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The love story between God and man

God's will becomes my own will

“THE LOVE STORY BETWEEN GOD AND MAN consists in the very fact that this communion of will increases in a communion of thought and sentiment, and thus our will and God's will increasingly coincide: God's will is no longer for me an alien will, something imposed on me from without by the commandments, but it is now my own will, based on the realization that God is in fact more deeply present to me than I am to myself. Then self- abandonment to God increases and God becomes our joy (cf. Ps 73 [72]:23-28).”

Pope Benedict 16th, God is Love, 17

Your Questions, Answered  

Sometimes it feels like God chooses some and excludes others in the Old Testament. Why is this?

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From the Bible

In Him there is only light

"God is light, and in him there is no darkness—none at all!"

1 John 1:5

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FROM LIFE:

"The foundation and philsophy of Jesus is the only theory that makes perfect sense. I have found flaws in every other religious theory. The consistent laws of nature prove that there is someone out there that made up the rules all along. That led me to believe in a higher being and thus led me in the curiousity to find the right one. Goodthings don't just happen, for instance, if you walk into a room and you find a bunch of delicious cookies,those cookies didn't fall from the sky. Someone put thought and effort into baking them, just like whenyou see glimpse of goodness in this world, that didn't come from no where-- it's from God."

Student, 21, United States

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Prayer: 15 mins in the earthly paradise

Fish, anemoneLord God - Your Presence embraces me.
I abide in You as a fish breathes in pure water.
In You I live, in You I move, in You I respite.
I cannot possibly flee from your presence.

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WHERE IS GOD?
Daniel Spiteri

"Where is God when families are torn apart?"‘Where is God now?’, I have been asked.
‘Where is God when his children die?
Where is God when all this evil is unmasked?

Where is God when families are torn apart
By their anxieties, and by the rule of law?
Where is your God when I lost heart?’

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"He lives in you, he lives in me
He watches over everything we see
Into the waters, into the truth
In your reflection, he lives in you."

"He lives in you",  a song from the Disney film - The Lion King

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From the Popes

God, light and creator

A LINK BETWEEN ATHEISTS AND CATHOLICS?..."I believe in God, not in a Catholic God, there is no Catholic God, there is God and I believe in Jesus Christ, his incarnation. Jesus is my teacher and my pastor, but God, the Father, Abba, is the light and the Creator. This is my Being. Do you think we are very far apart?"

Pope Francis to atheist newspaper editor of La Repubblica - Eugenio Scalfari, 2013

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From the Fathers of the Church

St. Augustine of Hippo"You made us for Yourself, O Lord; and our heart is restless until it rests in you."

St Augustine of Hippo

Experiencing God "with me" and yet as the "totally other"

Mother Johebed and sister Miriam with baby Moses

If one is to ask various persons, if they believe in God, probably they will say 'yes'. If one is to ask, "who is God?" or "what is God?" there will probably be as many different answers as there are people! In ancient philosophy, God is described as the Unmoved mover, the all-knowing, eternal and transcendent. In Christianity, according to Scriptures, God revealed his name as YHWH: the God Who Is. From the very first book of Scriptures, God is seen creating the universe, the stars, our planet and finally the human being. So God can be called the Creator of heaven and earth. In the New Testament, we find Jesus Christ calling God as Father and revealing God to be a Triune God: Father, Son and Spirit. Hence, in Christianity, we speak of the Trinity. Throughout the centuries, God was experienced as the God with us and yet as the Totally Other.