If we love what is noble, we become noble (Fulton Sheen)
My God, would You like to elaborate on this? I have understood from life, for what your attention goes, that becomes important in life. But this quote is very penetrating.
Very penetrating, my son, and a promise to man.
But we need to take a few things apart.
What goal does man set himself?
And how consistent and driven in life does he keep that goal in mind?
Where your thoughts, your feelings, your heart go out, that's where energy is put in, that attracts man, that comes his way. And if man does not allow himself to be distracted, then it is inevitable that what he desires will be realized. But in man, that can be any goal, including sex or power or money or more beautiful ideals such as art, mankind or God.
And this seems like an impossible task for man, to become noble. But the difference between a saint and an ordinary person is that the saint holds on to his ideal and does not, like the ordinary man, drop out, and does not allow himself to be distracted. And so a man becomes noble when he comes to love noble things, noble people, noble deeds. There is no other way.
If we love what is noble, we become noble
And how can it be, in another example, that a person strives for something all his life and never gets it and so his life seems to have failed? It's topic for another blog, but in short, it comes down to this. This man then pursues impossible things, impossible for him in this special life, by unsuitable talents, unsuitable character, unsuitable destiny or simply bad luck.
But if you really come to love noble things, to choose them, and to keep it up, then you can't help but become noble, also because God wants to achieve that in man. And then man has a very great power behind him. That, of course, makes the aspiration strong. And a saint simply cherishes goals that are pleasing to God. For a saint never pursues anything that is contrary to the laws of God. And that is wise of a saint. Fulton Sheen is blessed.
My blessings to you all
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