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pearls before swine
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pearls before swine
Jesus adjures one not to waste best efforts. [N.T.: Matthew 7:6]
See : Futility
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Messina, Italy--On Sunday, March 26, an 80-year-old Sicilian parish priest humiliated Pieruccio, an 11-year-old boy suffering from Down's Syndrome in front of all his catechism companions, by telling him that he would not hear his confession before First Communion, because "one cannot cast pearls before swine.
Bishop asks forgiveness of Down's Syndrome child (Italy) by Catholic Insight
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