Dear God Jesus, she whispered, make a place fer dis good woman beside you.

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" Angelene may say, "Dear God, life ain't kind, " but she adds that "I've heard there's joy untold.

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"Dear God, please send down your angels to hug and protect my grandpa in Padang, " said one Twitter post.

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You can read their silent prayer: Dear God, send away the clowns.

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Later, Brothers branched out into film, playing herself in more than a dozen movies, including "Analyze That" (2002), "Beethoven's 4th" (2001), "Lover's Knot" (1996) and "Dear God" (1996).

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Back when I was a kid, growing up on the mean streets of Mahopac, New York, we returned home from a day at school and did (always in this order) three things: First, we had a snack (long story, but my mother hid the treats in the trunk of our '80 Datsun 510, leaving my brother and me a choice of plain graham crackers, carrots or -- dear God -- homemade yogurt).

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This, dear readers, is why God invented the internet.

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Dear Brothers and sisters, this Word of God I feel in a particular way towards me, at this moment in my life.

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In him, dear friends, we learn how to respond to God's call, readily and willingly, but we also see the core of the Christian vocation, which is Christ!

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