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Aug 2021
14m 8s

Where to Go When You Cannot Go On

BISHOP ROBERT BARRON
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Friends, we've all hit points in which we felt we could not go on spiritually, physically, or mentally. In the Gospel today, Christ declares himself the bread that has come down from heaven. If you want to live in the eternal realm, you must eat food that sustains forever. 
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