Man is fully alive only when he has dedicated himself entirely to the real purpose of his own personal existence. Man is not alive just because he acts or feels or responds to the stimulus of the world in which he lives. The purpose of life in the fullest sense of the word--not mere individual, self-centered, egotistical life which is doomed, but a life that transcends the limitations and the needs of the individual self into the very Christ that is in us.
The Christ, the fullness of life is only realized in our communion not only with "Him" but in communion with each other. I've met very few Christians who would break communion with "HIM." However, there are very few Christians who understand that their communion with each other is "necessary" for the fullness of their life to be realized.
I heard someone say that they, "wanted to experience God outside of the community of faith." I wonder if my kidney can know life apart from the body?
Full life is actualized within the unity and the cohesive nature of the whole working as one. Thus, the real purpose of life is not merely an individual but rather a community purpose.
God united to man! Creator and creation united as one! The Incarnation, Jesus, the "body of Christ, the church" this family or community that is my purpose... ! This is life!
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By loving us, God makes us lovable.
What do you call a soldier without an army? (Deserter)
What do you call a child without a family? (Orphan)
What do you call a fish without water? (Dead)
What do you call a Christian without a Church? [all the above]
The Church is the powerful forming or shaping of God's People to establish His kingdom on the earth. QDM
"Not all who wander are lost!" JRR Tolkien
True, whole prayer is nothing but love!
St. Augustine
To journey without being changed is to be a nomad,
To change without journeying is to be a chameleon,
To journey and be transformed by the journey is to be a pilgrim.
(Mark Nepo, The Exquisite Risk)
Haiti 1
THE QUOTE OF THE DAY
(St. Augustine)
What do you call a soldier without an army? (Deserter)
What do you call a child without a family? (Orphan)
What do you call a fish without water? (Dead)
What do you call a Christian without a Church? [all the above]
The Church is the powerful forming or shaping of God's People to establish His kingdom on the earth. QDM
"Not all who wander are lost!" JRR Tolkien
True, whole prayer is nothing but love!
St. Augustine
To journey without being changed is to be a nomad,
To change without journeying is to be a chameleon,
To journey and be transformed by the journey is to be a pilgrim.
(Mark Nepo, The Exquisite Risk)
In every encounter, God asks "Adam, where are you? Where do you stand? How is it with you?" To answer this question, a person must be willing, lucid, transparent. Once someone has left behind the habitual prayers of childhood and has entered into the personal encounter, there is no way back. He must live in the light of God and expose and entrust himself to the light ever more unconditionally. (Adrienne Von Speyr)
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Glad for this word, BP Quintin!
Love from jew
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