Secular sterility The Church's vision of marriage and family is so hard for young Catholics to encounter, yet it offers them the key to
true human happiness and fulfilment.
John Paul saw how women can continue Christ's selfless love in a way that teaches the world the meaning of holiness and
true human happiness.
Not exact matches
And I believe understanding this element of
human nature — which I'll discuss in the next section — is key to building a life that: a) involves ambitious striving toward goals and having impact in the world, which contributes to a sense of meaning, and b) gives you a shot at realizing
true happiness by avoiding a soul - sucking competitive rat race.
The joy of the gospel of marriage springs from charity: 2 the same charity that compels bishops3 to faithfully proclaim the good news of marriage revealed in Christ; the same charity that is inseparable from the Truth, who frees the
human person and reveals to him what it means to be
human.4 Only in Jesus does every
human being discover what it means to be truly
human, to be made for God and to live in relationship with God, to have
true happiness.
The freedom to be a good, moral, ethical and loving
human without the threat of eternal punishment will bring
true and honest
happiness.
So the last two chapters of Part I affirm that «Christ's Church, trusting in the design of the Creator, acknowledges that
human progress can serve man's
true happiness, yet she can not help echoing the Apostle's warning: «Be not conformed to this world» (Rom 12:2)» (37).
He states: «It could be argued that the Church herself is in part responsible for this in that we have failed, since the social and sexual revolutions of the 1960s, to explain attractively and imaginatively the alternative vision of life and love that Jesus has taught and which he promises is the
true way to
human happiness and eternal life.»
The heart of all real religions is an affirmation that
human life on this planet is only part of something very much greater; that «
human values» are determined by an authority higher than
human beings themselves; and that man neither finds
happiness nor discovers his
true self until his worship, his loyalty and his love are given to Someone infinitely greater than any man or group of men.
Join me in this fascinating episode with Dr Mark Atkinson, internationally - renowned integrative medicine physician,
human potential teacher and author of
True Happiness.
I still believe in
true love and simple
human happiness.
McCarthy's films are obsessively warm - hearted and
human, ending on hopeful notes even though the odds on
true happiness are stacked against the protagonists.
I earnestly wish to point out in what
true dignity and
human happiness consists.
Ancient scripts indicate that the philosophy stemmed from the Balinese belief that
true happiness can be achieved when the relationships between
humans and their fellow
humans, their environment, and their supreme deities are nurtured.
However its
true that owning more and more «stuff» has steeply diminishing returns in terms of
human happiness.
It is my belief that you were born to find a state of
true, lasting
happiness, and that you are not only capable, but deserving of this, because you are
human.»