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Jan 2022
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Growing in Compassion, Seeing Christ in ...

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Fr. Josh answers questions on emotional chastity, growing in compassion, and seeing Christ in others.

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By the virtue of my Baptism, I am the Body of the Christ. When the Father sees me, the Father sees his beloved Son.

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