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\u201cIt is fitting that it be recorded that the first Adam was cast out of Paradise into the desert, that you may observe how the second Adam returned from the desert to Paradise. . . .\u201d<\/p>\n

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First Sunday of Lent 2025<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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