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How to verify the virtue of religion in our acts of adoration (1): move to a sacred place
Oktober, 13nd 2023 – While the war for reality is raging around us, father Elias Leyds C.S.J. started a couple of weeks ago in FilioQue in English, a collection of short reflections on the topic of ‘that religious fight‘.
What is meant with a sacred place where we have to move to as the first step of adoration, to exercercise and maintain an active religious practice?
We are religious human beings. How to maintain that understanding?
Why is it important to realise the reality that he is different, transcendent, above us and we are dependent of Him.
And wrt upbringing of your family, why is it good to tell your children that there a things we have to do, even if we don’t like it. It is part of our duty, ans we will find out it is wort the trouble, part of growing up. Then we can even find out that doing your duty can be rewarding.
Father Elias is again and again using realism to help us understand why religion or being religious, one of the virtues of life, is what we need, to give meaning and to reach our goals, our purpose in life. So the question remains: what does it take to live the virtue of religion? Father Elias gave us a good direction in how to test or qualify our deeds of adoration.
There are five 5 ‘steps of verification’ to test and purify our religious life, in the moments of adoration. It gives us a guide towards a real authentic religious life
1. Movement – go to a special place, a sacred place specially prepared for the Lord
2. Adoration – really adore the One who is, and who always shall be
3. Offer a sacrifice
4. Mediation – Reflect on the good things revceived and / or the good people you have met which you want to transmit to others..
5. Decide on an action, how to respond to God to answer his call
Do you want to watch the complete series of the ‘War for reality‘ so far? Click here.
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