OUR LADY OF FATIMA
CATHOLIC CHURCH
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OUR LADY OF FATIMA CATHOLIC CHURCH |
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Based on some of the feedback from people
who have begun reading this column, they read through the quotations given
with their eyes, it seems, but not with their heart. The quotations are not
just words to be read with your
eyes and understand with your senses, we are meant to search out God’s
Divine ideas that are hidden in the words that we read and take them to
heart. To use the image of food: they are like something good to eat…
These words are food for our soul. They are meant to strengthen our
spiritual life, nourish our soul and give energy to the God-like
faculties of our soul, (the spiritual powers) which are: Intellect – our power to understand, Freewill – our power to choose, Memory – our power to remember -
everything we take in… Not just words but everything that we take
in through our senses – must lead us back to God. God even gets good out
of evil and if our senses somehow take in evil we must use the powers of our
soul to lead our senses and to keep them focused on God alone, even turning
the evil into a good. Our Lord once said to His apostles, “I have meat
that you do not know of ” Yes, it was His union with His
Heavenly Father (or even the memory of such) that gave Him energy to
accomplish with love what would please His Father – the Will of God. He knew, He loved and He served His
Father. Jesus understood one thing – His Father’s Will, every choice
that He made in life and death was the same – the Will of
His Father, His memory held one eternal thought – union with
His Father. The love of His life He spoke of
later…” I and the Father are one.”
This Loving Union of the Father and the Son is Their Spirit
- God the Holy Ghost. Our Jesus is both God and man. He
communicates just like we do, He makes known to us mere men – ideas!
Something existing in His Divine mind, which is for each one of us a plan of
action. This is what our life’s search is all about. When I use any one of my senses, I think like St. Peter said to Our Lord (paraphrasing a little): “What’s in it for me ?” Our Lord responded (paraphrasing again) “A hundredfold in this life and everlasting happiness with God”. Our life has only one purpose: to give glory to God. Deo Gratias! s.m.mi. |
  
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