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Feb 2021
14m 7s

The Ordering of Love and the Awful Story...

BISHOP ROBERT BARRON
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Friends, if the intention of an author is to convince people to read and think about what he’s written, the author of Sunday's first reading has done his job well. We hear the deeply troubling story of Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his own son, Isaac. How do we reconcile God’s love with his asking Abraham to kill his own son? How should we take the fact ... Show More
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