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Jul 2022
14m 44s

You Can’t Take It With You

BISHOP ROBERT BARRON
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Friends, all three of our readings Sunday speak of a primordial spiritual truth—namely, the need to detach oneself from the goods of the world. This has nothing to do with a hatred of the world or a puritanical spirituality of flight from the world; rather, it has to do with knowing how to wear the goods of the world lightly. These goods—wonderful as they ar ... Show More
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