Thomistic ethics best answers this question on Man’s Final End and how we arrive at this conclusion from a Catholic perspective. Thomistic ethics begins with the end in mind; and defines happiness as knowing, loving and serving God. We know this as this corresponds with our natural faculties/ Reason which enables us to…
Tag: Faith
Faith and Reason
My husband and I had a debate a while back about the need for philosophy when studying theology. Or rather, whether one needs philosophy to understand God and His plan for us. He argued that both are necessary, while I naively professed that theology alone was adequate (based on the philosophy majors that I encountered in…
Finding my true self
Who is that girl I see, staring straight back at me? Why is my reflection someone I don’t know? When will my reflection show, who I am, inside? ~ Reflection, in Mulan Watched a Youtube video of a 4-year-old belting out this song and I was reminded of it in prayer because I have been…
The best form of evangelization
“You are the salt of the earth. But if salt loses its taste, with what can it be seasoned? It is no longer good for anything but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot. You are the light of the world. A city set on a mountain cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a…
