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The beauty of cathedrals, one, it reminds us, again, a glimpse of heaven, and two, it's a gift to people who might not otherwise have a lot of beauty in their lives.

They might not know who they are, but when pastor at the bedside of a seasoned saint starts praying the Lord's Prayer, those words come back.

So I like to think of memorization as Alzheimer's proofing ourselves and our children.

So that to give thanks, I must think of not the things that I need to do, but the things that God has done.

So now I'm no longer thinking of the future, but I'm remembering the past.

I'm no longer thinking of myself, but I'm thinking of God.

I'm no longer thinking of the undone, but I'm thinking of those things which are accomplished.

No matter what our enemies say about us, we're not a new church.

We're not the church that Martin Luther started.

We are the Holy Catholic Church, the Western Catholic Church, purified by the saving gospel.

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