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Jul 2016
14m 14s

Bubbles, Everything is Bubbles

BISHOP ROBERT BARRON
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The readings for this weekend have a tremendous cohesiveness. They all speak to a truth about our world that is hard to take in, that has to be repeated to each generation afresh, a truth that many older people have an easier time understanding than young people: nothing in this world lasts.  
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