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Podcast: Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies
Episode: The Pharisee and the Publican
Description: The Irish writer Iris Murdoch said that human beings are naturally self-absorbed and that what we need, consequently, are spiritual exercises that break us out of the narrow confines of our egos. Learning a foreign language can be such an exercise, as can a confrontation with real beauty. Authentic prayer--the kind exemplified in the humble petition of the Publican--also serves this purpose.