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Sep 2022
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Compartmentalizing Faith

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Do you ever find yourself compartmentalizing your faith? In our culture today, it can be very easy to leave our faith at church or in Bible Study. However, Fr. Josh encourages you to bring your faith everywhere…even Bachelor/Bachelorette parties and to the workplace.

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Do not be mediocre. Instead, live radically for Jesus Christ.

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