Blessed the one who has become a good spiritual net and caught many for the good Lord, such a one will greatly praised by the Lord. (Ephrem the Syrian)

Blessed the one who has become a good spiritual net and caught many for the good Lord, such a one will greatly praised by the Lord.

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