From the Catechism:
27 The desire for God is
written in the human heart, because man is created by God and for God; and God
never ceases to draw man to himself. Only in God will he find the truth and
happiness he never stops searching for:
The dignity of man rests above all on the fact that he is called
to communion with God. This invitation to converse with God is addressed to man
as soon as he comes into being. For if man exists it is because God has created
him through love, and through love continues to hold him in existence. He
cannot live fully according to truth unless he freely acknowledges that love
and entrusts himself to his creator. - Vatican
Council II, GS 19 # 1.
The
Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches us that we were created by God out of love
to love and be loved. Our very existence shows us that we are loved; otherwise
we never would have been created. The
truth is that God loves each and every one of us enough to create us and offer
us a life here on Earth. With each new day that we are blessed with God
continues to illustrate his love for us by continually calling us into
existence and in response we are called to live each day of our lives
responding to His love by loving Him in return and showing our love for Him
through our actions. The desire for God is written in our hearts,
it is a natural instinct, a part of who we are. It is safe to say that as human
beings we long to be loved and love others, it’s a part of who we are; it’s
what we are created to do. We search for
happiness we search for joy we search for truth and we search for belonging. In
response to our searching God draws us nearer to Him with every opportunity that He
is given and never ceases to draw us into His loving arms. Our God is faithful
and He longs to have a relationship with us, He never stops seeking a
relationship with us and He never turns away from us. We can find peace in
knowing that God is on our side and will never leave us to face our troubles
alone, we cannot escape God’s love for us, and never have to live without the
love of God in our lives.
In
our lives we often become restless and search for things that will make us
happy and satisfy the needs of heart, we look for things to satisfy a whole in
our hearts that can only be filled with truth and communion with God. We seek to
have a perfect relationship with people that can only come from God, we make
people and things our everything, rather than the Lord our God, and too often we
stumble and fall because we look to the world to satisfy our needs rather than
God. The good news is we don’t have to do any of this, we can turn to God who
gives to all generously and abundantly. We can rest assured that our God is
faithful and is always there to pick us up when we fall, to draw us closer to
him, to help us in our endeavors, and to answer our prayers.
We
have a God who loved us so much He took human flesh and suffered and died on the cross in our place. We have a God who knows the hurt we carry in our lives and
offer us a peace that is different from the rest of the world. We have a God
who gives us eternal life, so that whoever believes in him might not perish but
live forever. We have a God who conquered the world and will help us to do the
same. We have a God who offers us redemption who give us newness of life in
Him, who creates all things new and brings together all things for His good. We
have no reason to worry, because we can find joy even in our troubles because
God is with us and will never fail us. He’s already won the victory, it’s what
we just celebrated on Easter, what we celebrate with every Mass and what is
promised to us with the passing of each day. We are reminded that we are loved
every second of everyday of our lives because we continue to exist.
So
let us live each moment of everyday with the peace that comes with knowing that
we are loved by God our creator. Let us live our lives in response to his love
offering Him glory through our actions and singing praises to His Holy Name.
Let us learn to love one another as He loves us and let us never forget that
our God is faithful and will never leave our side.
Psalm 118:1; 24 “Give thanks to the LORD, for
he is good, his mercy endures forever” “This is the day the Lord has made, let
us rejoice in it and be glad!”
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