Gospel: For many people this year, Thanksgiving may be hard. In fact, the holidays overall can be hard for many people. In today's Gospel, which, like all the readings at the end of the liturgical year, focus on the "end times," Jesus reminds us of an often forgotten.... 
...Christian virtue: perseverance. "By your perseverance you will secure your lives," he says. (Lk 21). Jesus is speaking mainly about perseverance in the face of persecution, but it's an important goal in any life. As St. Ignatius point out, God's spirit is manifest whenever...
...we feel uplifted, encouraged or hopeful. God's spirit "builds us up." By contrast, the spirit that moves us away from God is the spirit of hopelessness, defeatism, despair. Pay attention to those movements and always follow God's voice. And persevere.
Image: A volunteer making soup for the needy at Our Lady of the Assumption Parish in Mexico City in 2020. (@CatholicNewsSvc photo/David Agren)
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