How to know Christ
Friday of week 9 in Ordinary Time Mark 12:35-37 There are three ways of knowing things. This is also true in knowing God. The first one is knowing in the level of the mind. We have been taught that the only reason for man's existence is to know, love, and adore God. But now, there are much more that we need to learn about life - science, arts, humanity, social sciences, technology, medicine. We also need to know how to become rich, how to take care of ourselves above others, and how to priorities oneself and not God. But the more we become ignorant of God, the more we put our and others' lives at risk. The more selfish we become, the more we abuse this earth, the more we cause pandemics, social sicknesses, and so forth, and the more we put this world at an end. Heed the words of Socrates then, "The more I know, the more I do not know." In knowing about God, we need a huge dosage of humility. The affects us, that spiritual pride and arr...