Seeking God’s plan for love and life.

The main aim, purpose and meaning of our lives is to love. God calls us to this exceptional challenge to live our lives as a gift for others. Mother Teresa said, “Life is not worth living unless it is lived for others.” Pope John Paul said that “Man cannot live without love. He remains a being that is incomprehensible for himself, his life is senseless, if love is not revealed to him, if he does not encounter love, if he does not experience it and make it his own, if he does not intimately participate in it.”
What then is an authentic vision of love?How can we know God is real, what has he done in history?
God sent his only son, Jesus Christ to fully reveal man to himself. After living a public ministry of about 3 years bringing healing, miracles, hope and faith, he was captured and sentenced to death. He was crucified, died and buried, but rose from the dead, bringing victory over death. Before his death and resurrection, Jesus founded an institution, called the Church with which his work would continue throughout human history, which the powers of hell would not prevail against. He gave the keys of the kingdom of heaven to the Apostles and commanded Peter to head the Church, to go to ends of the earth to preach the good news to every creature. Thanks to the gift of the Priesthood, sins are forgiven in his name, demons are driven out and the body and blood of Christ is given to us in the Eucharist, which he commanded us to celebrate in memory of him. Jesus even gave us his own mother, so that we might never be left unaided if we implored her help or sought her intercession.God inspired the writers of Sacred Scripture to write a book about himself and his transforming grace throughout history. Henceforth, the history of salvation is clearly articulated from the beginning of time. He sent his Holy Spirit to work in the hearts of believers to build up the Kingdom of God. He sent us Saints who would inspire countless generations, bringing people closer to God. He intervened in history with miracles, defying the laws of nature. He even gave us the gift of self consciousness, reason and intellect so that we might come to know him and love him. He gave us the gift of prayer so that we might open our hearts and minds to him, communicate with him humbly looking towards heaven. He gave us each a guardian Angel to care and watch over us.There are people who are too sceptical to believe any of this. They are normally the ones who do not even have the effort to look up in their local directory where the nearest Church is to hear about the Good News that God has brought us.
God then, gives an authentic vision of love because he was prepared to die rather than spend eternity without us.