A Perfect Father's Love For His Children

Fearfully and Wonderfully Made by Almighty God

O Lord, You have probed me and You know me; You know when I sit and when I stand; You understand my thoughts from afar….Truly You have formed my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother’s womb. I give You thanks that I am fearfully, wonderfully made...My soul also You knew full well; nor was my frame unknown to You when I was made in secret...Your eyes have seen my actions; in your book they are all written; my days were limited before one of them existed. (Psalm of David, 139)

God Chose to Become a Child for the Sake of All of His Children

"The medieval theologian William of Saint Thierry once said that God – from the time of Adam – saw that his grandeur provoked resistance in man, that we felt limited in our own being and threatened in our freedom. Therefore God chose a new way. He became a child. He made himself dependent and weak, in need of our love. Now – this God who has become a child says to us – you can no longer fear me, you can only love me.

"With these thoughts, we draw near this night to the child of Bethlehem – to the God who for our sake chose to become a child. In every child we see something of the Child of Bethlehem. Every child asks for our love. This night, then, let us think especially of those children who are denied the love of their parents. Let us think of those street children who do not have the blessing of a family home, of those children who are brutally exploited as soldiers and made instruments of violence, instead of messengers of reconciliation and peace. Let us think of those children who are victims of the industry of pornography and every other appalling form of abuse, and thus are traumatized in the depths of their soul. The Child of Bethlehem summons us once again to do everything in our power to put an end to the suffering of these children; to do everything possible to make the light of Bethlehem touch the heart of every man and woman. Only through the conversion of hearts, only through a change in the depths of our hearts can the cause of all this evil be overcome, only thus can the power of the evil one be defeated. Only if people change will the world change; and in order to change, people need the light that comes from God, the light which so unexpectedly entered into our night."

~ Pope Benedict XVI, Midnight Mass, December 25, 2008 ~

A Reflection of God's Love

God creates human beings in HIS image and likeness. Humans are created out of love by God, Who IS Love. We are made to love and be loved. The degree that we depart from loving is the degree to which we distance ourselves from God. God's rule of life is simple--love Him and love one another. Love is the source of true happiness in this life and for all eternity.

God made the world filled with beauties and wonders of nature for all of His children on earth. He even created faithful animal companions that reflect His unconditional love for us.

One Creator: One Pair of Hands

When I behold your heavens, the work of your fingers,

the moon and the stars which You set in place--

what is man that You should be mindful of him,

or the son of man that You should care for him?

You have made him little less than the angels,

and crowned him with glory and honor.

You have given him rule over the works of your hands,

putting all things under his feet:

all sheep and oxen, yes, and the beasts of the field,

the birds of the air, the fishes of the sea,

and whatever swims the paths of the seas.

O Lord, our Lord,

how glorious is your name over all the earth!

(Psalm, 8: 4-10)

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Creation, An Act of God's Love

"God created man in His image and likeness

by calling him into existence for love's sake;

at the same time He called him to love.

God is love

and lives a mystery

of personal communion of love in Himself...

Love is the fundamental and native vocation of every human being."

~ Pope John Paul II ~

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