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Aug 2024
14m 47s

The Goodness—and Dangers—of the Law

BISHOP ROBERT BARRON
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Friends, as Americans, we have a very ambiguous relationship to law. On the one hand, we are a nation of independently minded people; we don’t like the law imposing itself on us. At the same time—let’s face it—we are a hyper-litigious society. We see the same ambiguity about law—both its beauty and its shadow side—in our three readings today.

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