FBP 1042 - Responding to Jesus With Our Lives

Written By William Holtzinger

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Episode 1042 (17:09)

In this episode: Online social media isn't how we can truly get to know someone; What is need is an in-person encounter with the person. The same is true with Jesus. How can we come to know Jesus? Who do I say he is? How do I proclaim that truth?

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In this episode: Dcn. Brett Edmonson preaches; Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary; Mary was a beautiful person due to her grace from God; Beauty wounds only to awakens us; Beauty captivates us; God is Beauty, Truth, and Goodness itself. All beautiful things draw us to God; Dostoevsky wrote that Beauty will save the world; Let us be open to God’s beauty and therein encounter Him.

Music: “Answering With Our Lives”
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FBP 1042 - Responding to Jesus With Our Lives
Fr. William Holtzinger
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I am a Catholic priest, ordained in 2000 for the Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon.

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