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Day 6: Knowing God With Certainty

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

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What Is the Nature of a Human Being?

The church teaches that the one true God, our Creator and Lord, can be known with certainty from his works by the natural light of human reason. The very fact that you exist reveals that God wanted you to exist,. He doesn't have to love you, but he's chosen to love you when he chose to create you. That's what it is to say that by our near very nature and vocation, you are religious being. And again, we can live a fully human life only if we freely live by our bond with God.

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