God's Glory

"Gloria Dei est vivens homo." This is latin for "the Glory of God is the living man" a quote originally stated by Saint Irenaeus.  This is a statement which most people interoperate as "The Glory of God is man FULLY alive" This is because God wanted for us to live the best that we can and that is our true goal to please our Father.

But what does "The Glory of God is man fully alive" really mean? Well this means that each of us have calling, something which God calls us to do. Have you ever had that feeling that whatever you do not satisfy you enough as you would like? Well this is because you are not really being fulfilled. The only thing which can fulfill us is God, and if we don't move toward God calls us to do we are not living as fully alive. Because of Original Sin no man can be fully alive. Original Sin gave us the consequences of clouding our judgment and limiting will; therefore, no man can truly achieve call calls him to do.

Not being able to and not trying are two different things. Just because we fail at something doesn't mean we can't get close to achieving it. We must always strive to do what God calls us to do and eventually we might get very very very close, enough to be called that we are "fully alive". This is not mean that everyone should go become a priest. But we should all do what God calls us to do. Like if you are called to be a priest and become a priest. But if you're being called to be a surgeon or a accountant or lawyer then you should be what God calls you to do. 

We must always strive to do what we can please God. We must please Him and love Him. Simply the glory of God is man doing what God called for us to do and therefore live full lives in God.