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Mediator Dei §139 — Tolle Lege

Encyclicals (Pre-V2)

Pope Pius XII

Mediator Dei §139

Mediator Dei

¹³⁹ Since the divine Master commanded "that we ought always to pray and not to faint," the Church faithfully fulfills this injunction and never ceases to pray: she urges us in the words of the Apostle of the Gentiles, "by him Jesus let us offer the sacrifice of praise always to God "

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Source: Mediator Dei (Vatican.va)