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Help someone in distress and you lighten your own burden the very joy of alleviating the sorrow of another is the lessening of one's own.
Fulton J. Sheen
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Fulton J. Sheen
Age: 84 †
Born: 1895
Born: May 8
Died: 1979
Died: December 9
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Obedience to Truth is obedience to Love.
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The simple shepherds heard the voice of an angel and found their Lamb the wise men saw the light of a star and found their Wisdom.
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