{"id":78,"date":"2023-11-07T01:24:46","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T01:24:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ferruminstitute.com\/?page_id=78"},"modified":"2023-11-07T01:27:44","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T01:27:44","slug":"what-do-we-wish-to-achieve","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ferruminstitute.com\/?page_id=78","title":{"rendered":"What do we wish to achieve?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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What is the meaning of “achievement” in the Christian tradition?<\/p>\n

Here is a question to begin with, that can frame our endeavours. We believe that we will never be able to create a perfect world. This is not defeatism, but a realism that acknowledges physical realities and spiritual realities. Physical such as entropy, non-linear system unpredictability, and finitude directed in part by times arrow; spiritual such as fallen humanity, fallen spiritual beings and a creation that was created in need of liberation.<\/p>\n

What therefore is to be understood as an “achievement”? everything we do must point beyond the immediate “here and now” needs, as urgent as these may seem and are, to see a final goal for our efforts. That which fosters a deeper communion between human beings, that which builds a stronger stewardship towards creation in all of its aspects, is that which is most true to our nature.<\/p>\n

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you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.\u2019 <\/span>The second is this, \u2018You shall love your neighbour as yourself.\u2019 There is no other commandment greater than these.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n
Notice that the call to love God is related to our spiritual aspects; we dont love God with all of our bodies, our senses, our talents and abilities learnt, nor our friendships, nor other “treasures” we have. The\u00a0 call to love Him with all our strength for example is displayed through physical actions, but points beyond them to our inner life.\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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We may be said to have “achieved” our objectives in the FeRRuM Institute when we have looked to the needs of our brothers and sisters, have discerned through recognised avenues the Lords will in these matters, then have set ourselves to be of service to bringing about certain goals that will serve our call to stewardship and communion. All this without undue expectation of\u00a0 recognition, carer advancement nor financial rewards.\u00a0 We will work throughout our lives to develop our talents and abilities to rise to the challenges in achieving the set goals, knowing that the goals are means for us to express love towards God and our neighbour.\u00a0<\/div>\n

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