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This type of question is asked from time to time here. One thing for sure is that we must receive Grace in our journey to form a closer relationship with GOD, living a life of virtue, charity, bearing fruit of The Holy Spirit. When we rationalize GOD’s Mercy we fall into presumption(God’s Merciful not taking sin seriously enough) and despair(God’s Merciful I can’t help sinning in my situation). No one wants to get to The Judgment Seat of Christ and hear,
that they refused Grace, with a full act of the will to rationalize doing sinful acts, at enmity with GOD forever. GOD forbid! Just as I take salvation joyfully seriously, I pray for souls with tears sometimes. “For this is the love of God, that we should keep His commandments; and His commandments are not burdensome.” - 1 John 5:3
JESUS Beloved Redeemer promised to strengthen us, for example,
He told Peter that Satan sought to sift Peter like wheat, but JESUS said He prayed for Him. He told Peter, that he would strengthen his brothers, later.
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Paul the Apostle wrote regarding worldly emotional sorrow leads to destruction, while Godly sorrow leads toward turn resolutely toward GOD(repentance).
We each need a healthy prayer life, and call upon JESUS during times of temptation. James wrote resist the devil and he will flee. We, need a healthy prayer life to ask, seek, and knock in our lives in The Name of Jesus to practice virtue, and do Godly self giving works.
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I highly recommend “Crossing The Goal,” a Catholic ministry of real life family men, who let Grace transform their minds. Seek to help in the Parish, and neighborhood self giving such as The Vincent de Paul society; or Catholic Charities, or helping Sisters of Life as a coworker for life. Of course, in family obligations volunteering is limited, but doing things like this as a family does help relationship with Jesus Beloved Christ.
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Peace.
““You are my friends if you will do all that I command you.” - John 15:14
" “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter.
Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?’ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness.’” - Matthew 7:21-23
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“And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.” - Romans 12:2
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" Therefore prepare your minds for action. Be sober-minded. Set your hope fully on the grace to be given you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. As obedient children, do not conform to the passions of your former ignorance. But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do, for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.” - 1 Peter 1:13-16
penWindow(‘cr/1858.htm’)
Grave matter is specified by the Ten Commandments, corresponding to the answer of Jesus to the rich young man: "Do not kill, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor your father and your mother."132 The gravity of sins is more or less great: murder is graver than theft. One must also take into account who is wronged: violence against parents is in itself graver than violence against a stranger.