the angels,

and crowned him with glory and honour

You have given him rule over the

Works of your hands,

Putting all things under his feet.

All sheep and oxen,

Yes, and the beasts of the field,

The birds of the air, the fishes of the sea

And whatever swims the paths

Of the seas”. (Psalm 8, 4-9).

If I can say that prayer well, if I know its meaning and say it with my whole heart and soul, then I make a very deep act of religion. I build a solid foundation for my whole life. I understand what my life really means.

MADE FOR GOD

God’s purpose in making man was to share His life with us. Great as our universe is, it is not enough for us. God has planted deep in your heart and mind and in every man’s heart an undying hunger for Himself. “You have made us for yourself, O lord, and our hearts are restless until they rest in you.”- Saint Augustine .

There is only one real failure in a human life, and that is to worship my own self instead of God who is my Lord. That is what sin is—namely, love of self to the contempt of God.

The stars, the rivers, the animals—everything except man—praise and worship God simply by being what they are.

But God has given man two powers that He has given to no other creature in the universe. He has given Him a mind with which he can know, and a free-will with which he can love.

God wants you to know Him and He wants you to love Him. He never forces any one to love Him, because, as you know, you can never force anyone to love you. They must come to you because they want to come to you; otherwise, they come out of fear or flattery, but not out of love

God put the first man and woman, our first parents, Adam and Eve, on the stage of this wonderful universe. He gave them everything. All He asked was that they should recognize Him as their Lord—as we have just tried to do in our prayer of worship. He wanted them to do this freely, to show their real love for Him.