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Dec 2018
12m 57s

Hannah, Her Son, and the Holy Family

BISHOP ROBERT BARRON
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Lots of people today will tell you what makes a family well-adjusted, functional, and peaceful. But in this week’s readings for the Feast of the Holy Family, which center on two exemplary women, Hannah and Mary, the Church wants to tell us what makes a family holy.

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