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Everything is full of sacramental substance, everything. Each thing and each function is ever ready to light up into a sacrament.

Martin Buber

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Martin Buber
Age: 87 †
Born: 1878
Born: February 8
Died: 1965
Died: June 13
Bible Translator
Educator
Existentialist
Literary Editor
Pedagogue
Philosopher
Translator
University Teacher
Writer
Vienna
Austria
Everything
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Sacraments
Substance
Function
Ready
Full
Light
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