
WOF 392: Poetry, Beauty, and the Shock of Grace w/ Fr. Paul Murray, OP
The Word on Fire Show - Catholic Faith and Culture
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The Power of Knowledge
Farrah Farrah was five or at most six years old when she went to see her father. She recalls him drying her hair with a towel and letting his hands rest on her head. "I thought I was the son of a god," she says, 'thank you very much" A great black lady in the congregation would sometimes stand up in silent protest against preachers who preached only about sex and hell. But one Sunday they were stopped by this brave woman: "We all know he is sinners down here." At the heart of Scripture is knowledge, living knowledge about the nature of God,. One of the texts which reveals it most powerfully is the text from the Song of Songs we have
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