Wings for Your Prayer: Fasting and Almsgiving

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Do you wish your prayer to fly toward God? Make for it two wings: fasting and almsgiving. - St. Augustine

Do you wish your prayer to fly toward God? Make for it two wings: fasting and almsgiving.
St. Augustine

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