21st Sunday of Ordinary Time—August 26, 2018
Opening the Word
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The word "Christian" literally translates to mean "follower of Christ". That means we are followers of Christ, but many of us have probably not ever thought about what it actually means to follow him. Maybe we never even consciously decided to follow him, but we have always gone to Church because that's how we were raised, or that's what our spouse does.
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