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In the
Catholic faith, we believe that our calling is to become saints- or holy
people. That notion disturbed me for a while because I didn’t understand its meaning.
I thought that aiming to be saints took the glory from God and shifted
it to ourselves, but as I grow more in my faith - my mind too understands
concepts anew. Now, I know that holiness
only comes from God (“holiness is Christ in me”), so the more a person achieves
it the more God is being glorified in that person and since it comes from God
it kills vainglory. Thus, there are no
proud saints. During the cruise we
celebrated the Feast Day of Saint John Bosco and Father described him as the
most “fun” saint. Saint John Bosco
studied jugglers, acrobats and magicians and used these fun skills to do tricks
that got the attention of children and once he had their attention he taught
them about the Catholic Faith and the power of the Mass. He dedicated his life to helping abandoned
boys… I love the creative imagination of Saint Bosco and his methods of using games and music to inspire the youth. And while I was listening to father’s homily
on Saint Bosco - I thought that if I have a choice I choose to be the saint of
fun! “So
I recommend having fun, because there is nothing better for people to do in
this world than to eat, drink, and enjoy life. That way they will experience
some happiness along with all the hard work God gives them.” Ecclesiastes 8:15
I think the Catholic Church has this image of
limitations and killer of all things fun. If you are Catholic you
have to abstain from alcohol, drugs, sex, etc.
And in all these “don’ts” translate to “no fun” and for the legalistic
Catholics a “pride” in their discipline of these behaviors. But
scripture tells us to have fun and enjoy life.
God wants us to be happy, if
you have trouble understanding this just look around at creation and the beauty
of this world. There’s not a single day
that I live without a smile breaking across my face, God has given us all of
creation for our enjoyment- talk about generosity! A priest was the first to
tell me that what God wants most for us is happiness - since then, I always
look at ways to make my life more entertaining.
I go around dancing, joking and laughing and I think at times all this
giddiness might make me appear quite shallow to reserved Catholics and at first
impression even be perceived as a “party” girl not serious about her
faith… But the more that I discover God
the more that I can’t stop the party
using rapper Pitbull’s words (smile)- I don’t think a good Christian can go
around with anything less than joy in one’s heart and a continuous smile. Yes, I hurt and I cry messy with buggers and
spit- but after the tempest the light of God shines and delivers me again and
again.
A stroll with my Baby.
God does encourage and teaches us to live a life of
discipline and provides a life map to follow, but only because of the value God
has given everything. For example,
Catholics love sex! We love it so much
that we give it an extremely high value and we save and protect it until
marriage. I have a friend who loves cars. She has a pimped-out Subaru that she only
drives on special occasions and she always makes sure it is parked in safe
places when she does take it out for a drive and she stores it in her garage
daily. We all have something that we
treasure like she does her car- similarly God told us to treasure sex, to save
it, protect it and keep it from becoming exploited. It is because of love that we are so prude as
some have called me, not because we hate it.
Since the beginning God told us sex was beautiful and because it’s so
special it requires special care. I’m
telling you when I get married my husband and I will enjoy this gift a lot because
God told us it is good (smile)! In a
more mathematical way let’s say I live to be 90 years-old and I don’t get
married until I am 34 then that means that for more than half of my life I will
have sex- God is only asking me to abstain for a few years while I am single- I
think that sounds pretty reasonable (SMILE).
A Rainbow of colors in Nature!
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