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Dec 2021
13m 12s

Love the Ones You’re Given

BISHOP ROBERT BARRON
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Friends, families teach us that we don't always get to choose the people we love, but we're given people that we're then called upon to love. On this Feast of the Holy Family, let's meditate upon the importance of this calling.

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