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For human beings, the most daunting challenge is to become fully human. For to become fully human is to become fully divine.

Thomas Keating

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Thomas Keating
Age: 95 †
Born: 1923
Born: March 7
Died: 2018
Died: October 25
Catholic Priest
Writer
New York City
New York
Thomas Aquinas Keating
Humans
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