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Sep 2022
14m 10s

Stand Strong in the Spirit

BISHOP ROBERT BARRON
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Friends, this week, our second reading is from Paul’s Second Letter to Timothy. From prison, Paul writes to Timothy—the master to the disciple, the mentor to the mentee, the old soldier to the young soldier—and tells him to have courage, but to attach his courage to the weapons of wisdom and love. When one stands courageously, with wisdom, with love, with al ... Show More
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