Hi everyone. Welcome back to the Daily Gospel Exegesis podcast. Thanks so much for listening to this podcast

and particularly to those of you who support the ministry. It really does make a difference.

And we really want to get the word out there. This is a small grassroots ministry. But as you'll see

from some of the feedback we're going to share today, when podcasts and ministries

like this are willing to teach the word and proclaim the word in a faithful, authentic way,

it really does make a difference in people's lives more than you would think.

Sometimes you might get the impression that the study of the Bible is a very niche kind

of thing that is helpful for some people, but there's

all sorts of other interesting Catholic and Christian things you can do apart from the Bible.

There's some truth to that, but there's something about really studying the Word of God, helping

bring it to life, helping people make connections with it that illuminates everything else in

the Christian life.

And so today we want to share some feedback that's come in about the ministry.

There is a lot of great feedback that comes in.

We can't share all of it.

But I do this with the purpose of helping you see that studying scripture really does make a

difference in people's lives.

And even a small grassroots ministry like this can make a

difference so hopefully this is an encouragement to you so firstly we have a comment here from mary who is a

patreon supporter thanks for your support mary she says since first hearing you on hello i've been

praying in thanksgiving for your clear call to share

God's word. I grew up Byzantine Catholic and then married a Roman Catholic. In recent years,

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