Desire for God

PART ONE: THE PROFESSION OF FAITH

Section One: "I Believe"- "We Believe"

Chapter One: Man's Capacity for God

Faith is merely a glowing power that resides
in our hearts, given to us from God so we may
come to live in communion with Him.
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I. The Desire For God

 "Faith is man's response to God, who reveals himself and gives himself to man, at the same time bringing man to superabundant light as he searches for the ultimate meaning of his life. " 

Faith is the root to our relationship with God and by strengthening our faith we strengthen our relationship with God. Why would this be important? Human beings are a major step above all other living things... We have a spirit. It is embedded in our hearts to desire God because we were created by Him and for Him, God does not, therefore, forsake us.  For "in him we live and move and have our being." Acknowledging this allows us to feel we live with and for a purpose, and when we have a purpose we tend to feel happier. As the book states, "Only in God will he find the truth and happiness he never stops searching for." God created us through love and when we acknowledge His love for us we entrust ourselves to Him.

Seeking God has been expressed through various religions, we are therefore called to be religious beings. Our desire be in communion with God has been a natural desire, yet people have neglected, forgotten, overlooked, and devalued this connection. Such feelings have flourished for various determinants: "revolt against evil in the world; religious ignorance or indifference; the cares and riches of this world; the scandal of bad example on the part of believers; currents of thought hostile to religion; finally the attitude of sinful man which makes him hide from God out of fear and flee his call."

Yet, the Lord does not fail to call every person born to seek him to discover that ultimate feeling of true happiness and peace. "Let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice." We delight as we praise Him, since we come close to our Creator who made us with love and our hearts are restless until it rests in Him. True peace is found in God when our hearts join Him coming in union with Him to experience His most abundant love.


Comment: Faith is not "made up" out of thin air. It is not something we imagine and cease to make it exist for the sake of our sanity... it is naturally imprinted and dwelling in our hearts ready to awaken when we acknowledge it. Neglecting ourselves from our natural inclination is going against our very own purposeful walk and connection to God and subsequently tend to live without any hope, unhappiness and waiting until the bitter end of one's existence (as observed and been told). Our faith is our response to God. As our Creator creates us with His love... we yearn and desire to come together with Him and feel this unique powerful feeling of His Love once again. Thank God for faith. Our faith is the seed to the harvest of, and ultimately welcomes all the blessings, infinite happiness, and sense of completeness we descry. 

Purpose of Study

Everything I do today moves with purpose... To the best of my ability, I had attempted to be perfect upon other's perspectives in the past. However, I have brutally come to realize that nothing I do will ever be. I can only become the best version of myself I can ever be. "Perfect" will be in bringing my very best to God no matter what human-being is judging... He is the greater force out there and so I have surrendered myself to God, allowing Him to work through me as I continue to work for Him in fulfilling my purpose on Earth.


Ever since I could remember (as a four-year old child), I have had a beautiful warm feeling in my heart to which I have always referred to as God's love. I have felt His presence all along though sometimes it seemed very faint. I understood I would never be able to find the answers to many things on my own. To seek answers, I had attended bible studies, classes in church, but I now have a true burning desire to learn... more than ever. The yearn for more is naturally embedded within each of us, or so I come to conclude. I want to know more about God. My life experiences have been an incredible learning curve in which I continue to discover mysteries of life as the days unfold. These mysteries go beyond my understanding yet I acknowledge them as blessings from God.

To know God, I have decided to emerge myself in study through the use of the Bible (edition: "Holy Bible" Good News Translation Catholic Edition), the Catechism (edition "Catechism of the Catholic Church - With Modifications from the Editio Typica"), and the guidance from a Catholic priest (fictional name will be used). I have privately journalized in the past; but today, I have decided to share my perspectives, responses, and insights... For nothing we have is worth having if we are not able to give or share it.

The responses to my readings of the Catechism are not intended to provide answers but to express my own understanding of my studies and to share with people who may find it valuable. My personal purpose is to understand the catholic religion more- its teachings of Sacred Scripture, to deepen my knowledge of the Christian mystery, and for enlivening my faith as a child of God. I will receive my gained knowledge of this experience in a spirit of communion with an open heart and use it vigilantly in fulfilling my mission.