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More Than Words: The Heart of Prayer

In Mt 6:7, Jesus was not saying that rote prayer is something bad. But rather, Jesus was warning against the very thing that we can all so easily fall prey to: simply going through the motions for the motions sake…

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Mary is Relatable

Have you ever thought of Mary and wondered how can I relate to someone who was perfect and sinless (which she was!) when I am not? This was something I often wondered. In our early relationship, she was this far away woman who…

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