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So today's show we have some pretty good topics we're going to talk about. What do I do whenever I'm

struggling with this ongoing addition and ongoing addition? How do I live as a disciple? Also, how can I

properly examine my conscience before going to the sacrament of penance before being reconciled

with God? What's a good way to prepare my heart for that beautiful sacrament?

And finally, we're going to talk about the big, big, bang, I'm about to do my thing. Yeah,

we're going to talk about evolution, right? Evolution, the big bang, Adam and Eve, and where is that

big bang theory, evolution theory, Adam and Eve? How is it all compatible as Catholics?

Where does it fall into place? All right, so it's going to be fun. We're going to talk about these

topics. I might get a little bit excited because some of these topics I really care about. So

that's our show for today. But before we get jumping into those topics, I want to share with you

a glory story.

So my glory story this week comes from an insight that I learned at this conference. I went to this

past week. Anyway, the speaker was a very good speaker at this conference. And at one point,

he was talking about the Catholic tradition of having groomsmen for the bridegroom and made of

honors and bridesmaids for the bride. And like where the group idea came from. And he said that in

old days, in the Catholic church, the groomsmen would accompany the bridegroom to the sacrament

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