August 4, 2013 – Catechism 2548 – 2557
“Desire for true happiness frees man from his immoderate attachment to the goods of this world”. There are so many that only feel true happiness comes from goods and money and having all that our heart desires. True happiness comes when we allow ourselves to not desire the things of this world, when we set our desire on God alone, when we are totally obedient to the Will of God. There is no path to true happiness through obtaining earthly goods. Actually the opposite occurs. The more you obtain, the more worries to will pile upon yourself, and the further away from true happiness you will be. You will actually find yourself seeking more material goods because what you have now didn’t work and you will continue to move farther and farther away. Only a rejection of the desire for worldly goods will start you on the journey towards true happiness and lead you into the arms of God.