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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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TYCHISM

A theory that chance is an objective fact in the universe and that it is not merely due to human ignorance. It is commonly associated with the idea that evolution takes place casually and without planned direction by some guiding intelligence. (Etym. Greek tyche, fortune, chance.)

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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