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🗓️ 19 April 2021
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Homily from the Third Sunday of Easter.
It is possible to see the miracle and to not be a witness.
It is possible to encounter God and go back to the same life. It is possible to live as if the miracle had never happened. It is possible to say "I believe" and not be a witness. But it is also possible to not see a miracle and still bear witness to Christ by how we live, what we choose, and what we love.
Luke 24:35-48
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0:00.0 | So what's one of the coolest things you've ever seen? |
0:04.0 | On October 13th, 1917, there was something remarkable I didn't see it myself. |
0:12.0 | There was something incredible that happened. October 13th, 1917, in a place called Fatima Portugal. |
0:18.0 | What happened leading up to this day was Mary had appeared in an apparition of vision, right, to these three kids, |
0:23.0 | three shepherd kids. |
0:24.0 | And she appeared to them multiple times and they basically told people about it. |
0:28.0 | Of course no one believed them because that doesn't happen. |
0:32.0 | But Mary, she wanted the father to be known. She wanted the father to be glorified. |
0:36.0 | And so she made this promise. She said, okay, come to this spot, come to this field, |
0:40.0 | come to this place where I've been appearing on October 13th, 1917, |
0:44.0 | and I will reveal the father's glory. The father will reveal his glory. |
0:48.0 | So what happened on October 13th, 1917, tens of thousands of people showed up. |
0:54.0 | I think there's upwards of 70,000 to 100,000 people showed up to see what's going to happen. |
1:00.0 | And these people weren't just believers, right? They weren't just Christians. |
1:02.0 | They were Christians, but they were also atheists and skeptics and reporters. |
1:06.0 | And people just came not just to see it, not to prove it, but also to disprove it, to debunk the whole thing, |
1:10.0 | to say, I was there and nothing happened. |
1:12.0 | And while they were there, this massive storm broke. |
1:16.0 | A huge, huge, trenchled downpour. And everyone who was outside got completely soaked. |
1:22.0 | All the way to the skin. And they were in this field that became this massive puddle up to their ankles in water. |
1:30.0 | And at one point, these kids said that Mary appeared to them, was talking with them. |
1:34.0 | They couldn't see anything. But as soon as Mary left, what happened was the instantly, |
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