After two weeks of reviewing our story, and seeing it as a story of God's faithful presence in our lives, we move now to look at the bigger picture.

This week we want to reflect on, and be inspired by, God's creative desire for us, as part of the whole of creation.
St. Ignatius put it so simply:

God created us
to praise, reverence and serve God
and in this way to save our souls.
God created all of the rest of creation
to help us achieve the purpose for which
God created us.

• To simply walk around, doing all that I do each day, more and more conscious of WHY I was created:

To give praise to God. 
To revere God:  grow in awe and love for God.
To be of service:  in God's service.
 
• To notice "the rest of creation" more consciously, and how all that I notice is intended by God to HELP ME - it is all created FOR ME.

Again, make use of the helps to the right of this guide.  Let this photo draw us into wonder and awe and a sense of God's plan for us. Let's try to begin and end each day this week with openness and delight in all that God intensely desires to show us.

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