OLD TESTAMENT

Sirach 24:29

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29

For her thoughts are filled from the sea, and her counsels from the great deep.

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Verse 29. Thirst. Without being ever disgusted. John 4:13. Calmet.—Experience of carnal delights is quite the reverse. Saint Gregory hom. xxxvi. Ev.—The more grace a person has, the more he desireth and receiveth from God. Worthington.

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