Ametamalaki by Kwaya ya Mt. JudeThaddeus Mbeya

LISTEN BELOW!!

Artist:  Kwaya ya Mt. JudeThaddeus Mbeya
Song:  Ametamalaki

 

To know and love God is the purpose of life

God, who is infinitely perfect and blessed in himself, made man out of pure goodness so that he could share in his own blessed life.

Because of this, God is always close to people: He tells people to look for him, get to know him, and love him with all their strength. He gathers all men, who are divided and scattered by sin, into the Church, which is his family. When the time was right, God sent his Son to be the Redeemer and Savior.

He invites people to become his adopted children and heirs of his blessed life through his Son and through him. Christ sent out the apostles he had chosen to spread the gospel so that this call would be heard all over the world.

He told them, "Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Teach them to obey everything I have told you, and I will be with you always, until the end of the age.”

The apostles were strengthened by this mission and "went forth and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the message by the signs that attended it."

The love of Christ encourages those who have freely answered Christ's call and accepted it with God's assistance to share the Good News with everyone on the planet.

Their successors have faithfully protected this treasure, which was given to them by the apostles. It is the duty of every follower of Christ to pass the faith on from one generation to the next by evangelizing, practicing fraternal sharing, and commemorating it in prayer and liturgy.

 

Hope for the New Earth and the New Heaven

The fullness of God's Kingdom will arrive at the end of time. The righteous will rule forever with Christ, exalted in both body and soul, following the universal judgment. There will be a renewal of the universe itself.

When the time comes for everything to be renewed, the Church will only be able to receive her perfection in the glory of heaven. The universe, which is so intimately tied to man and achieves its purpose through him, will then be fully restored in Christ along with the human race.

Scripture refers to this enigmatic rebirth that will change the world and humanity as "new heavens and a new earth." God's plan to unify "all things in [Christ], things in heaven, and things on earth" under one head will finally come to pass.

This consummation will be the ultimate achievement of the unity of the human race in this new universe, which God desired from creation and of which the pilgrim Church has been a sacrament. The community of the redeemed, God's holy city, the Bride, and the Lamb's wife will all be made up of those who have joined Christ.

Sin, stains, and self-love that harm or destroy the earthly community will no longer cause her pain. Happiness, peace, and mutual communion will flow freely from the beatific vision, where God opens himself to the elect in an endless manner.

God will reside among people in Heavenly Jerusalem. He will remove all of their tears, and since the former things have died, there won't be any more death, grief, or suffering.

Revelation confirms the material world and man's profoundly shared destiny with the cosmos. Because the creation itself will be released from its shackles of decay, it eagerly awaits the revelation of God's sons.

We are aware that up until this point, the entire creation has been moaning in labor together. In addition, as we bear the first fruits of the Spirit, we ourselves moan inwardly as we await our bodily redemption and adoption as sons.

The visible universe is therefore predestined to undergo change in order for the world to be at the service of the righteous, sharing their glory in the risen Jesus Christ, once it has been returned to its initial state and is no longer confronted with any challenges.

Neither the time of the earth's and man's consummation nor the manner in which the universe will change are known to us. Because of sin, this world is changing, and we are taught that God is creating a new home and earth where righteousness will reign alongside happiness and will outweigh all human desires for peace.

The prospect of a new earth should encourage us rather than lessen our desire to develop this one since it is here that the body of a new human family develops, somewhat hinting at the future. Because it can help to better organize human society, earthly progress is crucial to the kingdom of God, even though we must be careful to distinguish it clearly from the growth of the kingdom of Christ.

When Christ gives his Father an eternal and universal kingdom, we will find them again, this time freed from the stain of sin, illuminated, and transformed, after we have dispersed the fruits of our nature and enterprise on earth in accordance with the Lord's command and in his Spirit.

In eternal life, God will then be "all in all." This is what true and sustainable life is all about: the Father, through the Son and the Holy Spirit, bestowing his divine gifts on everything, without exception. We, as men, have also been granted the unalienable promise of eternal life because of his mercy.