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Podcast: Bishop Barronâs Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies
Episode: The Power of Prayer
Description: Friends, when something tragic happens and people offer their prayers, youâll often hear now, âI've had it with thoughts and prayers. We have to act.â In some extreme cases, people of prayer are mocked, as though prayer is just something completely ineffectual that we should leave behind in favor of action. Weâre the first generation in recorded human history ever to feel this way. Human beings, across cultures, have always believed in the power and efficacy of prayer. Our first reading this week from Exodus 17 beautifully displays this powerâand the fact that prayer, far from undermining action, susta...