God created man.

And God created man. In his image, he created him. God’s image is found in man. And that is something extraordinary. We read that at the end of creation on the sixth day, God created man. It is interesting that in the creation of man, God goes into the plural. So not I will make man, but let us make the man. Some already see a hint of the holy trinity there. Why does God do all this? You know, love has the quality of wanting to give it away. The benevolent God in three persons wants to spread the love further. And he wants to extend it to other beings. That’s why he created angels and man, to whom he gave the ability to give something of himself. In our image. With what? It is the reason, free will, and the ability to love. What is man? Man has a body, a soul, and a spirit. We generally say that man is a material-spiritual being. We, humans, have all been in the mind of God for eternity. This is a very positive thing for us because God wanted us to be. When do we become most like God? When we use our reason for something good, our will, and our love. That’s when we work on the image of God in us. What is certain is that the harmony that the first humans had was destroyed by the Evil One. He gave people a new vision. As if to say to them. God didn’t mean you so well. You can still have better. You can be gods. It was a temptation. We will decide what is good and bad. What is right and wrong? And that challenge is also in today’s world. The first humans lost their inner balance. And because we come from those people, we inherited that, and we are broken, and we produce chaos. Jesus comes to bring that harmony back to us. He has also given us the instructions to do so. Jesus came to recreate the image of the child of God in us. Because of Jesus, we are made for a new heaven and a new earth. Adam and Eve wanted to be like God. In their way, pride. And on Easter, God fulfilled that desire for us. Well, if you want to be like God, I’ll give you that gift. But not through pride, but through humility, by accepting this gift from the Lord Jesus, by obeying his word. And you will become adoptive children of God. Something wonderful. Something to look forward to, because thanks to Jesus we will live in heaven. He will adore us. So he makes us able to live in heaven. And we will yet inherit. What? Money. No, but glory, power, strength, and wisdom. A new experience of reality. That’s why the soul is worth so much. The beginning of it all is in baptism. In baptism, we receive divine life. The soul is immortal. Once, to Catherine of Sienna, the Lord revealed a beautiful being. When Catherine saw it, she thought it was God, and she threw herself on her knees and wanted to worship this being. And the Lord Jesus said to her. Catherine, what are you doing? Well, such beauty is here, It’s not God, And what is it? It’s a pure, beautiful soul. This is what she looks like. For such a soul, I have sacrificed my life. Catherine was ready to give her life for a soul. The great truth is that man knows his greatness and splendor only when he knows Jesus Christ, for only then does he know his destination. He gives us the purpose of our life. He shows us how we are to develop. Where we are to get to. Hence, through Jesus, we get to God, and He gives us eternal life. The world may give us many gifts, but they are fleeting. Sooner or later they will be lost. That is why the Church challenges us. Do not seek what is fleeting, but what is eternal.