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Whenever you begin any good work
you should first of all make a most pressing appeal
to Christ our Lord to bring it to perfection.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Girded with faith and the performance of good works
let us follow in his ( Jesus ) paths
by the guidance of the Gospel.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Saint Benedict<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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