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br.writeln("<center><B>Christian Quotation of the Day</B><BR><SMALL>Sunday, October 4, 2026</SMALL></center>");
br.writeln("<DT style=\"margin-left:0in;text-indent:.2in\">Study always to have Joy, for it befits not the servant of God to show before his brother or another sadness or a troubled face.");
br.writeln("<DT style=\"margin-left:.4in;text-indent:-.2in\">... <A HREF=\"https://www.cqod.com/cqodndac.htm#Francis\">St. Francis of Assisi</A> (1182-1226), <A HREF=\"https://www.cqod.com/cqodndtm.htm#Mirror\"><I>The Mirror of Perfection</I></A> [c. 1280], tr. Robert Steele, London: J.M. Dent, 1903, p. 141");
br.writeln("(see the <A target=_blank HREF=\"http://books.google.com/books?id=aU8BHo1OF_EC&pg=PA141&dq=%22Study+always+to+have+Joy,+for+it+befits%22\">book</A>; see also <A target=_blank HREF=http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matt.+6:16-18;+Mark+2:18;+Luke+2:10;+10:21;+John+15:11>Matt. 6:16-18; Mark 2:18; Luke 2:10; 10:21; John 15:11</A>; more at <A HREF=\"https://www.cqod.com/cqodsub1.htm#Attitudes\">Attitudes</A>, <A HREF=\"https://www.cqod.com/cqodsub2.htm#God\">God</A>, <A HREF=\"https://www.cqod.com/cqodsub3.htm#Joy\">Joy</A>, <A HREF=\"https://www.cqod.com/cqodsub4.htm#Sadness\">Sadness</A>, <A HREF=\"https://www.cqod.com/cqodsub4.htm#Service\">Service</A>, <A HREF=\"https://www.cqod.com/cqodsub4.htm#Trouble\">Trouble</A>)");
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