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Day 264: Man’s Merit

The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)

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The Concept of Merit in the Christian Life and Its Relationship with Grace

This chapter explores the concept of merit in the Christian life, emphasizing that our merit before God is primarily attributed to His grace. It highlights the collaboration between divine goodness and our good works, while emphasizing that our merits are ultimately gifts from God and we can't merit the initial grace of forgiveness and justification.

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