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\u201cAs there is no true devotion to His Sacred Humanity, which is not mindful of His Divinity, so there is no adequate love of the Son, which disjoins Him from His Mother, and lays her aside, as a mere instrument, whom God chose as He might choose an inanimate thing, without regard to its sanctity or moral fitness.\u201d<\/p>\n

(Rev. Frederick Faber, The Foot of the Cross, p.11)<\/p>\n

Second Sunday of Easter 2023<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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