Welcome to Basic Training — Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermon
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Friends, one of the best things we can do during Lent is to go to confession. In the first reading today, we are given the Ten Commandments, one of the most fundamental parts of the Christian faith. But how thoroughly have we internalized them? In this video, I go back to the basics and discuss each of these precepts so that you can use them to examine your conscience in preparation for this beautiful sacrament.
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