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Happiness

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Joy and beatitude over receiving the fulfillment of our vocation as creatures: a sharing in the divine nature and the vision of God. God put us into the world to know, love, and serve him, and so come to the happiness of paradise

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Catechism Passages

Passages ranked by relevance to Happiness, from most closely related outward.

§1720 CHAPTER ONE THE DIGNITY OF THE HUMAN PERSON

The New Testament uses several expressions to characterize the beatitude to which God calls man: - the coming of the Kingdom of God; 16 - the vision of God: "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God" 17 - entering into the joy of the Lord; 18 - entering into God's rest: 19

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