Preaching the gospel means sharing the Good News of Christ\u2019s death and resurrection to those around us, but it doesn\u2019t happen in a vacuum. You have to be in the right place at the right time, and you have to prepare the way with prayer. And for one hour of preaching to the masses in the evening, you have to spend a whole day\u2019s worth of trudging along in the dust and the hot sun.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
My latest at CatholicMom.com. Preaching the gospel means sharing the Good News of Christ\u2019s death and resurrection to those around us, but it doesn\u2019t happen in a vacuum. You have to be in the right place at the right time, and you have to prepare the way with prayer. And for one hour of preaching […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1131,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[182,18],"tags":[543,601,46],"class_list":["post-3177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-catholic-mom-2","category-links-to-this-and-that","tag-luminous-mysteries","tag-proclamation-of-the-kingdom","tag-rosary"],"yoast_head":"\n
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