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Our mission is to focus on life after death, that death will bring us to our true calling, which is Heaven. Why are we called to live life so presently, and how can we do it in a world that asks the opposite of us?
Let’s start with the acronym, “Y.O.L.O.”. It’s pretty fun to say, and typically used to justify making certain decisions, but do we really only live once? Catholic teaching says NO (John 11:25)! We only live once on Earth, and we aim to spend our eternity with the Lord. Isn’t that wonderful! We must remember that our daily choices can affect our eternal life. How can we do that all while still living our lives to the fullest?
God has already saved us and delivered us from sin, so why should we do anything more?
We should do more because we are called to experience and encounter Him. We are given free will and with that, the freedom to choose or reject God. We pursue God because God first chose to pursue us. God became man so that man could be raised up to God (CCC 460).
So then, how do we pursue God? The Catholic Church has given us great tools to live our lives and faith to the fullest. We have the Eucharist, the summit and source of our faith, the Holy Mass, Eucharistic Adoration, the Rosary, Divine Mercy Chaplet, novenas, saints, books, testimonies, thousands of years of historical documents, and more! All of these are tools approved by the Church to use for prayer. Although not all are “requirements” to live and proclaim your faith, these can each connect us to the Lord.
How can we acknowledge our mortality without fearing it? Our mortality is something great, something terrifying, something mysterious. Why do people die so young, or so old, traumatically, or in their sleep? When and how we die are pieces of our lives we may never know. That is such an uncomfortable thought. But in a way, it can be found as beautiful. When will I stop living, did I live my life to the best of my abilities, who will be there for me in this moment, if anyone. The one Being who is with you from conception to death is God. If you believe in a God who will save you from yourself, from your greatest sins and crosses, why waste any time if you can help it.
This blog contains a lot of questions and reflection. There is a reason for that. In these blog posts, the goal is for you, the reader, and us, as writers, to further grow in virtue every day we have to live. No matter if today is the first day you are considering a belief in Christ, or you’ve been a cradle Catholic Christian your whole life, you decide how tomorrow will go spiritually. God doesn’t grant wishes, but He grants us what we need, even when we cannot see it in the moment. Does the thought of God being all-knowing instead of a genie worry you, and if so, maybe you want to control your life, more than trust His will. Human instinct and desire causes us to feel that way.
If you so choose, to pursue a relationship with Christ, look past your greatest crosses, and focus on His Divinity. How could a Being so perfect, so pure, create you for failure? The same God who created our mountains, beaches, and deserts, created you to be perfectly yourself.
