God's Loving Plan
We can find true, perfect happiness and ultimate fulfillment only in this.
Communion with God
God gave us this specific power so that, like Him, we are able to know things.
Intellect (knowledge)
This Latin phrase literally translates to "out of nothing" describing how God created the universe.
ex nihilo
This fundamental concept tells us exactly what a created this is and how it is supposed to act.
Nature
This is the specific place where perfect, uninterrupted communion with God will happen.
Heaven
God placed this inside us so that we would naturally search for Him and the truth.
Desire to know the truth
God gave is this power so that we could make free choices and choose to love.
Free will
The three ways God operates in creation are creating, ordering, and this third action.
Adorning
Good habits that we can acquire or gain over time through repeated, deliberate actions.
Human moral virtues
The theological and moral virtues are designed to our souls toward this final destination.
Supernatural end
This famous Old Testament Prophet reminded God's people that God has a plan to give them a future full of hope
Jeremiah
This type of unchanging law is built into the universe by God to give everything a purpose and an order.
Eternal law
To "adorn" the world after creating and organizing it means that God did this to it.
Make it beautiful
To truly grow, succeed, and become what God made us to be on this earth, we must do this.
Flourish
We can become even more like God on earth by entering into this type of communion with Him.
Supernatural communion
This is what we experience when we willingly respond to God and follow His divine path.
True happiness and fulfillment
We use this spiritual gift from God to believe and trust in the truths He has revealed to us.
Faith
God set aside the seventh day of creation specifically for these two actions.
Rest and worship
Faith, Hope, and Charity belong to this special group of virtues given directly by God.
Theological or supernatural virtues
True or False: God created only humans to have a supernatural end
True
God does not keep Himself a secret; he actively makes Himself known to us because He wants us to share in this.
Communion with Him
This human capability allows us to think logically and see the order God built into the physical world.
Reason
By caring for and keeping the Garden of Eden, early man was participating in this part of God's threefold work.
Adorning it
Cardinal virtues like Prudence and Justice fall under this category because they govern our daily actions.
Moral virtues
This is the ultimate goal for which every human being was created.
Union with God