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Dec 2023

1h 10m

Mourning Well

Father Michael O'Loughlin and Mother Natalia

About this episode

This week Fr. Michael expands on a mini-topic request on the death of infants. We talk about death and mourning, the various hymns of farewell used, why limbo came to be a concept, and the reality of evil and death.

References:
The Hope of Salvation for Infants who Die without being Baptized
Scruples and the Sacraments
The Reed of God

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