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Prayer, like radium, is a luminous and self-generating form of energy.

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Alexis Carrel
Age: 71 †
Born: 1873
Born: June 28
Died: 1944
Died: August 21
Biologist
Physiologist
Sociologist
Surgeon
Mont-Chalier
Prayer
Energy
Form
Self
Like
Radium
Generating
Luminous

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Prayer is a cry of distress, a demand for help, a hymn of love.
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Jesus knows our world. He does not disdain us like the God of Aristotle. We can speak to Him and He answers us. Although He is a person like ourselves, He is God and transcends all things.
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