“Freedom is not getting to do what you want, but being able to do as you ought.” - St. John Paul II

You are good…and you don’t get to do whatever you want. God made you good, plain and simple, and nothing that you do can diminish or steal your inherent goodness as a child of God. But that doesn’t mean that all of our desires and actions are good. We’ve all experienced the anxiety, pain, and breakdown of relationships that happen when our actions don’t live up to our dignity. Yet, in the midst of those real consequences, we’re reminded of God’s love for us, our call to repentance, and a return to virtue.

We don’t do good actions because they make us good or to earn God’s love.
We do good actions because when our outward actions match our internal dignity, we find integration and we can live in the joy and peace for which we were created from the beginning.

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Music: "You're Not Alone" by Marie Miller. Used with permission.