Be a joyful man by The Catholic Man Show
On Being a Joyful Man by The Catholic Man Show
Want happiness? Eat bacon! But that which abides in man and gives him fulfilling purpose is not happiness as it is very fleeting. Brothers, it is joy that we should attempt to obtain while we live. As a father, my children give me joy and happiness; however, if my infant daughter wakes up crying throughout the night, I am not happy. But even though I am upset due to the lack of sleep I still have joy because I am holding my daughter and trying to comfort her. However, the joy I get from my children is not from them alone but rather what God issues through them to me. For all men have an innate desire to be connected to something greater than himself even if he does not know God – in reality, this is God’s desire to reach out to us by creating us as both physical and spiritual creatures. In other words, God meant to be the source of all joy in your life. Therefore, to take your first step toward a joyful life, you must turn away from your disordered passions and turn to God with all you have. It is God who is the author of truth and life, and it is truth and life that make joy possible. For without truth, one cannot know what he ought so that man may live well and without life only death remains. Remind yourself this Advent season that your death is eminent. The end of our lives are but a blink of an eye from this very moment and the truth of eternity will then lay before us. Is this not the reason why we are to strive toward holiness? How then do you live your life? Do you complain? Do you fight with your neighbor? Do you feed those that hunger? Do you visit the sick or the imprisoned? Do you clothe the naked? Do you instruct the ignorant? Do you show mercy? Do you love God before all else and love your neighbor as yourself?
