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The Family Room - Bloodshed & Blessings: Stories of Sacrifice from Ancient Altars to the Holy Mass
Guest: Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Catholic priest, author, and speaker
We cringe at the thought of ancient human sacrifice and its barbarism. Still, we are more linked to those rituals than we understand. In a compelling and imaginative study of visceral ancient customs that actually have a parallel in the Mass, Fr. Dwight Longenecker’s book, “Bloodshed & Blessings: Stories of Sacrifice from Ancient Altars to the Holy Mass,” connects the dots that have escaped us for more than two millennia.
Using ten narrative stories that give a glimpse of life in ancient civilizations like the Vikings and…
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