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No Excuses Should Keep us from God and Church - Sermon 12-16-2012

December 17, 2012

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No Excuses Should Keep us from God and Church - Sermon 12-16-2012

by Fr Ted Toppses

Fathers of the Church no excuses No Excuses Should Keep us from God Orthodoxy Prayer The Light of Christ

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