The Glory of God is Man Fully Alive

To be fully alive does not really mean to just be yourself and follow whatever your heart desires. Ultimately, the only way to truly be yourself is to live through and for God, who created you and gives you the miracle of life. As the glory of God is man fully alive, man fully alive is man glorifying God.

From this year in Theology, I have been able to learn the many
responsibilities that we have as Christians, especially as Catholics. We have to live our lives according to God's will by following the Ten Commandments that he gave to Moses on Mt. Sinai and by following the New Commandment of Love that Jesus gave to his Apostles and was handed
down through all these generations. We have to treat all of our neighbors, even strangers, with love and respect. In doing so, we somewhat evangelize the world. Ecumenism is one of the main goals for the Catholic Church to unify all the Christian faiths. And, by spreading the Gospels and being a model of holiness for others, we can evangelize the world and allow others to hear the Good News. We have to try to the best of our ability to live in imitation of Jesus Christ. Living a life of selflessness can help us achieve this goal and find the true meaning of life. We also have to care for the creation of God by living as stewards and caretakers of the earth. Although God created everything for us, his ultimate creation, we still have the role of stewardship. We can see the glory of God in all of his creations.

We have the responsibility of attending Mass every Sunday and worshiping God in communion with one another as we hope to be in communion with God and someday join him in his Kingdom of Heaven where there is eternal happiness and life. We must live a life of prayer and  holiness, participating in the sacraments and receiving the graces that they offer us. We must be careful to not fall into temptation and sin, for it hurts our relationship with God and separates us farther and farther from him. We have to look for the truth at all times and make sure that what we are doing is the right action to commit, for the Devil tempts us through distortion of the truth and fear.

Ultimately, we are to follow in Jesus' footsteps. And, to help us do this, Jesus established the Church in order to carry on his teachings and help all of us live our lives fully, giving glory to God. By following the dogma of the Catholic Church, we can be humans that are fully alive, and we can show our neighbors, who may be our separated brethren or people of a completely other faith, how to live as people that are fully alive. As St. Irenaeus once said, "the Glory of God is Man Fully Alive."