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A Healing At Montesiepi

A Healing At Montesiepi

And: The Secret Commonwealth and its hidden people

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Me praying in St. Galgano’s chapel in early September

I don’t know if I told y’all about it — forgive me if I did — but I realize now that something important happened to me when I went to pray at the spot in Tuscany where St. Galgano buried his sword in the stone. The hill is called Montesiepi, which means “mountain of bushes.” In my prayer there, I ask…

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