THIS should be
our burning desire. And we should put all
our strength in this direction. To be sure, it is for the
good of all.
Yes, we can and should build a beautiful world. But we
have to start
with our own selves, and then from us, let’s spread the
fever around.
And by starting
with our own selves, we mean that we have
to make sure our spiritual life is first of all in order.
That’s
because failing in this, no matter what we do outside us,
it is not
going to be a beautiful world we will be building, no
matter how we
manage to project some signs of beauty in it.
We have to
understand that beauty, the real beauty that
can take on any condition we can find ourselves in this
world, can
only be found in God. And for his part, he is most
willing to share
that sense of beauty with us who are his image and
likeness and
children of his.
To build a
beautiful world, we have to learn to connect
the often hidden dots between the material and the
spiritual, the
temporal and the eternal, the mundane and the sacred, the
inside and
the outside. We have to learn to find meaning in every
situation in
our life, be it pleasant or unpleasant, joyful or
sorrowful. The
big problem we have today is precisely our failure to
connect these
dots.
As St. Paul
would put it, “I have learned to be content
whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in
need, and I
know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret
of being
content in any and every situation, whether well fed or
hungry,
whether living in plenty or in want. I can do everything
through him
who gives me strength.” (Phil 4,11-13)
We need to
understand that beauty is a matter of love that
comes from God and that brings us back to him,
transforming us into
his image and likeness. Beauty is not just mainly
physical or
mathematical. It’s not simply a matter of proportion, of
texture, of
feelings and the like. It’s a matter of love. It’s not
meant to fade
and die. It’s meant to last in eternity.
With this love,
we would know how to derive good from
evil, how to purify what is dirty, how to supernaturalize
what is
simply natural. We would know how to deal with our
limitations and
weaknesses, temptations and sins.
With this love,
we would know how to handle the many
differences that we can have among ourselves. These and
even our
unavoidable disagreements and conflicts would not
compromise our
charity towards others. We would be most understanding,
compassionate
and forgiving. In fact, we would try our best to be
helpful to others
without expecting any reward.
Yes, these are
some ways we can build beauty in this world
as we should, because the world itself comes from God and
thus also
belongs to him. We have a tremendous responsibility in
bringing it
back to God as he wants it to be.
The beauty of
the world depends on the love-driven beauty
of each one of us. We have to help one another in
pursuing this goal
of building a beautiful world. Thus, we have to do a lot
of
apostolate, mainly through friendship and confidence even
as we take
advantage of the many technologies now available that can
facilitate
our relation with others.
Let’s be sowers
of goodness and love, for this is how we
can truly build a beautiful world. In other words,
we simply to have
to become genuine saints, because that is the only way we
can such
sowers.
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