LIFE …… DEATH

The question of the meaning of life
Can only be answered by life….. by living
You are arrived at the answer to life
When God has arrived in your heart
It is when one if threatened by death
That one begins to appreciate the significance of life
The closer Christ was to His glory, the closer He came to His death
His glory was His death – His death was His glory
Life is beautiful because it is life
The beauty of death is that it leads to a fuller life.
In life you cover more directions by going in one direction
Man’s quest for life – is his question about life
Man seeks an answer to his question – because he wants to define life
He does not realize that life cannot be defined without considering
life-here-after. Therefore it cannot be defined merely in terms of this life
because this life is not the whole of life –
the history of man is the history of life – his life
as lived individually and communally.
Even God is bound by this “law”. He can only love – because He is life
His love is everlasting – because He exists for all eternity
He is love because He is life
Christ comes – in the fullness of time – that we may have life more abundantly
He dies – in His chosen time – to give meaning to man’s life
He rises – in His predicted time – to assure us of life everlasting
He has given us the capacity to love forever because we can live forever.

- by Grido Argulles, S.J.

After reading this piece, I offer some points to ponder upon:

What is life for you personally? What is its meaning?
How do you view death? Are you afraid to die?
Do you honestly believe in life-after-death?
Do you have a concept of eternity? Can you somehow comprehend it?

I hope you and I will gain sufficient wisdom in the process of searching for the answers from our hearts.

Let us pray,

Eternal God, our Father,
We are humbled by Your greatness.
You are the Author of life; You are life itself.

We don’t have the answers to the many questions of our life
But our faith in You suffices for everything that are unknown to us.

You have given us life and showed us the way to live this
with meaning through the teachings of the Gospel.

May we be forever be true to our vocation and grant us the grace
to follow Your will until our last moment on this earth.

We pray, in the Name of Jesus Christ, Your Son
and our Redeemer. Amen.

Yours truly,

DJ FLAME