Msgr. Robert Hugh Benson-Man must have liberty

By Catholic Digest on October 23, 2019

Optional Memorial of St. John of Capistrano, Priest

Man must have liberty — he was made for it; but what liberty would that be which he has not learned to use?

— Msgr. Robert Hugh Benson

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Msgr. Robert Hugh Benson-Man must have liberty

Man must have liberty — he was made for it; but what liberty would that be which he has not learned to use?

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