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   "Are we only dying with the Master and are we only sharing in His sadness?   
   Most of all, let me say that sharing the Master's death is no sadness. Only   
   wait a little and you shall see yourself sharing in His benefits. 'For if   
   we have died with Him,' says St. Paul, `we believe that we shall also live   
   together with Him.' For in baptism there are both burial and resurrection   
   together at the same time. He who is baptized puts off the old man, takes   
   the new and rises up, `just as Christ has arisen through the glory of the   
   Father.' Do you see how, again, St. Paul calls baptism a resurrection?"   
      
   St. John Chrysostom.   
      
   "Therefore   
   I will give thanks to You, O Lord, among the Gentiles, And sing   
   praises to Your name."  Psalm 18:49   
      
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    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)