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There's so much talk about love today, but so many don't realize just how profound true love is!

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Fr. Barnabas Powell
May 13, 2024
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Christ is Risen!

It’s easy to hear, “Obedience is better than sacrifice,” but it’s usually hard to do. Especially in our very individualistic, modern society, obedience “feels’ like slavery. Of course, it feels like slavery because IT IS a kind of slavery.

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But it’s the paradox of true Faith that says to be free, you must be a slave. The reality is we choose our slavery. If we choose well, our “slavery” to Christ leads to true freedom. If we choose badly, our “slavery” becomes addiction and spiritual prison.

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