1.7 Pourquoi devrais-je croire en Dieu ?
Les gens aspirent au bonheur absolu dans leur vie. Beaucoup de personnes se sont aperçues que sur le long terme le bonheur ne peut pas être trouvé dans le succès, le pouvoir ou les biens. Ils font souvent mention des relations comme étant une source importante de bonheur. Le vrai bonheur vient de l’intérieur, de savoir que nous sommes aimés et que nous faisons le bien.
La vérité la plus importante à propos de l’homme est que nous appartenons à Dieu – il nous a créés et aimés. Tout compte fait, le bonheur absolu ne peut être trouvé qu’avec lui. Ça peut sembler simple, mais c’est une vérité profonde que, pour être heureux, il faille consentir de tout son cœur au dessein de Dieu pour soi et coopérer à sa réalisation.
Why does man have a desire for God?
God himself, in creating man in his own image, has written upon his heart the desire to see him. Even if this desire is often ignored, God never ceases to draw man to himself because only in God will he find and live the fullness of truth and happiness for which he never stops searching. By nature and by vocation, therefore, man is a religious being, capable of entering into communion with God. This intimate and vital bond with God confers on man his fundamental dignity. [CCCC 2]
Why do we seek God?
God has placed in our hearts a longing to seek and find him. St. Augustine says, “You have made us for yourself, and our heart is restless until it rests in you.” We call this longing for God religion.
It is natural for man to seek God. All of our striving for truth and happiness is ultimately a search for the one who supports us absolutely, satisfies us absolutely, and employs us absolutely in his service. A person is not completely himself until he has found God.“Anyone who seeks truth seeks God, whether or not he realizes it” (St . Edith Stein). [Youcat 3]
[God] is the source of our happiness and the very end of all our aspirations… We pursue him with our love so that when we reach him we may rest in perfect happiness in him who is our goal. [St Augustine, The City of God, Bk. 10, Chap 3. (ML 41, 298)]
