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Henri Nouwen Quotes: The difference between rich and poor is not that the rich sin is more than the poor, that the rich find it easier to call sin a virtue.
         

The difference between rich and poor is not that the rich sin is more than the poor, that the rich find it easier to call sin a virtue.


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O Lord, make this Lenten season different from the other ones. Let me find you again. Amen.



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