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Christmas comes with sorrows and joys, but especially with great joy from the birth of Our Savior.

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Knowing the difference between forgiveness and pardon will give us even greater resolve to change and atone for past sins.

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In this time of Advent, we should be watchmen of the kind who gaze toward heaven, waiting for Our Lord.

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St. John Henry reflects on the uniqueness of the soul of each human created by God, and on doctrine of judgment after death.

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The hope of heaven is in looking.

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John Henry Newman reminds us that God gives us angels not only to protect us from evil but to guide us to heaven.

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John Henry Newman warns against the danger of self-righteousness, and its converse: shunning religious practices that might lead to self-conceit. 

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