Writing on The Spiritual Works of Mercy
Week One: To Instruct the Ignorant
1. For those who are wondering, "Does my life have meaning? Why am I here? Why should I live?"
The answer is a simple one but it has the power to change your life:
"We are here on earth in order to know and to love God, to do good according to his will, and to go someday to heaven." The Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1-3, 358/YouCat 1
Stay rooted in this belief. It gives you purpose and meaning.
You cannot imagine at all how much you interest God;
he is interested in you as if there were no one else on earth.
- Julien Green
2. If you are already a practicing Catholic, you need to continue to grow in your faith."You need to know what you believe. You need to know your faith with that same precision with which an IT specialist knows the inner workings of a computer. You need to understand it like a good musician knows the piece he is playing. Yes, you need to be more deeply rooted in the faith than the generation of your parents so that you can engage the challenges and temptations of this time with strength and determination. You need God's help if your faith is not going to dry up like a dewdrop in the sun, if you want to resist the blandishments of consumerism, if your love is not to drown in pornography, if you are not going to betray the weak and leave the vulnerable helpless... 'Do not say, "I am only a youth"; for to all to whom I send you you shall go, and whatever I command you you shall speak" (Jer 1:7)."
- Pope Benedict XVI, Introduction to the YouCat
Go, therefore, and make disciples of all the nations. Baptize them in the name ‘of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.’ Teach them to carry out everything I have commanded you. And know that I am with you always, until the end of the world!
Matthew 28: 19-20
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God bless!
This is a really great reminder! Thank you!
ReplyDeleteI love the quotes from Julien Green and Pope Benedict.
Nice one Trista. I've always said that if you understand God's revelation of himself you'll understand yourself more and understand life more. That's very powerful knowledge!
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