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Your soul will be blessed, Sister, if you bear patiently the troubles of mind and body His Providence sends you, or which come to you from within and without.

Vincent de Paul

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Vincent de Paul
Age: 79 †
Born: 1581
Born: April 24
Died: 1660
Died: September 27
Catholic Priest
Priest
Trouble
Patiently
Within
Sends
Faith
Troubles
Body
Providence
Soul
Sister
Come
Bear
Without
Blessed
Mind
Bears

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