Jesus said to Simon, “Do not be afraid; from now on you will be catching men.”
Revelation, Chapter 15, Verse 4
Who will not fear you, Lord, or
glorify your name? For you alone are holy. All the nations will come and
worship before you, for your righteous acts have been revealed.”
We glorify God when we are
righteous as he is righteous who makes the rain fall on both the good and the
evil.
A righteous person, no
matter how blameless, will always take humanity’s failures personally.
A righteous person has reverence for both God
and those He created.
Reverence is "a feeling
or attitude of deep respect tinged with awe; veneration". The
word "reverence" in the modern day is often used in relationship with
religion. This is because religion often stimulates the emotion through
recognition of God, the supernatural, and the ineffable. Reverence involves a
humbling of the self in respectful recognition of something perceived to be
greater than the self. Thus religion is commonly a place where reverence is
felt. However, similar to awe, reverence is an emotion in its own right, and can be felt outside of the realm of
religion. Whereas awe may
be characterized as an overwhelming "sensitivity to greatness,"
reverence is seen more as "acknowledging a subjective response to
something excellent in a personal (moral or spiritual) way, but qualitatively above
oneself" Solomon describes awe as passive, but reverence as active, noting
that the feeling of awe (i.e., becoming awestruck) implies paralysis, whereas
feelings of reverence are associated more with active engagement and
responsibility toward that which one reveres. Nature, science, literature, philosophy, great
philosophers, leaders, artists, art, music, wisdom, and beauty may each act as
the stimulus and focus of reverence.[1]
The Church has always practiced and
encouraged devotion to the holy angels. All ancient liturgies make mentions of
them and the protection they provide to men. It is their greatest desire to aid
us in all our acts of religion by uniting their supplications to ours. We
should honor and love angels as well as our fellow mankind for it is though the
Precious Blood of Christ we are all united. Christ is the head of angels as
well as men, and it is as Man that He is Head of the angels. To honor them and
love them we must first know them and earnestly strive to cultivate their
friendship.
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