I believe in Holy Catholic Church: The Communion of saints:

I believe in Holy Catholic Church: The Communion of saints:
Holy Catholic Church, which is a new creation, creation which was birthed and sanctified by the Holy Incarnation, crucifixion  death, and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ  The creation which came into life through the baptism of Holy Spirit. The creation, which is sanctuary of Holy Trinity in the world. Presence of Church is the presence of faith. The presence of faith is the presence of Holy Spirit. Presence of Holy Spirit is the presence of  the Holy Trinity. Church is created by God by the eternal wisdom of god to guide the world through His eternal reign on earth, which declares the heavenly kingdom on earth. When Church is the kingdom of God, then naturally it becomes the natural presence of God in the world.

Church is not a human institution or human social invention. Church is the heavenly kingdom, which represents the presence of God. Although, God uses His ministers who are human, the author and founder of the Church is God Himself.  Through the Church, He has re-established His kingdom in the world to guide, protect, and lead the humanity towards the light. It is through Church's sacrifices, sacraments  penence, prayers, Eucharist, Word, tradition, and magisterium,Heavenly Father fulfills His promise saying, I will be with you always to the end of the world. The Church is the Immaculate bride of the Holy Trinity, as it is the Christ body and bride. It is the creation which is in pilgrimage to the heavenly kingdom in the world, which makes the reparations for the world in and through Jesus Christ the eternal atonement of humanity and all creations. The Church is the suffering Christ, which is crucified and buried with Our Lord Jesus Christ through its children baptism and journey with the children who are buried with Jesus Christ and witness to the children who are not buried in Jesus passion. Here I use the word "Buried" symbolizing the union of faithful in Christ death through baptism, while they live in the world. This word does not reflect the literal death and burial of human.

When I read and re read the aforementioned promise, I am fascinated and surrounded every time with peace and comfort, knowing I am not alone and I belong to my God, who is alive and lives amid the natural realm. If I shine logical light on the mentioned promise, I come up with many concepts built within the promise including: Who stated the promise? : Our Lord Jesus Christ; When Did He say? : Just before His ascension; To whom it was told?: Apostles; What is the promise?: I will be with you; When?: Always; Is there a time limit?: Yes to the end of the world or ages. Logical reasoning is a way to analyze a complexed concept or abstract or idea to understand and organize. But this reasoning is limited, if it is used in the light of human understanding. Reasoning is limited and there are infinite truth which are not amenable for human understanding, which are realities.By this I infer I use reasoning  knowing its limits. This does not mean reasoning is enough to understand all the abstractual ideas or concepts. Human soul can understand matters with heaven, if it chooses to, in the light of the Holy Spirit. Understanding God's presence is an inherent human created nature, as it was created by Holy Trinity in God's likeness and image. This concept has been explained by our Lord Jesus Christ, when He called Himself as Good Shepherd. He said I know my sheep and my sheep knows me. By which I understand, that we have an inherent capacity to know Him by faith, grace, and even through reasoning. God can use any tool to reveal himself to us if we open our heart and mind to Him.

Among the above concepts, the specification of ages or end of the world indicates that this promise indicates His presence in the world, which is the Natural presence of God. This aspect of the promise encouraged me to search God's natural presence in the world. As St. Francis was fascinated by the natural presence of God in the Church, Human, and in all creations, I would like to journey in this writing in the search of God's natural presence in this world.

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