Mar 2025

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03/23/25 The Place of the Way: The Valle...

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About this episode

Homily from the Third Sunday of Lent.

We all want peak moments, but growth happens in the Valley.

Why do we walk through valleys? What good is life in the valley? Is it only a negative? Is it always a punishment from God? Or could the valley be necessary?

Mass Readings from March 23, 2025:
Exodus 3:1-8, 13-15
Psalm 103: 1-4, 6-8, 11
1 Corinthians 10:1-6, 10-12

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