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Jun 2023
39m 50s

Reasons You Don't Know How To Feast

John Heinen, Sam Guzman, Devin Schadt
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In today's episode, Sam and John discuss how our lives are marked by affluence, abundance, excess, and convenience and how this presents a very unique challenge to fasting, but even more so, a challenge to feasting. In one sense, feasting has a higher place in the Church than fasting, yet we very often never discuss this. How do we feast correctly? What are ... Show More
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