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𝐈𝐍𝐒𝐏𝐈𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒. 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞
“The lamp of the body is the eye. If your eye is sound, your whole body will be filled with light; but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be in darkness. And if the light in you is darkness, how great will the darkness be.” Matthew 6:22–23 Every Scripture passage, in a spiritual sense, can teach us many lessons. Saint Thomas Aquinas, in his commentary on Matthew’s Gospel, offers one interpretation to the passage quoted above by saying that the “eye” in this passage refers to your intention and “your whole body” refers to all of your actions that follow from your intention. Therefore, when your intentions are in line with God’s will, the actions that follow will be also. This is a very practical and useful lesson for your journey toward holiness. With this insight from Saint Thomas, we must look at our intentions in an honest and complete way. What are your intentions in life? It’s easy for us to form various intentions that may seem good as well as some that are contrary to the will of God without even realizing it. We may intend to get a good night’s sleep on one occasion. Or intend to have fun with family and friends on a certain day. Or we may intend to cook a good meal, clean the house, do well at work, etc. There are many momentary intentions that are good and are a normal part of daily living. However, the most important intention to consider is that which is the deepest of them all. What is the most central, foundational, and fundamental intention by which your life is directed? The primary intention that you should work to acquire is to give God the greatest glory possible in all that you do. Giving glory to God is accomplished when you choose Him and His holy will above everything else in life. When this is the deepest and most fundamental intention of your life, everything else will flow from it. All secondary intentions and actions will align with this central focus and work toward its accomplishment. But when there are other “first intentions” that you have on the most fundamental level, then all the rest of your intentions and actions will be misguided and directed in a disordered way. Reflect, today, upon the most fundamental intention you have in life. Doing so will require a considerable amount of interior reflection and honesty. It will require that you sort through the many things that motivate you and the decisions you make each and every day. Reflect upon the primary purpose of your life, which must be to give God the greatest glory possible by choosing and living His perfect will. Do all of your daily actions align with this ultimate goal? Commit yourself to the holy work of examining all of your actions in this light so that you will more fully achieve the purpose for which you were created. 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘺, 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘦. 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦. 𝘎𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘐 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦. 𝘔𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘨𝘰𝘢𝘭 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘺. 𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘴, 𝘐 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘠𝘰𝘶. 𝗕𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘁, 𝗧𝗮𝗽𝗮𝘁 𝗗𝗮𝗽𝗮𝘁. 𝗕𝗲 𝗧𝗮𝗽𝗮𝘁, 𝗛𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗗𝗮𝗽𝗮𝘁. #BCBP #BCBPKapatiran #BeHonest #TapatDapat #OWNhonesty #LIVEhonestly #AMPLIFYhonesty #AuthenticChristian #UnifiedChristianliving Source: https://catholic-daily-reflections.com/.../your.../ |
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