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Memorial of Sts. Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen, Bishops and Doctors of the Church

By Catholic Digest on January 2, 2018

 

What then is more blessed than to imitate on earth the anthems of angels’ choirs; to hasten to prayer at the very break of day, and to worship our Creator with hymns and songs?

— St. Basil the Great

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