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Our hearts of stone become hearts of flesh when we learn where the outcast weeps.

Brennan Manning

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Brennan Manning
Age: 75 †
Born: 1937
Born: April 27
Died: 2013
Died: April 12
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Catholic Priest
Theologian
New York City
New York
Richard Francis Xavier Manning
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Outcast
Stone
Flesh
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