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Sagrada Familia: A Testament to Patience and Beauty Amidst War and Waiting

To overcome dehumanization, one needs to be human.

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Eugene Terekhin
Mar 22, 2024
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When Antoni Gaudí started building Sagrada Familia, he knew he would not live to see its completion. But it was okay. He started building it for a different reason - not to complete it but to become complete in building it.

He knew he was the temple. God was working on him as he worked on the cathedral. He would say, “My customer has all the time in the …

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