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three excellent excuses to not pray
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i don’t believe in priests
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death, the great silence
Google+ Twitter Pinterest Facebook As the liturgical year draws to the end and we prepare ourselves for a new one, the Readings presented to us start to get a little uncomfortable. Both the First Reading and the Gospel we hear are considered apocalyptic writings, writings about the end of time—Apocalypse meaning unveiling, seeing things as…
