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The Kingdom & the Flea Market

WHY DO PEOPLE JOIN CHURCHES?

John Garvey

There was a death in our parish not long ago. An old woman named Helen, who lived alone, died after a brief illness. When I first heard that she was in the hospital and then that she had died I was surprised. I’d given her Communion only a few weeks before. Helen was very close to a little girl, Grace, who loved sitting next to her, sometimes on her lap. Grace is the yo (...)


 

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