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Remember that God is within us when we are in a state of grace and outside of us when we are in a state of sin but His angel never abandons us. . . He is our most sincere and faithful friend even when we sadden him with our bad behavior.

Pio of Pietrelcina

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Pio of Pietrelcina
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