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Catholicism and Orthodox Christianity

Shipwack

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17. Don't be too hard on yourself.

Reply to BlueKota (Original post)

Wed Oct 22, 2025, 07:45 AM

20 hrs ago

You are allowed to be imperfect.

You are a work in progress, as are we all until the day we die.

Don’t give up. I once read that the worst sin is despair, since it denies the transformative power of God.

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