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Dec 2023
9m 24s

When God Doesn’t Answer Your Prayers

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If it feels like God isn't answering your prayers, that can be disheartening. But it can also be devastating.

Today, Fr. Mike offers the good word that your God is your loving Father who wants to give you good things. But he also offers the reminder that God is not a genie over which we have control.

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