Ars Vivendi Christiani . . . II
What is it that defines a life that is lived in the most fully human way? It seems to me that a life that is most fully human is one that manifests the truth in the core of its being. One is not deluded by fantasies or clouded by false hopes. It is a life which appears in itself to be limited until the person turns outside of himself to the other, first to the God who created him/her and then to others to whom he/she depends and to those who depend upon him/her. This truth is not something created by the person, but rather something that the person discovers which in fact is responsible for helping to create the person. In the natural sense, that truth would be mediated to us by our parents, family members and friends. They help to aid us in the realization of the fact that the truth lies outside of ourselves and it is something that measures us rather than something that we measure. In the supernatural life, God is truth and while this truth has been indirectly manifested in the Old Testament, the fullest meaning of life has come through the Incarnation. This fact of the Incarnation of the Word of God in Jesus Christ makes it possible for human beings to manfest the fullness of truth through our bodies and souls. It is the Incarnation that makes the fullest expression of ourselves as the living artwork and artisans of God possible.
