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A Fr. Mike Christmas Special

Dec 27, 201810 min
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Episode description

Fr. Mike explains why "It's a Wonderful Life" is his favorite Christmas movie and how it can help us understand the importance of duty and love. Spoiler Alert

"It's a Wonderful Life" is a classic, but there's a theme carried through the movie that is rarely discussed—the role of duty.

If you lived a life without responsibilities, you would be living a life without relationships.

In "It's a Wonderful Life," George Bailey's life is driven by duty, but it's transformed by the love he finds in his relationships with others.

Hopefully, our life is driven by a sense of duty towards God, but we need to remember that our lives are transformed by the love of God.

This Christmas, remember that your life has meaning, your life carries with it important duties, and that God, who has not forgotten you, will transform your life.

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