1. For what purpose are we here on earth?
We are here on earth in order to know and to love God, to do good according to his will, and to go
someday to heaven.
To be a human being means to come from God and to go to God. Our origin goes back farther than our parents.
We come from God, in whom all the happiness of heaven and earth is at home, and we are expected in his
everlasting, infinite blessedness. Meanwhile we live on this earth. Sometimes we feel that our Creator is near;
often we feel nothing at all. So that we might find the way home, God sent us his Son, who freed us from sin,
delivers us from all evil, and leads us unerringly into true life. He is “the way, and the truth, and the life” (Jn
14:6).
[God] desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. (1 Tim
2:4)
You cannot imagine at all how much you interest God; he is interested in you as if
there were no one else on earth. --JULIEN GREEN
One must know man and human things in order to love them. One must love God and
divine things in order to know them. --BLAISE PASCAL
God is love. (1 Jn 4:16b)
2. Why did God create us?
God created us out of free and unselfish love.
When a man loves, his heart overflows. He would like to share his joy with others. He gets this from his
Creator. Although God is a mystery, we can still think about him in a human way and say: Out of the “surplus”
of his love he created us. He wanted to share his endless joy with us, who are creatures of his love.
The measure of love is love without measure. --ST. FRANCIS OF SALES
1. ¿Para qué estamos en la tierra?
Estamos en la tierra para conocer y amar a Dios, para hacer el bien según su voluntad y para ir un día al
cielo.
Ser hombre quiere decir: venir de Dios e ir hacia Dios. Tenemos un origen más remoto que nuestros padres.
Venimos de Dios, en quien reside toda La felicidad del Cielo y de La Tierra, y somos esperados en su
bienaventuranza eterna e ilimitada. Mientras tanto vivimos en la tierra. A veces experimentamos la cercanía de
nuestro Creador, con frecuencia no experimentamos nada en absoluto. Para que podamos encontrar el camino a
casa, Dios nos ha enviado a su Hijo, que nos ha Liberado del pecado, nos ha salvado de todo mal y nos conduce
infaliblemente a la verdadera vida. ÉL es “El camino y La verdad y La vida” (Jn 14,6).
Dios quiere que todos se salven y Lleguen al conocimiento de la verdad. (1 Tim 2,4)
Hay que conocer a los hombres y tas cosas humanas para amarlos; hay que amar
a Dios y las cosas divinas para conocerlos. --BLAISE PASCAL
Dios es amor. (1 Jn 4,16b)
2. ¿Por qué nos creó Dios?
Dios nos creó por un amor libre y desinteresado.
Cuando un hombre ama, su corazón se desborda. Le gustaría compartir su alegría
con Los demás. Esto le viene de su Creador. Aunque Dios es un misterio, podemos sin embargo pensar en él al
modo humano y afirmar: nos ha creado a partir de un “desbordamiento” de su amor. Quería compartir su alegría
infinita con nosotros, que somos criaturas de su amor.
La medida del amor es amar sin medida. --SAN FRANCISCO DE SALES