Does God intervene in our lives?

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Hi, I am currently in RCIA and will be accepted into the catholic church on April 20 2019. I have been wondering recently, does God intervene in our daily lives? If he does, does this contradict our free will? If he doesn’t, why do we pray? Thank you.
 
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Hi, and welcome to the forum.I hope you find it as interesting and informative as I did when I joined and still do. Yes I believe God does intervene in our lives. especially when there is something heavy weighing on us. We pray to Him with an open heart and He answers.It does not contradict our free will. for we choose to pray …God watches over us, I like the name Good Shepherd which is applied to Him. If you let Him in, He will stay. You will feel the Love and Caring which can only come from the Merciful Heart of Jesus. I welcome you also into the Catholic Church, the day before Easter… God bless you.
 
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Hi, I am currently in RCIA and will be accepted into the catholic church on April 20 2019. I have been wondering recently, does God intervene in our daily lives? If he does, does this contradict our free will? If he doesn’t, why do we pray? Thank you.
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Yes, the Trinity gives actual graces.

Catechism
2000 Sanctifying grace is an habitual gift, a stable and supernatural disposition that perfects the soul itself to enable it to live with God, to act by his love. Habitual grace , the permanent disposition to live and act in keeping with God’s call, is distinguished from actual graces which refer to God’s interventions, whether at the beginning of conversion or in the course of the work of sanctification.

2001 The preparation of man for the reception of grace is already a work of grace. This latter is needed to arouse and sustain our collaboration in justification through faith, and in sanctification through charity. …
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First of all welcome home! God never interferes with our free will but will try to help us choose the right path. If God tries to help us and we resist,we can’t be forced into loving him.
 
God works all things to the good.
The exact details of this are unclear.
 
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