to both her Son and herself , did not reckon that cost . She who accepted the motherhood of Christ took also upon herself the motherhood of souls . It is she who broods over the baptismal ...
... knew what the cost of the incarna- tion would be to both her Son and herself , did not reckon that cost . She who accepted the motherhood of Christ took also upon herself the motherhood of souls . It is she who broods over the baptismal ...
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