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Oct 2024
14m 55s

What Do You Ask God For?

BISHOP ROBERT BARRON
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Friends, for this Twenty-eighth Sunday of Ordinary Time, our first reading from the marvelous book of Wisdom presents an old biblical trope: If you were to ask God for something, or if God were to come to you and say he will give you whatever you want—what would you ask for? This is a really clarifying question. And while many things might come to mind, the ... Show More
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