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Why God should want and need us is a mystery. But it is true: otherwise he would not have created us and life would ultimately have no meaning for us.

Basil Hume

The great gift of Easter is hope – Christian hope which makes us have that confidence in God, in his ultimate triumph, and in his goodness and love, which nothing can shake.
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Christianity Confidence Country Faith Hope People
Death remains about the one certain fact in the lives of each one of us, and there will be suffering, sorrow, and sadness next week as there was last week.
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Next Sad Suffering Week
From aquaintances we conceal our real selves. To our friends we reveal our weaknesses.
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Real Self Weakness
Why God should want and need us is a mystery. But it is true: otherwise he would not have created us and life would ultimately have no meaning for us.
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Attitude Consistency Create God Needs
We have really lost in our society the sense of the sacredness of life.
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Lost Sacred Society
It is good to remember that in God the is a constancy, a consistency of attitude which never changes, irrespective of what we are or how we act: he never changes in is wanting us or needing us.
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Attitude Change Irrespective Needing Want
Moral choices do not depend on personal preference and private decision but on right reason and, I would add, divine order.
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Choices Decision Divine Order
Christ shared our experience; he suffered as we suffer; he died as we shall die, and for forty days in the desert he underwent the struggle between good and evil.
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Evil Struggle Suffering Underwear
Deep down, we remain human, very human and have all the desires to love and be loved by one person.
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Desire Humans Love
As one of the best things in your life was human love, this will be love, but much more satisfying, and it will last forever.
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Best Forever Human Last Satisfying
Soon after you’re dead – we’re not sure how long – but not long, you’ll be united with the most ecstatic love you’ve ever known.
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Death Ecstatic Long Love Sure You

Why God should want and need us is a mystery. But it is true: otherwise he would not have created us and life would ultimately have no meaning for us.

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