To ask the question is to imply an answer, that there is meaning in life. We are not random mutations that came into existence haphazardly in a random universe; we are children of God who have a special calling. We are called to become one with our Creator. And who is our Creator? Our Creator is God who we come to know by reason and through Revelation, in Tradition and Scripture; through the teachings of our parents and ministrations of our priests. Our Creator is a loving God. According to 1 John (4:16): “God is love, and whoever remains in love remains in God and God in him.” So therefore we are called to love as God loves us. Finally, we are called to share with others our love and knowledge of God. We are called to serve, to share our faith, to work toward bringing about the Kingdom of God here on earth.
The Baltimore Catechism had it right: “God made me to know him, to love him, and to serve him in this world and to be happy with him forever in the next.” That is the meaning of our lives. What joy we can have in doing God’s will, for it is what will truly give us blessedness and happiness.
Know your faith. Live your faith. Teach your faith.
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