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Oct 2024
14m 37s

What Real Power Looks Like

BISHOP ROBERT BARRON
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Friends, our Gospel this Sunday is taken from the tenth chapter of Mark, and it is high-octane spiritual business. Something pivotal is being laid out for us in this passage, and it has to do with power, suffering, and a willingness to go where Jesus goes. 
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