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“It doesn't promise to solve or erase suffering but to transform it, pledging that by loving one another, even through pain, we will find more life. And it insists that by opening ourselves to strangers, the despised or frightening or unintelligible other, we will see more and more of the holy, since, without exception, all people are one body: God's.”

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Sarah Miles
Sarah Miles

Sarah Miles is a renowned British stage actress, born on December 31, 1941. She is celebrated in the British theater community for her outstanding performances in various dramatic works. more

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