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Grow

By Br. Geoffrey Tristram | July 3, 2019

Every day we are called to embrace new life, and to leave behind what has become too comfortable. If fear stops us, we risk becoming like the pot-bound plant. The roots have nowhere to go but round and round the pot, eventually strangling and choking the plant.

-Br. Geoffrey Tristram, SSJE

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