8. HUMAN DIGNITY

"See what love the Father has given us,
that we should be called children of God;
and that is what we are.
The reason the world does not know us
is that it did not know him.
Beloved, we are God's children now;
what we will be has not yet been revealed.
What we do know is this:
when he is revealed,
we will be like him,
for we will see him as he is."
1 Jn 3: 1-3

"Give yourself to God totally and unreservedly. He alone deserves our heart and he alone can make us happy."
Pierre Bienvenu Noailles

"Every single creature
is full of God and is a book about God.
Every creature is a word of God."
(Meister Eckhart)

Lord, we are the work of your hands,
made in your image and likeness.
Thank you for the gift of life;
may we cherish and respect this gift
in ourselves and in others.