{"id":6701,"date":"2011-10-02T11:40:05","date_gmt":"2011-10-02T17:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/?p=6701"},"modified":"2017-04-17T22:01:42","modified_gmt":"2017-04-18T02:01:42","slug":"the-song-of-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-song-of-god\/","title":{"rendered":"The Song of God","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"
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I<\/strong> think we’ve got the whole "saint thing" wrong in our generation. Many think that becoming a Saint is this extraordinary ideal that only a handful of souls will ever be capable of achieving. That sanctity is a pious thought far out of reach. That as long as one avoids mortal sin and keeps his nose clean, he’ll still "make it" to Heaven\u2014and that is good enough.<\/p>\n

But in truth, friends, that is a terrible lie that keeps the children of God in bondage, that keeps souls in a state of unhappiness and dysfunction. It’s as big a lie as telling a goose that it cannot migrate. <\/p>\n

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THE LAW OF CREATION<\/p>\n

All around us is the "key" to becoming a saint, and it lies within creation<\/em>. Each morning, the sun rises, and it’s powerful rays bring \"\"health to all living things. Each year, the seasons come and go, renewing, restoring, bringing to death, and creating again as the planet follows its set course, tilting and rotating to a perfect degree. Within all of this, the animals and sea creatures move according to their God-given instinct. They mate and reproduce; they migrate and hibernate at the appointed hour. The plants grow and produce in their appointed season, then die or lie dormant as they await the hour to bear life again.<\/p>\n

There is this incredible obedience<\/em> within creation according to the laws of nature, the rules of the cosmos. Like a finely tuned piano, each "note" in creation plays at its appointed time, harmonizing with the rest of the living world. They do so by instinct<\/em> and design, <\/em> a law written within their being and nature. <\/p>\n

Now men and women are the very pinnacle of God’s creation. But we are different. We are made in His very image. <\/p>\n

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Being in the image of God the human individual possesses the dignity of a person, who is not just something, but someone.<\/font><\/strong><\/font> <\/font>\u2014Catechism of the Catholic Church<\/em>, n. 357<\/font><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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THE PINNACLE<\/p>\n

As such, we have been given two very important functions in the role of creation. One is to have "dominion" over all that God has created, to be its steward. [1]<\/sup><\/a>Gen 1:28<\/span><\/span>