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All End in the Cross

Suffering is the heritage of the bad, of the penitent, and of the Son of God. Each one ends in the cross. The bad thief is crucified, the penitnent thief is crucified, and the Son of God is crucified. By these signs we know the widespread heritage of suffering.

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