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perfect mechanism, your taste cells are always reliable and healthy. You
continue to perceive familiar flavors and to identify substances that could
harm your health.
Have a look around you. Can any of the high-tech devices you see re-
new themselves? Of course not! Bearing this in mind, you can better ap-
preciate the superb creation in the sense of taste. At the same
time, this truth is a means whereby we can once more be
reminded of the infinite generosity and bounteous-
ness of our Lord. Although the great majority of
people are well aware of this, still they persist in
ingratitude and refusal to give thanks. At every
moment, they witness the ever more stupen-
dous proofs of creation in their own bodies,
yet heedlessly turn their backs on them.