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Hint: We are called to pray, fast, give alms, love God and love our neighbor, regardless of what the Church or national leaders are up to.

That liberty is vital to our nation’s government is seen multiple times in the Constitution’s First Amendment. With liberty, our citizens have a free press through which they can learn various ideas and theories; with liberty, citizens can learn about the right way to petition the government; with liberty, citizens can gather to exchange ideas, to hear religious teaching, and to listen to the speech of others and express their own thoughts. In short, religious instruction sets off the chain reaction leading to a free country where children can learn with free and open minds. Kiss that religious instruction goodbye, and you can expect the dominos to fall in a long line toward totalitarianism.

Religion is critical to building good families. There is plenty of evidence that shows that the practice of religion has a positive effect on children and on society. Children who attend religious services are building social capital, a key to success.

That my soul is in great shape That I have suffered great trials, tribulations and crosses That venial sins don’t matter That Satan is a fiction That spiritual combat was just for earlier centuries