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\"\"<\/a>“Charity gave me the key to my vocation. I understood that the Church being a body composed of different members, the most essential, the most noble of all the organs would not be wanting to her; I understood that the Church has a heart and that this heart is burning with love; that it is love alone which makes the members work, that if love were to die away apostles would no longer preach the Gospel, martyrs would refuse to shed their blood. I understood that love comprises all vocations, that love is everything, that it embraces all times and all places because it is eternal!”<\/div>\n
— St. Therese of the Child Jesus<\/a>, whose feast we celebrate today. <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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