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Nov 2021
14m 30s

What Is the Apocalypse?

BISHOP ROBERT BARRON
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Friends, there is something dark, threatening, and a little bit dire about the Gospel reading today, but through it, we see that death is not the final word. We’ve listened to the noise of the world for long enough, and now we need a new spiritual guide to lead us out of our complacency: Jesus. 
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