Angelic Virtues and Demonic Vices: Aquinas's Practical Principles for Reaching Heaven and Avoiding Hell NEW The secret to settling slowly

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Angelic Virtues and Demonic Vices: Aquinas's Practical Principles for Reaching Heaven and Avoiding Hell NEW The secret to settling slowlyAre we truly striving for heaven or merely avoiding hell? The human hearts greatest longing is to see God as He is. And yet, many people simply want to escape hells pain, or even worse, they follow our disordered fallen nature in choosing sinful pleasures. Our Lord said the road to heaven is narrow, but the road to hell is wide (see Matt. 7: 13). Is choosing the road to heaven merely wanting to avoid pain, or is it actively pursuing the greatest good