St. Nicholas

Isaiah 26:1-6
Psalm 118:1-27
Matthew 7:21-27

The generosity of St. Nicholas was often expressed in the giving of gifts. How often do you give gifts to the poor? How do you choose what gifts to give your family and friends? USCCB.org

CCC. 1818 The virtue of hope responds to the aspiration to happiness which God has placed in the heart of every man; it takes up the hopes that inspire men’s activities and purifies them so as to order them to the Kingdom of heaven; it keeps man from discouragement; it sustains him during times of abandonment; it opens up his heart in expectation of eternal beatitude. Buoyed up by hope, he is preserved from selfishness and led to the happiness that flows from charity.