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Oct 2025
14m 54s

The Power of Prayer

BISHOP ROBERT BARRON
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Friends, when something tragic happens and people offer their prayers, you’ll often hear now, “I've had it with thoughts and prayers. We have to act.” In some extreme cases, people of prayer are mocked, as though prayer is just something completely ineffectual that we should leave behind in favor of action. We’re the first generation in recorded human histor ... Show More
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