Too many persons are consumed with the cares of the world; so much so that they live their lives as though God did not exist.
This comment was made by Father Charles Dominque as he delivered the homily during the Thanksgiving Mass for the life of the late Father Peter Clarke, OP, which was held at St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church yesterday morning.
“Too many people have allowed the cares of the world to consume them. They put their trust in things like their own ability and they don’t put their trust in God. God becomes the last resort in their lives, and sometimes, He is never apart of their lives,” he said.
“But the wonderful thing is that God never leaves us. He always has our best interest at heart. The great philosopher Cicero said that ‘next to God, we are nothing but to God we are everything.”
He expressed that we should take joy in the fact that even though we may not have lived lives where we acknowledged God that we have the chance to do so because God was always waiting for us. He described human beings as God’s greatest work of art.
How then do we become the best versions of ourselves? And how do we help others become the best versions of themselves? Father Dominique expressed that in order to do such, one must take our focus off of the material and focus on the spiritual.
“Death is inevitable and we have to prepare for the end. Use the time that you have now to live as God intended and prepare yourselves for the end,” he said.
He highlighted that it was important to achieve all that you can while you were alive now and live lives that were pleasing to God because no one knew when their end was near.
“We know that nothing is forever and at some point in this life, our life will come to an end, and that is why it is important to live, and not just exist as some people have been doing, but live, and enjoy life,” he said.