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If the mark the path to God's blessing upon engender in all of us the wisdom to Church fails to bring a harvest, the our Church. ask what we are missing ... the wisdom of age." LookIt Up - JOAN CH/TT/STER How do the conclusions of the gospels reinforce the priority of the Church and its harvest? "This is a beautiful book to cherish." ThinkAbout It - BENETTVEDTEN Check out the culture, the lifestyles, and the history of Mauritania. What is there that endears its people to the Lord - and could endear them to us? Part graceful memoir, part sacred legacy, this is a vibrant and deeply moving NextSunday portrait of monastic life in America today. 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