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EMINENT GOOD WORKS

The three principal good works in Christianity are prayer, fasting, and almsgiving.

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Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross

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Gospel Excerpt, John 3:13-17: Jesus said to Nicodemus: "No one has gone up to heaven except the one who has come down from heaven, the Son of Man. And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal…

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