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A portal to be with God, so fear does not get the final word.
The Widow of Zarephath Gives Her Last Meal
Financial Stress
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Moses Says He Is Not Eloquent
Education Stress
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The Ten Lepers Cry Out from a Distance
Discrimination
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Jacob Fears Esau, Then Meets Him Again
Coming Soon
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Nehemiah Rebuilds the Broken Wall
Neighborhood Stress
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The Woman with the Hemorrhage
Medical Stress
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Why Sacred Art
“In order to communicate the message entrusted to her by Christ, the Church needs art. Art must make perceptible, and as far as possible attractive, the world of the spirit, of the invisible, of God.”
— Pope St. John Paul II
Letter to Artists (1999)
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