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The Trouble With Religion

Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies

At its best, religion orients our lives to God and moves us away from the terrible preoccupation with our own egos. But at its worst, religion reinforces the ego and actually blocks our access to God. In his great polemic against the pharisees, Jesus warns us against this dysfunctional side of religious belief and practice.