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| 3c2f703e200d0a3c703e203c2f703e200d0a3c70 |  <p
| 3e3232322e2043687269737469616e2073706972 | >222. Christian spir
| 697475616c6974792070726f706f73657320616e | ituality proposes an
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| 6420636f6e74656d706c6174697665206c696665 | d contemplative life
| 7374796c652c206f6e652063617061626c65206f | style, one capable o
| 66206465657020656e6a6f796d656e7420667265 | f deep enjoyment fre
| 65206f6620746865206f6273657373696f6e2077 | e of the obsession w
| 69746820636f6e73756d7074696f6e2e20576520 | ith consumption. We
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| 6e6369656e74206c6573736f6e2c20666f756e64 | ncient lesson, found
| 20696e20646966666572656e742072656c696769 | in different religi
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| 6c736f20696e20746865204269626c652e204974 | lso in the Bible. It
| 2069732074686520636f6e76696374696f6e2074 | is the conviction t
| 68617420e2809c6c657373206973206d6f7265e2 | hat less is more
| 809d2e204120636f6e7374616e7420666c6f6f64 | . A constant flood
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| 61727420616e642070726576656e742075732066 | art and prevent us f
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| 7468696e6720616e642065616368206d6f6d656e | thing and each momen
| 742e20546f20626520736572656e656c79207072 | t. To be serenely pr
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| 792c20686f776576657220736d616c6c20697420 | y, however small it
| 6d61792062652c206f70656e7320757320746f20 | may be, opens us to
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| 73206f6620756e6465727374616e64696e672061 | s of understanding a
| 6e6420706572736f6e616c2066756c66696c6d65 | nd personal fulfilme
| 6e742e2043687269737469616e20737069726974 | nt. Christian spirit
| 75616c6974792070726f706f7365732061206772 | uality proposes a gr
| 6f777468206d61726b6564206279206d6f646572 | owth marked by moder
| 6174696f6e20616e642074686520636170616369 | ation and the capaci
| 747920746f206265206861707079207769746820 | ty to be happy with
| 6c6974746c652e20497420697320612072657475 | little. It is a retu
| 726e20746f20746861742073696d706c69636974 | rn to that simplicit
| 7920776869636820616c6c6f777320757320746f | y which allows us to
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| 2e3c2f703e200d0a3c703e203c2f703e200d0a3c | . <
| 703e3232332e205375636820736f627269657479 | p>223. Such sobriety
| 2c207768656e206c6976656420667265656c7920 | , when lived freely
| 616e6420636f6e7363696f75736c792c20697320 | and consciously, is
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| 616c77617973206f6e20746865206c6f6f6b2d6f | always on the look-o
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| 696e67207468656972206f62736573736976656e | ing their obsessiven
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| 742c2061626f766520616c6c207768656e207468 | t, above all when th
| 65792063756c746976617465206f746865722070 | ey cultivate other p
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| 74697366616374696f6e20696e20667261746572 | tisfaction in frater
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| 6163742077697468206e61747572652c20696e20 | act with nature, in
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| 703e203c2f703e200d0a3c703e3232342e20536f | p> 224. So
| 62726965747920616e642068756d696c69747920 | briety and humility
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| 2063656e747572792e20416e64207965742c2077 | century. And yet, w
| 68656e20746865726520697320612067656e6572 | hen there is a gener
| 616c20627265616b646f776e20696e2074686520 | al breakdown in the
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| 20656e64732075702063617573696e672061206e | ends up causing a n
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| 20696e636c7564696e6720656e7669726f6e6d65 | including environme
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| 6879206974206973206e6f206c6f6e6765722065 | hy it is no longer e
| 6e6f75676820746f20737065616b206f6e6c7920 | nough to speak only
| 6f662074686520696e74656772697479206f6620 | of the integrity of
| 65636f73797374656d732e205765206861766520 | ecosystems. We have
| 746f206461726520746f20737065616b206f6620 | to dare to speak of
| 74686520696e74656772697479206f662068756d | the integrity of hum
| 616e206c6966652c206f6620746865206e656564 | an life, of the need
| 20746f2070726f6d6f746520616e6420756e6966 | to promote and unif
| 7920616c6c207468652067726561742076616c75 | y all the great valu
| 65732e204f6e6365207765206c6f7365206f7572 | es. Once we lose our
| 2068756d696c6974792c20616e64206265636f6d | humility, and becom
| 6520656e746872616c6c65642077697468207468 | e enthralled with th
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| 65766572797468696e672c20776520696e657669 | everything, we inevi
| 7461626c7920656e64207570206861726d696e67 | tably end up harming
| 20736f636965747920616e642074686520656e76 | society and the env
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| 6561737920746f2070726f6d6f74652074686973 | easy to promote this
| 206b696e64206f66206865616c7468792068756d | kind of healthy hum
| 696c697479206f7220686170707920736f627269 | ility or happy sobri
| 657479207768656e20776520636f6e7369646572 | ety when we consider
| 206f757273656c766573206175746f6e6f6d6f75 | ourselves autonomou
| 732c207768656e207765206578636c7564652047 | s, when we exclude G
| 6f642066726f6d206f7572206c69766573206f72 | od from our lives or
| 207265706c6163652068696d2077697468206f75 | replace him with ou
| 72206f776e2065676f2c20616e64207468696e6b | r own ego, and think
| 2074686174206f7572207375626a656374697665 | that our subjective
| 206665656c696e67732063616e20646566696e65 | feelings can define
| 207768617420697320726967687420616e642077 | what is right and w
| 6861742069732077726f6e672e3c2f703e200d0a | hat is wrong.
| 3c703e203c2f703e200d0a3c703e3232352e204f |  225. O
| 6e20746865206f746865722068616e642c206e6f | n the other hand, no
| 206f6e652063616e2063756c7469766174652061 | one can cultivate a
| 20736f62657220616e642073617469736679696e | sober and satisfyin
| 67206c69666520776974686f7574206265696e67 | g life without being
| 20617420706561636520776974682068696d206f | at peace with him o
| 722068657273656c662e20416e20616465717561 | r herself. An adequa
| 746520756e6465727374616e64696e67206f6620 | te understanding of
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| 7320696e2066696c6c696e67206f757420776861 | s in filling out wha
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| 7768696368206973206d756368206d6f72652074 | which is much more t
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| 6c6f73656c792072656c6174656420746f206361 | losely related to ca
| 726520666f722065636f6c6f677920616e642066 | re for ecology and f
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| 7468656e746963616c6c792c2069742069732072 | thentically, it is r
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| 7220776f6e6465722077686963682074616b6573 | r wonder which takes
| 20757320746f20612064656570657220756e6465 | us to a deeper unde
| 727374616e64696e67206f66206c6966652e204e | rstanding of life. N
| 61747572652069732066696c6c65642077697468 | ature is filled with
| 20776f726473206f66206c6f76652c2062757420 | words of love, but
| 686f772063616e207765206c697374656e20746f | how can we listen to
| 207468656d20616d696420636f6e7374616e7420 | them amid constant
| 6e6f6973652c20696e7465726d696e61626c6520 | noise, interminable
| 616e64206e657276652d777261636b696e672064 | and nerve-wracking d
| 69737472616374696f6e732c206f722074686520 | istractions, or the
| 63756c74206f6620617070656172616e6365733f | cult of appearances?
| 204d616e792070656f706c6520746f6461792073 | Many people today s
| 656e736520612070726f666f756e6420696d6261 | ense a profound imba
| 6c616e6365207768696368206472697665732074 | lance which drives t
| 68656d20746f206672656e657469632061637469 | hem to frenetic acti
| 7669747920616e64206d616b6573207468656d20 | vity and makes them
| 6665656c20627573792c20696e206120636f6e73 | feel busy, in a cons
| 74616e7420687572727920776869636820696e20 | tant hurry which in
| 7475726e206c65616473207468656d20746f2072 | turn leads them to r
| 69646520726f7567682d73686f64206f76657220 | ide rough-shod over
| 65766572797468696e672061726f756e64207468 | everything around th
| 656d2e205468697320746f6f2061666665637473 | em. This too affects
| 20686f7720746865792074726561742074686520 | how they treat the
| 656e7669726f6e6d656e742e20416e20696e7465 | environment. An inte
| 6772616c2065636f6c6f677920696e636c756465 | gral ecology include
| 732074616b696e672074696d6520746f20726563 | s taking time to rec
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| 792077697468206372656174696f6e2c20726566 | y with creation, ref
| 6c656374696e67206f6e206f7572206c69666573 | lecting on our lifes
| 74796c6520616e64206f757220696465616c732c | tyle and our ideals,
| 20616e6420636f6e74656d706c6174696e672074 | and contemplating t
| 68652043726561746f722077686f206c69766573 | he Creator who lives
| 20616d6f6e6720757320616e6420737572726f75 | among us and surrou
| 6e64732075732c2077686f73652070726573656e | nds us, whose presen
| 636520e2809c6d757374206e6f7420626520636f | ce must not be co
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| 703e200d0a3c703e3232362e2057652061726520 | p> 226. We are
| 737065616b696e67206f6620616e206174746974 | speaking of an attit
| 756465206f66207468652068656172742c206f6e | ude of the heart, on
| 6520776869636820617070726f6163686573206c | e which approaches l
| 696665207769746820736572656e652061747465 | ife with serene atte
| 6e746976656e6573732c20776869636820697320 | ntiveness, which is
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| 6520776974686f7574207468696e6b696e67206f | e without thinking o
| 66207768617420636f6d6573206e6578742c2077 | f what comes next, w
| 6869636820616363657074732065616368206d6f | hich accepts each mo
| 6d656e74206173206120676966742066726f6d20 | ment as a gift from
| 476f6420746f206265206c6976656420746f2074 | God to be lived to t
| 68652066756c6c2e204a65737573207461756768 | he full. Jesus taugh
| 7420757320746869732061747469747564652077 | t us this attitude w
| 68656e20686520696e766974656420757320746f | hen he invited us to
| 20636f6e74656d706c61746520746865206c696c | contemplate the lil
| 696573206f6620746865206669656c6420616e64 | ies of the field and
| 20746865206269726473206f6620746865206169 | the birds of the ai
| 722c206f72207768656e20736565696e67207468 | r, or when seeing th
| 65207269636820796f756e67206d616e20616e64 | e rich young man and
| 206b6e6f77696e672068697320726573746c6573 | knowing his restles
| 736e6573732c20e2809c6865206c6f6f6b656420 | sness, he looked
| 61742068696d2077697468206c6f7665e2809d20 | at him with love
| 283c693e4d6b3c2f693e2031303a3231292e2048 | (Mk 10:21). H
| 652077617320636f6d706c6574656c7920707265 | e was completely pre
| 73656e7420746f2065766572796f6e6520616e64 | sent to everyone and
| 20746f2065766572797468696e672c20616e6420 | to everything, and
| 696e2074686973207761792068652073686f7765 | in this way he showe
| 64207573207468652077617920746f206f766572 | d us the way to over
| 636f6d65207468617420756e6865616c74687920 | come that unhealthy
| 616e7869657479207768696368206d616b657320 | anxiety which makes
| 757320737570657266696369616c2c2061676772 | us superficial, aggr
| 65737369766520616e6420636f6d70756c736976 | essive and compulsiv
| 6520636f6e73756d6572732e203c2f703e200d0a | e consumers. 
| 3c703e203c2f703e200d0a3c703e3232372e204f |  227. O
| 6e652065787072657373696f6e206f6620746869 | ne expression of thi
| 73206174746974756465206973207768656e2077 | s attitude is when w
| 652073746f7020616e642067697665207468616e | e stop and give than
| 6b7320746f20476f64206265666f726520616e64 | ks to God before and
| 206166746572206d65616c732e20492061736b20 | after meals. I ask
| 616c6c2062656c69657665727320746f20726574 | all believers to ret
| 75726e20746f2074686973206265617574696675 | urn to this beautifu
| 6c20616e64206d65616e696e6766756c20637573 | l and meaningful cus
| 746f6d2e2054686174206d6f6d656e74206f6620 | tom. That moment of
| 626c657373696e672c20686f7765766572206272 | blessing, however br
| 6965662c2072656d696e6473207573206f66206f | ief, reminds us of o
| 757220646570656e64656e6365206f6e20476f64 | ur dependence on God
| 20666f72206c6966653b20697420737472656e67 | for life; it streng
| 7468656e73206f7572206665656c696e67206f66 | thens our feeling of
| 2067726174697475646520666f72207468652067 | gratitude for the g
| 69667473206f66206372656174696f6e3b206974 | ifts of creation; it
| 2061636b6e6f776c65646765732074686f736520 | acknowledges those
| 77686f206279207468656972206c61626f757273 | who by their labours
| 2070726f76696465207573207769746820746865 | provide us with the
| 736520676f6f64733b20616e6420697420726561 | se goods; and it rea
| 666669726d73206f757220736f6c696461726974 | ffirms our solidarit
| 7920776974682074686f736520696e2067726561 | y with those in grea
| 74657374206e6565642e3c627220636c6561723d | test need. <
| 623e562e20434956494320414e4420504f4c4954 | b>V. CIVIC AND POLIT
| 4943414c204c4f56453c2f623e3c2f703e200d0a | ICAL LOVE
| 3c703e203c2f703e200d0a3c703e3232382e2043 |  228. C
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| 2c206f72206368616e6765206f66206865617274 | , or change of heart
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| 68652070617274206f6620696e64697669647561 | he part of individua
| 6c732077696c6c206e6f7420627920697473656c | ls will not by itsel
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| 6c7920636f6d706c657820736974756174696f6e | ly complex situation
| 20666163696e67206f757220776f726c6420746f | facing our world to
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| 20746f2065736361706520746865207574696c69 | to escape the utili
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| 656e64207570207072657920746f20616e20756e | end up prey to an un
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| 626572656674206f6620736f6369616c206f7220 | bereft of social or
| 65636f6c6f676963616c2061776172656e657373 | ecological awareness
| 2e20536f6369616c2070726f626c656d73206d75 | . Social problems mu
| 7374206265206164647265737365642062792063 | st be addressed by c
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| 64206e6f742073696d706c792062792074686520 | d not simply by the
| 73756d206f6620696e646976696475616c20676f | sum of individual go
| 6f642064656564732e2054686973207461736b20 | od deeds. This task
| e2809c77696c6c206d616b652073756368207472 | will make such tr
| 656d656e646f75732064656d616e6473206f6620 | emendous demands of
| 6d616e207468617420686520636f756c64206e65 | man that he could ne
| 766572206163686965766520697420627920696e | ver achieve it by in
| 646976696475616c20696e697469617469766520 | dividual initiative
| 6f72206576656e2062792074686520756e697465 | or even by the unite
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| 20696e20616e20696e646976696475616c697374 | in an individualist
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| 6620736b696c6c7320616e64206120756e697479 | f skills and a unity
| 206f6620616368696576656d656e742074686174 | of achievement that
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| 6f206272696e672061626f7574206c617374696e | o bring about lastin
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| 6f6d6d756e69747920636f6e76657273696f6e2e | ommunity conversion.
| 3c2f703e200d0a3c703e203c2f703e200d0a3c70 |  <p
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| 20696e2073656c662d7361637269666963652061 | in self-sacrifice a
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| 696768742068616e6420697320646f696e67e280 | ight hand is doing
| a620616e6420796f757220466174686572207768 | and your Father wh
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| 6c2072657761726420796f75e2809d20283c693e | l reward you (
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| 61776172656e6573732074686174207765206172 | awareness that we ar
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| 2c20696e20697473207475726e2c20656e746169 | , in its turn, entai
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| 642061742074686520626567696e6e696e67206f | d at the beginning o
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| 746865206d65616e696e67206f66207468697320 | the meaning of this
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| 7420436872697374206861732074616b656e2075 | t Christ has taken u
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| 696e672c20737572726f756e64696e6720697420 | ing, surrounding it
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| 5765207265616420696e2074686520476f737065 | We read in the Gospe
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| 72207468617420e2809c6e6f74206f6e65206f66 | r that not one of
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| 205361696e74204672616e636973206f66204173 | Saint Francis of As
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| 2e3c2f703e200d0a3c703e203c2f703e200d0a3c | . <
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| 20676f6f6420616e6420646563656e7420617265 | good and decent are
| 20776f7274682069742e20576520686176652068 | worth it. We have h
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| 69747920616e6420746865206d6f636b65727920 | ity and the mockery
| 6f66206574686963732c20676f6f646e6573732c | of ethics, goodness,
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| 49742069732074696d6520746f2061636b6e6f77 | It is time to acknow
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| 7274656420737570657266696369616c69747920 | rted superficiality
| 68617320646f6e65207573206e6f20676f6f642e | has done us no good.
| 205768656e2074686520666f756e646174696f6e | When the foundation
| 73206f6620736f6369616c206c69666520617265 | s of social life are
| 20636f72726f6465642c207768617420656e7375 | corroded, what ensu
| 65732061726520626174746c6573206f76657220 | es are battles over
| 636f6e666c696374696e6720696e746572657374 | conflicting interest
| 732c206e657720666f726d73206f662076696f6c | s, new forms of viol
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| 616e64206f62737461636c657320746f20746865 | and obstacles to the
| 2067726f777468206f6620612067656e75696e65 | growth of a genuine
| 2063756c74757265206f66206361726520666f72 | culture of care for
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| 33302e205361696e742054686572657365206f66 | 30. Saint Therese of
| 204c69736965757820696e766974657320757320 | Lisieux invites us
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| 6c6520776179206f66206c6f76652c206e6f7420 | le way of love, not
| 746f206d697373206f7574206f6e2061206b696e | to miss out on a kin
| 6420776f72642c206120736d696c65206f722061 | d word, a smile or a
| 6e7920736d616c6c206765737475726520776869 | ny small gesture whi
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| 20496e2074686520656e642c206120776f726c64 | In the end, a world
| 206f6620657861636572626174656420636f6e73 | of exacerbated cons
| 756d7074696f6e20697320617420746865207361 | umption is at the sa
| 6d652074696d65206120776f726c642077686963 | me time a world whic
| 68206d6973747265617473206c69666520696e20 | h mistreats life in
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| 0d0a3c703e203c2f703e200d0a3c703e3233312e |  231.
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| 69746820736d616c6c206765737475726573206f | ith small gestures o
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| 736f20636976696320616e6420706f6c69746963 | so civic and politic
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| 75696c6420612062657474657220776f726c642e | uild a better world.
| 204c6f766520666f7220736f636965747920616e | Love for society an
| 6420636f6d6d69746d656e7420746f2074686520 | d commitment to the
| 636f6d6d6f6e20676f6f6420617265206f757473 | common good are outs
| 74616e64696e672065787072657373696f6e7320 | tanding expressions
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| 7320746f20646576697365206c61726765722073 | s to devise larger s
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| 623e56492e2053414352414d454e54414c205349 | b>VI. SACRAMENTAL SI
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| 494f4e204f4620524553543c2f623e3c2f703e20 | ION OF REST
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| 61206d7973746963616c206d65616e696e672074 | a mystical meaning t
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