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10/21/18 Rivals: The Rival of Control

Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz

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Why Aren't You Standing Up for Me?

"We think we can manipulate god with our prayers. If we just pray the right way, then he'll get me what i want," she says. "When you pray, don't babble like the pagans who think that because of the many words they'll be heard." 'If you were a pagan, if you didn't know the true truth, you would try to manipulate the gods,' writes Nnamdi Asprey.'To eliminate the rival of control in our lives, sometimes what we need to do is we need to learn how to accept the answer and know that you still matter even if the answeris no.'

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