4.2 Que dois-je faire de ma vie ?
En ce monde où les dépressions ou le surmenage font partie du quotidien, cette question est essentielle. La réponse est en fait toute simple : notre but en tant qu’êtres humains est d’être heureux.
Le chemin vers le vrai bonheur doit passer par Jésus : il a dit lui-même qu’il est le chemin (Jn 14,6)Jn 14,6 : Jésus lui répond : « Moi, je suis le Chemin, la Vérité et la Vie ; personne ne va vers le Père sans passer par moi.. Si tu veux atteindre le vrai bonheur, tu dois nécessairement renforcer ta relation avec Dieu. Tu trouveras ce bonheur, parce que Dieu t’aidera à découvrir ce que tu devrais faire de ta vie.
What is the relationship between the beatitudes and our desire for happiness?
The beatitudes respond to the innate desire for happiness that God has placed in the human heart in order to draw us to himself. God alone can satisfy this desire. [CCCC 361]
Why do we yearn for happiness?
God has placed in our hearts such an infinite desire for happiness that nothing can satisfy it but God himself. All earthly fulfillment gives us only a foretaste of eternal happiness. Above and beyond that, we should be drawn to God. [Youcat 281]
What is freedom and what is it for?
Freedom is the God-given power to be able to act of one’s own accord; a person who is free no longer acts under the influence of someone else.
God created us as free men and wills our freedom so that we might decide wholeheartedly in favor of the good, indeed for the greatest “good”—in other words, for God. The more we do what is good, the freer we become. [Youcat 286]
We, having been called through his Will in Christ Jesus are not justified by ourselves, or by our wisdom or understanding or piety or the works we have done in holiness of heart, but through the faith, by which the almighty God has justified all men from the beginning; to whom be glory for all ages. Amen. What, then, shall we do, brothers? Shall we slacken from doing good and abandon charity? May the Lord never allow this to happen to us, but let us be diligent to accomplish every good work (Tit. 3:1) with earnestness and zeal. [St. Clement of Rome, Letter to the Corinthians, Chap. 32:4 (MG 1, 272)]
