The Daily Respite

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November 28, 2022

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November 28, 2022

Clara Parkes
Nov 28, 2022
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Listen now (2 min) | Good morning! It’s Monday. There’s a church just a few blocks away from where we’ve been staying. It’s nothing grand by French standards, though stunning by anyone else’s, I’m sure. I’ve never been inside, but I have heard the bell. It’s beautiful, with a deep and sonorous resonance that you feel in your chest. They ring this bell every night before the service. Not once, but twice, but for several minutes.

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