The Purpose of Life
Daily Rosary Meditations | Catholic Prayers
Dr. Mike Scherschligt
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🗓️ 18 September 2023
⏱️ 27 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to our daily rosary meditation. Let's begin in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. |
| 0:04.8 | Amen. Let's call to mind all those we've promised to pray for. |
| 0:09.1 | It's always good to know where we are going. Now we just finished meditating on the fifth |
| 0:14.7 | commandment. In May we reflected on the sixth commandment in our series on Sexuality, Marriage, and Family, and we will resume with the |
| 0:28.2 | Seventh Commandment in October. |
| 0:31.0 | But the beginning of the fall is a great time to jumpstart our spiritual life and recommit to holiness. |
| 0:40.0 | So for the next 10 episodes, we're going to learn and meditate on the wisdom from the great |
| 0:47.3 | Saints like Teresa of Avla and John of the Cross on prayer and the |
| 0:55.0 | on prayer and the pursuit of holiness. |
| 0:57.0 | Now I want to make sure that you are on track with your life. |
| 1:02.0 | The purpose of life is to get a good education so you can make |
| 1:07.0 | a ton of money, buy a really big house, and drive a nice car, and most of all to be free to do whatever you want. |
| 1:18.8 | Not quite. In fact, God made you for something infinitely better. |
| 1:25.0 | Now this might surprise you, but God made you for just one purpose. |
| 1:30.0 | He wants to place his divine life in you so that you will be like God and live like God forever. |
| 1:42.0 | In fact, the Catechism says it this way. |
| 1:45.0 | God became man so that man might become God. |
| 1:50.0 | And in John Chapter 14, Jesus said, |
| 1:53.0 | the Father, Son, and Spirit would live in us |
| 1:58.0 | and enable us to live the life of God. |
| 2:02.0 | And this is what we mean by holiness, God living in us and transforming |
| 2:08.2 | the way we live. And it's meant for every person on the planet. |
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