I put before you the one great thing to love on earth: the Blessed Sac…

J. R. R. Tolkien
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I put before you the one great thing to love on earth: the Blessed Sacrament. ✨ J.R.R. Tolkien (2014). The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, p.53, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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I put before you the one great thing to love on earth: the Blessed Sacrament. ✨ J.R.R. Tolkien (2014). The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, p.53, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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