Guide to Goodness

Winning the Spiritual Battle of Pride with Humility

Last Sunday, we looked at the role sin and vice play in diverting us from living the good life.  We live a good life when we live a virtuous life with God, giving ourselves over to His goodness, and when we understand that we are promised protection from a life of disease and our ultimate enemy, which is sin and death. Grasping this truth changes the way we live and experience God’s love.  We see that we have the divine within us, we are saints, and we are holy.  But it is through our thoughts and actions that we become sinners.  This is the spiritual battle we face each day. With intentionality, effort, and a pure heart, we will prevail!

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Gift of Goodness – October 22, 2021

A bit of goodness to start your day.

Venerable Justin Popovic states that every prayer and every gospel virtue gradually conquers death in us, while all together they establish victory over death and bring us to eternal life.

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Gift of Goodness – October 21, 2021

A bit of goodness to start your day.

Whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is gracious, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. (Philippians 4:8)  

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Gift of Goodness – October 20, 2021

A bit of goodness to start your day.

Living the Virtues in Everyday Life from Loyola Press

Leading a virtuous life sounds like something that is just for the super religious people out there. But it is really something each one of us can aim for. God gives us the awesome gifts of the theological virtues of faith, hope, and love. Plus, there are a ton of other virtues that we can develop on our own.

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