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Aug 18
36m 59s

WOF 503: Our Call to Radical Self Gift

BISHOP ROBERT BARRON
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Bishop Barron gave a Jubilee address in Rome recently to Irish pilgrims in which he looked at the great Old Testament figures and examined what it looks like to be called out of one’s self into radical self gift. Enjoy.

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