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Jesus is the very concrete truth revealing and standing in for the universal truth.

Richard Rohr

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Richard Rohr
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: March 20
Catholic Priest
Motivational Speaker
Priest
Writer
Topeka
Kansas
Standing
Jesus
Truth
Revealing
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Universal

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