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🗓️ 10 December 2018
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Homily from the Second Sunday of Advent.
This might be the end of the dream, but it is not the end of the story.
God has begun a good work in you. In fact, he has begun many “good works.“ Many of them will come to an end, but the truly great work that God has begun is a work that he intends to continue to finish.
Luke 3:1-6
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| 0:00.0 | So I recently came across the story of a young woman named Marie Louise Gertner. |
| 0:06.2 | Her friends and her family, they called her Maddie. |
| 0:07.8 | So, when Maddie was 18 years old, she was living in France as the Nazis rolled in and |
| 0:16.4 | took over, took possession, occupied France. |
| 0:19.8 | Maddie had spent a whole life, she was raised, her whole family were musicians and so she |
| 0:22.9 | spent, since she was probably three years old, not just dreaming of being a concert pianist, |
| 0:28.6 | because she practiced, she trained, everything she was doing, everything she was doing, everything |
| 0:31.9 | she was doing with her life was about becoming a great concert pianist. |
| 0:35.2 | So even at 18, she was on the cuss, she was on the verge, she was playing all over the |
| 0:38.9 | place, she was amazing, incredible pianist. |
| 0:41.5 | And then, here at the Nazis, they rolled into France and things changed. |
| 0:49.4 | Maddie was a Christian, she was Catholic. |
| 0:52.6 | And she thought it was part of her job to be part of the resistance against the Nazis |
| 0:57.7 | in France. |
| 0:58.7 | And so, at 19 years old, as soon as they came in, she realized here's what's going on. |
| 1:02.3 | At 19 years old, she became a spy for the resistance. |
| 1:05.6 | And she would put on concerts, piano concerts for Nazi officials and while she was in the |
| 1:10.2 | concert afterwards, she'd visit with people and go all this information and pass it along |
| 1:14.3 | to the resistance. |
| 1:15.3 | I just think it's so cool. |
| 1:16.3 | Here's a 19 year old spy. |
| 1:17.6 | I believe the piano, I'll be a spy. |
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