Bishop Barron at ARC
"Freedom just around the corner for you, but with the truth so far off, what good will it do?"
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How to be Happy--- Be Catholic!
Do you dream of happiness? When considering why or whether I should believe in God, whether I could believe in God, one of my biggest questions was "what's the point?" It was a real epiphany to come to the answer: BECAUSE IT MAKES YOU HAPPY! St. Augustine of Hippo famously said this on it: "Our Hearts are Restless Until They Rest in You". The full quote goes like this: "Great are you, O Lord, and exceedingly worthy of praise; your power is immense, and your wisdom beyond reckoning. And so we men, who are a due part of your creation, long to praise you – we also carry our mortality about with us, carry the evidence of our sin and with it the proof that you thwart the proud. You arouse us so that praising you may bring us joy, because you have made us and drawn us to yourself, and our heart is unquiet until it rests in you. Grant me to know and understand, Lord, which comes first. To call upon you or to praise you? To know you or to call upon ...