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What Need I Do?

November 27

God predestines no one to go to hell; for this, a willful turning away from God (a mortal sin) is necessary, and persistence in it until the end.

                                    -Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1037

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Fulfilling God's Will

November 25

In the glory of heaven the blessed continue joyfully to fulfill God’s will in relation to other men and to all creation.

                                    -Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1029

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Seeing God as He is

November 24

Those who die in God’s grace and friendship and are perfectly purified live forever with Christ. They are like God for ever, for they 'see him as he is,' face to face.

                                  -Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1023

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Living on Thanks: The Blessing of a Grateful Heart

As recently as 10 years ago, Thanksgiving Day was a time for gathering around the table with family and friends and thanking God for all that He willed for us in the past year. After dinner, we’d curl up together in the living room with the Christmas ads and start making up our gift lists.

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Seeking God Everywhere

November 22

If you seek God everywhere, you will find God everywhere.

                                                                        -St. Francis de Sales

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How to Remain Firm, Faithful & Free This Thanksgiving

As we enter the holiday season, when the culture wars become especially obvious, yesterday’s homily by Pope Francis, about why we must resist those who want to impose a “new way” of life on us that relegates God to the sidelines, becomes particularly timely.

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Heroic Teen Chooses Life

Just two months after graduating high school, 19 year-old Hannah Mongie discovered she was pregnant. Both she and the baby’s father were ecstatic and planned to stay together through the birth of the child to see if they could make it work – until tragedy struck and Hannah’s world was turned upside down.

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God's Grace and Friendship

November 21

All who die in God’s grace and friendship, but still imperfectly purified, are indeed assured of their eternal salvation; but after death they undergo purification, so as to achieve the holiness necessary to enter the joy of heaven.

                                  -Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1030

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