We are on earth in order to be redeemed. Sin, the darkness in us, separates us from God and from others. Only when all the darkness in us is dissolved, are we wholly received into the eternal love of God. Only after the dark zone in ourselves has been redeemed through suffering, can we see God. That is the goal of our earthly existence.

A person who has suffered his original sin to the end in love and has followed Christ in this sense has not live in vain on earth. But a person who has evaded this redemptive love during life has to continue the way of redemption after death. That is the Church's teaching on purgatory.

We are on earth in order to allow our own and others' darkness to be received. Love alone dissolves the darkness, When a human being is loved, he and she is more and more enabled to accept his and her darkness, suffer it and allow it to be redeemed. No one goes this way for himself and herself alone, but also for others.

If someone wants to help others in this process, he and she has to radiate much love. Should anyone believe he and she can work for the redemption of his and her fellow human beings without allowing himself and herself to be intensely involved with this redeeming process, deceives himself and herself.

We radiate only what we are. The radiation touches the human being from within, on the level of contemplation, there where redemption takes place. Every work with others, be it pastoral care, charitable or social work, depends for effectiveness more on one's own transformation than on manifold activity.

BY REV. FR. FRANZ JALICS  S.J.

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Sunday, May 24, 2009

I have through years of reading, pondering, reflecting and contemplating, the 3 things that last; FAITH . HOPE . LOVE and I would like to made available my sharing from the many thinkers, authors, scholars and theologians whose ideas and thoughts I have borrowed. God be with them always. Amen!

I STILL HAVE MANY THINGS TO SAY TO YOU BUT THEY WOULD BE TOO MUCH FOR YOU NOW. BUT WHEN THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH COMES, HE WILL LEAD YOU TO THE COMPLETE TRUTH, SINCE HE WILL NOT BE SPEAKING AS FROM HIMSELF, BUT WILL SAY ONLY WHAT HE HAS LEARNT; AND HE WILL TELL YOU OF THE THINGS TO COME.

HE WILL GLORIFY ME, SINCE ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. EVERYTHING THE FATHER HAS IS MINE; THAT IS WHY I SAID: ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. - JOHN 16:12-15 -