Episode Transcript
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You know,
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one of the biggest lies
the devil tells us:
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that we are alone.
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That this journey is just
"me and my problems",
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“my sins” or “my failures”.
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And we start to think that if we
can’t find our own way out,
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then we are stuck here forever.
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But look at the Gospels.
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Jesus didn’t send the
disciples one by one.
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He sent them two by two.
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He knew that when
one of us stumbles,
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the other is there
to lift him up.
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He knew that when
one of us loses heart,
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the other can speak
of the promises of home.
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Sometimes, we find our
way back home
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because someone else took our hand
and showed us the way.
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Maybe it is a friend who listens,
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a stranger who shows kindness,
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or the person sitting
in the pew next to you
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whom you have never spoken to.
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Jesus shows us that the
people around us,
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aren’t strangers,
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they aren't background characters
in your story.
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They are your brothers and sisters.
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Because when Jesus ascended
into Heaven,
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He didn’t give us a Bible,
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He gave us a Church and a leader.
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It seems, more than anything,
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Christ wanted us to know
we belong to each other
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because we belong to Him.
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“We are One Body, with Many Parts”,
as St Paul writes.
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When you struggle to pray,
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I am praying for you and with you.
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When I am weak, your faith
carries me.
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We are God’s people.
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So this journey out of
the wilderness,
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this journey home,
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none of us walk
it alone.
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The spiritual life is not
a private path.
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It is one we walk with others,
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for others,
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just as Christ has showed us.
