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ST. FRANCIS XAVIER – It is not …

By Catholic Digest on December 3, 2020

It is not the actual physical exertion that counts towards a one’s progress, nor the nature of the task, but by the spirit of faith with which it is undertaken.

— St. Francis Xavier

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