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Hey there, Sprouts.

My name is Matt Engold.

I am your host this week on the Catholic Sprouts podcast, and we are exploring your unique

design.

But first, today is Friday, September 13th, 20204, and the Feast of St. John Chrysostom.

St. John Chrysostom, whose name St. John Christosum, whose name actually means

golden mouth because he was such an amazing preacher. He was the archbishop of Constantinople in

398. He's also a doctor of the church, which means that we hold his words in higher esteem. Now,

he was physically frail, right? But he was also one of the greatest preachers in the

history of Christianity. His sermons were so amazing. Sometimes it would last two hours. I know some of you

were like, oh my goodness, if somebody's homily in church lasted two hours, I don't know if I'd want to

make them a saint. But he was just so amazing people would just listen to him and they didn't care that it was two hours long. We have some 700

of his sermons that are available to us still today, have survived the centuries. And he's known

as the patron saint of orators, which means speakers, preachers, and just other speakers out here

as well. So, St. John Chrysostom, pray for us. Yesterday, we talked about naming your ideal conditions.

Remember, folks, when we're exploring our unique design, we're looking at these five, we call

five points of awareness, that when we grow aware of these things, we start to understand the

unique way that God has created us, the unique way that he's designed us. And God doesn't design things

out of no purpose. He has a purpose, a mission in mind for us. And so we can start to explore

these things that are unique, unrepeatable, and irreplaceable about us. We start to understand

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