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Find accurate definitions of over 5,000 Catholic terms and phrases (including abbreviations). Based on Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.

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PAIN OF SENSE

The suffering in hell caused by some agent called "fire" in Scripture, external to the person and secondary to the main punishment, which is the loss of God.

Sat14 March
Lent

Saturday of the Third Week of Lent

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The gifts received by us from God are derived not from ourselves but from the Holy Spirit, and are to be used, in a spirit of humility, in the service of the Church and of our brothers. The parable of the Pharisee and the Publican is a striking reminder that we have no grounds for self-satisfaction.…

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