Happy in Both Worlds

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Is the best way to be happy in THIS world to follow Church teachings?

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Is the best way to be happy in THIS world to follow Church teachings?

Thanks and God Bless,
ClemtheCatholic
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If most of us followed Church teaching, did not murder, steal, and in general practiced the virtues, a lot of suffering will be avoided.

A lot of people have argued with me on the existence of God. If God existed why didn’t he do anything about all the evil? I thought about it and wondered what if most of us practiced what He told us to do? What if most of loved God above all things and loved our neighbors as we love ourselves? What will happen then?
 
Ummm yes. Not quite sure what the purpose of this question is as this point seems to be pretty obvious to most devout Catholics.
 
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Ummm yes. Not quite sure what the purpose of this question is as this point seems to be pretty obvious to most devout Catholics.
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Well I was thinking about some Biblical stuff like “Blessed are those who mourn”. And then I seem to get the impression that Jesus doesn’t say “Don’t be adulterous because it’ll make you unhappy in this world” but rather He seems to always be saying that despite the pleasures in this world and though you may enjoy this world it is actually all about “the next world”.

I ask because I feel it is a useful thing to know when evangelizing. Also, is the answer 100% yes in every single case?

Thanks. 🙂
 
Yes, I think the best way to be happy in THIS world is to follow the Church’s teachings but that doesn’t mean you’ll always BE happy following Christ or that it is the easiest way to live in this world.

Mourning and suffering are definitely part of the package, for some of us a big part of our lives, because we follow the teachings of Christ and His Church. He never promised it would be easy - just the opposite, in fact - He said it would be difficult to follow Him.

As written by previous posters above, if all of us followed the basic moral precepts set down by God and defined by His Church, the whole world would be a much better, and happier, place to live. Imagine no stealing, adultry, fornication, abortion, murder, etc. Such is not the world we live in, however, and those of us who do live by those precepts will continue to swim against the tide.
 
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Yes, I think the best way to be happy in THIS world is to follow the Church’s teachings but that doesn’t mean you’ll always BE happy following Christ or that it is the easiest way to live in this world.

Mourning and suffering are definitely part of the package, for some of us a big part of our lives, because we follow the teachings of Christ and His Church. He never promised it would be easy - just the opposite, in fact - He said it would be difficult to follow Him.

As written by previous posters above, if all of us followed the basic moral precepts set down by God and defined by His Church, the whole world would be a much better, and happier, place to live. Imagine no stealing, adultry, fornication, abortion, murder, etc. Such is not the world we live in, however, and those of us who do live by those precepts will continue to swim against the tide.
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Thanks for this. 🙂

On this topic, I was thinking about the whole idea of Utopia. Did Saint Sir Thomas Moore think this idea would only be any use if every single human being agreed to it? Because we Catholics could probably go off and make a Utopia but then the world would be left to sink. Was St. Thomas actually being serious in suggesting we Catholics could make it happen?
 
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