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In this episode, we reflect on how "humility and tenderness are not virtues of the weak but of the strong (Pope Francis)". We discuss how we as Christians are called to cultivate a posture of humility and tenderness in a culture that is quick to criticize and condemn. We also chat about how often we forget that we belong to each other and end up picking sides, which results in more division and hostility than relationships that are filled with vulnerable love and truth. Today let us ask for the tenderness of God to be a gift that He gives us in our own hearts first, so that we can then give it to others.

Heather's One Thing- Lessons from the School of love - Debbie and Peter Herbeck

Sister Miriam's One Thing - Spicy Korean Style Gochujang Meatballs

Michelle's One Thing - The Olive Tree from Jackie Mulligan

Discussion Questions:

• What does it mean to receive the tender and compassionate love of the Lord?
• What does it mean to be tender to other people?
• What shuts down our sensitivity?
• How is God inviting you to receive and give His Tenderness?

Journal Questions:

• How can I grow in tenderness towards myself?
• How is God inviting me to show tenderness with the person I struggle with most?
• Where are the places in my heart where I have been hurt and allowed a coldness to enter my heart?
• Where in my life and my heart am I struggling to receive the Tenderness of God?

Quotes to Ponder:

I no longer need the armor, my softness is the strongest part of me.

- Brianna Wiest

The Heart of Christ is so great it wants to welcome us all into the revolution of tenderness.

- Pope Francis

Tenderness is not a weakness. Tenderness is the path for the strongest, most courageous men and women. It is the path of humility. The more powerful you are, the more your actions will have an impact on the people. the more responsible you are to act humbly. If you don't, your power will ruin you and you will ruin the other. Connect your power with humility and tenderness.

- Pope Francis

Mary gave us a mother's warmth, the warmth that shelters us amid troubles, the maternal warmth that keeps anything or anyone from extinguishing in the heart of the Church the revolution of tenderness inaugurated by her Son. Where there is a mother, there is tenderness. By her motherhood, Mary shows us that humility and tenderness are not virtues of the weak but of the strong. She teaches us that we do not have to mistreat others in order to feel important.

- Pope Francis

The lack of physical (and not virtual) contact is cauterizing our hearts (cf. Laudato Si', 49) and making us lose the capacity for tenderness and wonder, for pity and compassion. Spiritual orphanhood makes us forget what it means to be children, grandchildren, parents, grandparents, friends, and believers. It makes us forget the importance of playing, of singing, of a smile, of rest, of gratitude.

- Pope Francis

Tenderness is the best way to touch the frailty within us.

- Pope Francis

Prayer:

Saint Joseph, father in tenderness,

Teach us to accept that we are loved precisely in that which is weakest in us.

Grant that we may place no obstacle between our poverty and the greatness of God's love.

Stir in us the desire to approach to Reconciliation,

That we may be forgiven and also made capable of loving tenderly our brothers and sisters in their poverty.

Be close to those who have done wrong and are paying the price for it.

Help them to find not only justice but also tenderness so that they can start again.

And teach them that the first way to begin again

Is to sincerely ask for forgiveness, to feel the Father's caress.

Amen.

Scripture for Lectio:

So he got up and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion for him, and ran and embraced him and kissed him.

- Luke 15:20

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This week, we have a very special episode that was recorded live from the FOCUS SEEK 2023 Conference in St. Louis! Here we discussed the importance of surrendering to God the tender and wounded places of our soul. Just as salt can flavor a dish from the inside out, so must we allow God's abundant love to transform our hearts. Only once we do this, can we be a light to others. This transformation can sometimes be a painful process. Many times, when we see the struggle ahead, we can be tempted to turn away from the good. But friends, pain is part of the process, and it makes us love the outcome even more. As you listen to today's episode, ask yourself, "if you just said yes to God, what would your light look like if you let it shine?"

Heather's One Thing- Glass Canvas

Sister Miriam's One Thing - Michelle and Heather's kids

Michelle's One Thing - Everyone at the SEEK conference and all our listeners

Michelle's Other One Thing - the FOCUS staff

Michelle's Other Other One Thing - Pope Benedict XVI

Michelle's Other Other Other One Thing - College Football (especially SEC University of Georgia)

Discussion Questions:

• What is the Lord calling you to in this season?
• How are you responding to the Lord's calling in your life?
• How has Christ conquered you with Love? How is He conquering you with Love now?
• What do you think Jesus believes about you in your weaknesses?

Journal Questions:

• Where in my life am I choosing lukewarmness or mediocrity over abundant life?
• How do you experience your own weaknesses?
• What do you believe about yourself in your own weaknesses?
• What do you think Jesus believes about you in your weaknesses?
• How do you experience other people's weaknesses?

Quotes to Ponder:

"Each of you has a personal vocation which He has given you for your own joy and sanctity. When a person is conquered by the fire of His gaze, no sacrifice seems too great to follow Him and give Him the best of ourselves. This is what the saints have always done, spreading the light of the Lord ... and transforming the world into a welcoming home for everyone."

― Pope Benedict XVI

"Fear not; rise, He is calling you."

― Mark 10:49

"I have called you by name & you are mine."

― Isaiah 43:1

"God came into the world to reawaken the thirst for great things in us."

― Pope Benedict XVI

"Holiness never goes out of fashion."

― Pope Benedict XVI

Scripture for Lectio:

"You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot. You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead, they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven." (Matthew 5:13-16)

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In this episode, we discuss freedom in Christ. We all have places in our lives where the enemy has whispered a lie. A lie that tells us we will never escape the bondage of our sins. That we will always be slaves to something. But these whispers are just that - a lie. We are not made to be filled with weakness! We are made to live in freedom. Christ came to earth to break the chains of sin and death. He has created a pathway for us to live in freedom. Friends, what if the place of your greatest pain could become the place of your greatest holiness? Join us as we discuss how we are made for freedom.

Heather's One Thing- Live in the Prayer Room by Jeremy Riddle

Michelle's One Thing - Soul of Shame, Dr. Curt Thompson

Sister Miriam's One Thing - Double Chocolate Walnut Biscotti Recipe

Discussion Questions:

• What would it look like for me to be free?
• Is it more comfortable to live in my chains or pursue freedom?
• When have I experienced the fruit of inner healing in the past?
• What is a place of bondage in my life that the Lord is inviting me into greater freedom?

Journal Questions:

• Where would I experience more freedom in my heart and in my life if I truly believed the power of the Resurrection lived in me?
• How has the Lord called me out of bondage and into freedom in the past?
• What are the places of self hatred in my heart? How can I receive and accept the Lord's tenderness there?

Quotes to Ponder:

"If you want to hold people in chains, one must first convince them that they are meant to be bound." // from the movie "Woman King"

"As long as this attachment remains, it is impossible to make progress in perfection, even though the imperfection be very small. It makes little difference whether a bird is tied by a thin thread or by a cord. Even if it is tied by a thread, the bird will be held bound… it will be impeded from flying as long as it does not break the thread." // St John of the Cross, Ascent of Mt. Carmel, Book One, 11.4.

Scripture for Lectio:

"It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery." (Galatians 5:1)

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In this episode, we continue our annual tradition, sharing our Word of the Year! Each year we each ask God to give us a theme to focus on for the new year and invite you to do the same. After personal prayer and reflection, we share our words for 2023 and how our words of the year have been connected over time. At the end of the episode, we also share an exciting announcement about our upcoming Lenten Book Study and insights into the theme for Season 12 of the podcast!

Sister Miriam's One Thing - Belovedness by Sarah Kroger

Heather's One Thing- Only Jesus Playlist

Michelle's One Thing - Amanda Cook Edens

Michelle's Other One Thing - Placemakers: Cultivating Places of Comfort, Beauty, and Peace - Christie Purifoy

Discussion Questions:

• What stood out to you from this week's episode?
• Which podcast host's "word" resonated most with you and why?
• After prayer and reflection, what's your word of the year?
• How can you see your spiritual progress through the evolution of your words of the year over the past few years? How have these words or themes built upon each other?
• If you have never done word of the year and want to, what ways can you ask God what it is?

Journal Questions:

• How was God present to you in your word for 2022?
• Take some time to reflect on what God desires to reveal to you as your word of the year. Ask the Holy Spirit to reveal this to you. Make sure to write it down and memorialize it in a way that will keep it at the forefront of your mind throughout the year.
• What is one change you can make in the coming year to be more open to the will of God?
• What themes has God been using as an opportunity to encounter Him?
• Are there specific scriptures, saints, or quotes that will serve as a guide or reminder of your word during the year?

Quotes to Ponder:

Trust makes us willing to be what God wants us to be, however great or however little that may prove. Trust accepts God as illimitable Love." // Caryll Houselander,

"No half-heartedness and no worldly fear must turn us aside from following the light unflinchingly." // J. R. R. Tolkien

"He who climbs never stops going from beginning to beginning, through beginnings that have no end. He never stops desiring what he already knows." // Saint Gregory of Nissa

"We can only learn to know ourselves and do what we can, namely, surrender our will and fulfill God's will in us." // Saint Teresa of Avila

Scripture for Lectio:

"Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him, he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners so that you will not grow weary and lose heart." (Hebrews 12:1-3)

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We are so excited to be back! In this episode, we reconnect after an extended break to share with you updates from each of our lives according to the mysteries of the Rosary: joyful, sorrowful, luminous, and glorious. While our first episode back is traditionally our "Word of the Year" episode, we felt the need to open up about what has been going on in our lives the past seven months. Stay tuned for next week's episode to discover each of our words for 2023. Thank you for being a part of our journey. We are so incredibly grateful for you.

Heather's One Thing- Fr. Mike Schmitz Catechism in a Year Podcast (Trailer Here)

Sister Miriam's One Thing - Hope's Garden

Michelle's One Thing - Elizabeth Wade Studios

Michelle's Other One Thing - With all Her Mind: A Call to the Intellectual Life; Rachel Bulman Amazon or Word on Fire Bookstore

Discussion Questions:

1. What stood out to you from this week's episode?
2. How has Christ met me in the Joyful Mysteries of my life?
3. How has Christ met me in the Sorrowful Mysteries of my life?
4. How has Christ met me in the Luminous Mysteries of my life?
5. How has Christ met me in the Glorious Mysteries of my life?

Journal Questions:

1. Reflect on the past few months of your life. What are ways you have experienced joy, sorrow, illumination, and glory?
   1. Joy: A delight or an area of gratitude where you have felt the tangible presence of the LORD.
   2. Sorrow: A hurt or an obstacle.
   3. Illumination: Something the LORD brought to light: an area of pruning, longing, and an ache.
   4. Glory: Something you see the LORD redeeming and restoring. It can be in process.

Quotes to Ponder:

"The Rosary mystically transports us to Mary's side as she is busy watching over the human growth of Christ in the home of Nazareth. This enables her to train us and to mold us with the same care, until Christ is 'fully formed' in us." -JP2

"Mary lived with her eyes fixed on Christ, treasuring His every word: "She kept all these things, pondering them in her heart" (Lk2:19; cf. 2:51). The memories of Jesus, impressed upon her heart, were always with her, leading her to reflect on the various moments of her life at her Son's side. In a way those memories were to be the 'rosary' which she recited uninterruptedly throughout her earthly life." -JP2

Scripture for Lectio Divina - "Mary pondered all these things in her heart." Luke 2:19

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In this final episode of Season 11, we chat about our favorite parts of the last year's episodes and have a special announcement about what is coming next for the podcast. We discuss how there is a season for everything and how we are invited to not grasp onto the things that God entrusts to us, but to hold them loosely with a posture of trust and freedom. We also talk about taking time to be quiet and discern what the Lord has for us, what changes need to be made, and what to let go of. We pray that you have a wonderful summer filled with simplicity and moments to spend with Christ.

Sister Miriam's one thing - Prudence - Choose Confidently, Live Boldly by Fr. Gregory Pine, OP

Heather's one thing - Heather's playlist - Only Jesus

Michelle's one thing - Live Today Well - Creative God

Michelle's Summer Reading List

Mentioned on the Podcast:

Bryan Stevenson's Talk from Communion and Liberations's New York Encounter

Searching for and Maintaining Peace Lenten Series

Discussion Questions:

1. What stood out to you in this week's podcast?
2. How do you feel when changes occur in your life?
3. Is it easy or challenging for you to let go of things you might enjoy to make room for something new that God has in store?
4. Sr. Miriam said, "When we take the next right step, the Lord provides". Do you believe that God will provide what you need if you make a change in your life for Him. Why or why not?
5. What are some of the highlights from the podcast in season 10 and 11?

Journal Questions:

1. Take some time to reflect, what is the Holy Spirit saying in your life right now? Are there some new things you need to say yes to and some things you need to say no to?
2. What are some things that you're grateful for this past school year?
3. How has the podcast over the years, taught you more about your own heart and your relationship with God? What are some things you want to never forget?

Quotes to Ponder: If there be among the gifts of God none greater than love, and there is no greater gift of God than the Holy Spirit, what follows more naturally than that He is Himself love…." (Saint Augustine)

Scripture for Lectio Divina: Ecclesiastes Chapter 3: 1- 7

For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven: 2 a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; a time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak.

In this episode, we conclude our series on the identity of Bride: Fruitful Love. We discuss the truth that love was designed to be life generating and to bear good fruit that will last. Although this occurs through biological children within family, it also applies to community and beyond the boundaries of biological ties in the discipleship of others. We also talk honestly about how tenderness, vulnerability, and intimacy are intertwined and what is needed to feel safe and open up. Our body has meaning and was made for an other. We all are invited to grow from brokenness to wholeness in our sexuality. This conversation has some mature content so please be sensitive to little ears listening.

Sister Miriam's one thing - Our Listeners, Spirit Juice, and Michelle for her vision of the content from this series

Heather's one thing - Best Ever Roasted Brussel Sprouts

Michelle's one thing - Our listeners and everyone behind the scenes making this podcast happen

Discussion Questions:

1. What stood out to you from this week's episode?
2. In what ways can you see that love is fruitful in your life and the lives of those around you?
3. If you're married, do you make space for intimacy in all of it's forms within your marriage? What more can you do to make space for intimacy? If you're not married, what is your ideal view of what intimacy should look like in marriage or the consecrated life?
4. "Every woman wants to be attended to and to be a partner on a great adventure". Discuss your desire for this within marriage and/or relationship with Christ. How is this desire being met and in what ways are you still longing for this?

Journal Questions:

1. How are you responding to Christ's invitation to intimacy in practical ways?
2. All of us are called to make disciples of all nations. Who might the Lord be asking you to disciple in the faith and journey alongside?
3. Ponder how you can support your married friends and be "for" their marriage. How have you participated in gossip and maybe disunity in your own marriage or of a friend's?
4. Sex is holy and beautiful. Notice what this provokes in your own heart. Ask the Lord to bring healing to the areas in your life that need to be restored by this truth.

Quotes to Ponder: "Love is never something ready made, something merely given to man and woman. It is always at the same time, a task, which they are set. Love should be seen as something which is in a sense never is, but is always becoming. And what it becomes depends upon the contribution of both persons and the depth of their commitment." Saint Pope John Paul II, "Love and Responsibility."

Scripture for Lectio Divina: "Then the Lord God said, "It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper as his partner." So out of the ground the Lord God formed every animal of the field and every bird of the air, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them; and whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name. The man gave names to all cattle, and to the birds of the air, and to every animal of the field; but for the man there was not found a helper as his partner. So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then he took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man. Then the man said, "This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; this one shall be called Woman, for out of Man this one was taken." Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and clings to his wife, and they become one flesh. And the man and his wife were both naked, and were not ashamed. - Genesis 2:18-25

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In this episode, we continue with part three of our series on the identity of Bride: Faithful and Honoring Love. We discuss where we have been wounded or where we have wounded others and how that affects current relationships. We chat about how being guarded can inhibit vulnerability and how to navigate our blocks to grow in intimacy. We offer insights into how to come before the Lord with our preconceived ideas and allow Him to speak the truth, as well as how to maintain fidelity in relationships. This week, let us not resign ourselves to mediocrity, but recommit to loving well.

Sister Miriam's one thing - Tweet about faithful married love

Heather's one thing - Restore the Glory Episode 35 "Healing in Marriage with Heather Khym"

Michelle's one thing - "Be Devoted" by Dr. Bob Schuchts, "Intimate Allies" by Dan Allender and Tremper Longman III, and "Men, Women, and the Mystery of Love" by Dr. Edward Sri

Discussion Questions:

1. What stood out to you from this week's episode?
2. What wounded parts of your early story might you be bringing into current relationships that inhibit your ability to love and be loved fully?
3. Have you had an experience of a healthy, loving relationship in your life that has brought restoration to previous hurts?
4. How has witnessing faithfulness is a loving relationship, whether in your life or in the life of others, given you hope?
5. Vows need to be lived out daily. If you're married or consecrated, how do you live out your vows daily? If you're not married, allow yourself to sit at the feet of those who share.

Journal Questions:

1. In what relationship do you need God to give you the gift of hope?
2. What ways do you tend to run away in your relationships? What would it be like if you chose not to run?
3. Ponder where you bring your desires that aren't being met. Take some time to offer those desires to Jesus?
4. "We are better in community". Who makes you a better person? Offer some prayers of thanksgiving and blessing for them.

Quotes to Ponder:

"Nothing cools love quite like resigning oneself to mediocrity." - Fr. Jacques Philippe

Scripture for Lectio Divina: "Then the Lord God said, "It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper as his partner." So out of the ground the Lord God formed every animal of the field and every bird of the air, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them; and whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name. The man gave names to all cattle, and to the birds of the air, and to every animal of the field; but for the man[a] there was not found a helper as his partner. So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then he took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man. Then the man said, "This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; this one shall be called Woman, for out of Man this one was taken." Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and clings to his wife, and they become one flesh. And the man and his wife were both naked, and were not ashamed. - Genesis 2:18-25

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In this episode, we continue with part two of our series on the identity of Bride: Full and Total Love. We discuss the perfect model we have in Christ of love without reservation and the distinction between co-existing with those we love and living in complete union. We pray this week you would allow your heart to be transformed to love those around you fully and totally.

Sister Miriam's one thing - Some People Do - Old Dominion

Heather's one thing - Love Heals ring - Pink Salt Riot

Michelle's one thing - Mary

Discussion Questions:

1. What stood out to you from this week's episode?
2. What does it look like to love without reservation?
3. With your spouse, closest friends or a small group - Do you know enough of one another's stories to love one another fully?
4. How do we learn to love another when they have parts that aren't beautiful in that moment? How can we learn to be like Christ then?

Journal Questions:

1. Where is yout heart holding back, guarding itself, or not loving fully, and why? Is there a fear of rejection, a fear of misunderstanding, or a fear of vulnerability?
2. Are you co-existing alongside your spouse, your family, or your community? Take a moment to pray for the grace of a deeper union. What would it look like to give more of your heart to these relationships?
3. How have you seen your love grow in maturity over time?

Quotes to Ponder: "My dear young friends, I want to invite you to 'dare to love.' Do not desire anything less for your life than a love that is strong and beautiful and that is capable of making the whole of your existence a joyful undertaking of giving yourselves as a gift to God and your brothers and sisters, in imitation of the One who vanquished hatred and death for ever through love (cf. Rev 5:13). Love is the only force capable of changing the heart of the human person and of all humanity, by making fruitful the relations between men and women, between rich and poor, between cultures and civilizations." (Message for the 22nd World Youth Day: Palm Sunday, 1 April 2007) ― Pope Benedict XVI

Scripture for Lectio Divina: "Then the Lord God said, "It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper as his partner." So out of the ground the Lord God formed every animal of the field and every bird of the air, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them; and whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name. The man gave names to all cattle, and to the birds of the air, and to every animal of the field; but for the man[a] there was not found a helper as his partner. So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then he took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man. Then the man said, "This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; this one shall be called Woman, for out of Man this one was taken." Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and clings to his wife, and they become one flesh. And the man and his wife were both naked, and were not ashamed. - Genesis 2:18-25

In this episode, we wrap up our identity collection and begin a four part series on Bride. We discuss how God created us for intimate communion with Him no matter our vocation or state in life. We break open the risks of vulnerability and exposure and the deep communion and love we can only experience through intimacy.

Sister Miriam's one thing - Kale Salad

Heather's one thing - The Hidden Life Playlist on Spotify

Michelle's one thing - Redeeming Love - Francine Rivers

Discussion Questions:

1. What stood out to you from this week's episode?
2. How have you witnessed a bride and groom give themselves freely to one another?
3. How can you grow in a commitment to continue to grow in the school of love?
4. How do you experience God as a lover?

Journal Questions:

1. How are you a gift to God? How can you exercise freedom in choosing to love God and give yourself to Him?
2. If married - how do you allow your spouse into your inner garden to bring your hearts to the Lord together? How do you love your spouse with your whole heart and God with your whole heart- bringing deeper communion in both relationships?
3. For those that are hard to love - ask "how is this person a gift to me?""

Quotes to Ponder: "Limitation of one's freedom might seem to be something negative and unpleasant, but love makes it a positive, joyful and creative thing. Freedom exists for the sake of love."

― John Paul II, Love and Responsibility

Scripture for Lectio Divina: "Then the Lord God said, "It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper as his partner." So out of the ground the Lord God formed every animal of the field and every bird of the air, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them; and whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name. The man gave names to all cattle, and to the birds of the air, and to every animal of the field; but for the man[a] there was not found a helper as his partner. So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then he took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man. Then the man said, "This at last is bone of my bonesand flesh of my flesh; this one shall be called Woman, for out of Man this one was taken." Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and clings to his wife, and they become one flesh. And the man and his wife were both naked, and were not ashamed.

- Genesis 2:18-25

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