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Jun 2022
10m 38s

The One Reason You are Not Yet a Saint

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Are there things in my life that are incompatible with holiness?

We all wish to be saints—God's people with him forever in heaven. But do we will it? Do we choose it?

Fr. Mike wants you to know that today is the day. This is the moment. There's only one reason you're not a saint yet.

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