Il y a exactement un an, lorsque m’a été confié le ministère de Successeur de Pierre, c’était justement le jour de la Supplication à la Vierge du Saint Rosaire de #Pompéi. Je devais donc venir ici, pour placer mon service sous la protection de la Sainte Vierge. #VisitePastorale https://t.co/BoQnTozCkI
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING A USEFUL PERSON
CATHOLIC DOGMA, SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE, AND TRUTH
God did not create man to live uselessly, selfishly, or without purpose. Every human person is created in the image and likeness of God (Genesis 1:27), with dignity, mission, and responsibility. To be useful is not merely to be productive, it is to cooperate with God in building a better world for souls and future generations.
1. YOU WERE CREATED FOR A PURPOSE
Catholic teaching is clear: life is vocation.
God gives every person gifts, talents, intelligence, strength, and grace not for selfish comfort, but for service.
“To whom much is given, much will be required.”
Luke 12:48
A useless life is often a buried talent. In the Parable of the Talents (Matthew 25:14–30), Christ condemns the servant who did nothing with what he was given.
God does not ask perfection first, He asks faithfulness.
2. HOLINESS IS NOT PASSIVITY
Many people think spirituality means only prayer and silence. Catholic truth says otherwise.
Prayer without action becomes empty. Faith without works is dead (James 2:17).
The saints changed the world because they united prayer with action:
St. Vincent de Paul served the poor
St. Mother Teresa cared for the dying
St. John Bosco rescued abandoned youth
St. Maximilian Kolbe gave his life for another man
Blessed Carlo Acutis used technology for evangelization
True holiness produces fruit.
3. SCIENCE CONFIRMS THE POWER OF PURPOSE
Modern psychology and neuroscience show that people who live with purpose have:
stronger mental health
longer lifespan
better emotional stability
lower depression rates
stronger resilience under suffering
Studies on meaning-centered living show that purpose improves both physical and psychological well-being.
This confirms what the Church has always taught: man is not made for emptiness, but for mission.
4. A USEFUL PERSON BUILDS, NOT DESTROYS
The world suffers because too many consume without contributing.
A Catholic must ask:
Am I helping souls reach Heaven?
Am I serving my family with sacrifice?
Am I defending truth in a world of lies?
Am I leaving behind faith, wisdom, and virtue for the next generation?
Civilizations collapse when men abandon duty.
The family, the Church, and society are strengthened by people who choose responsibility over comfort.
5. YOUR WORK CAN BE HOLY
Whether you are a teacher, father, mother, student, laborer, priest, doctor, or farmer—your work can become prayer when offered to God.
St. Joseph sanctified ordinary labor.
The Church teaches that honest work participates in God’s creation itself.
To work with love is to imitate Christ.
6. THINK OF ETERNITY
Usefulness is not measured only by money or fame.
The greatest success is saving souls, including your own.
One act of charity, one honest sacrifice, one soul brought back to confession may have eternal consequences greater than worldly applause.
“What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul?”
Mark 8:36
CONCLUSION
Be useful.
Be holy.
Be disciplined.
Be a builder of civilization, not a spectator of its collapse.
The future of mankind is not changed by complaints, but by saints.
The Church does not need more lukewarm believers, it needs men and women on fire with truth, sacrifice, and mission.
Live in such a way that your existence becomes proof that Christ is alive.
Because the best way to change the world…
is to become a saint.
Bob Marley was once asked if there was a perfect woman. He replies:
“Who cares about perfection?
Even the moon is not perfect, it is full of craters.
The sea is incredibly beautiful, but salty and dark in the depths.
The sky is always infinite, but often cloudy.
So, everything that is beautiful isn't perfect, it's special.
Therefore, every woman can be special to someone.
Stop being "perfect", but try to be free and live, doing what you love, not wanting to impress others”
♰ 👑 I believe in Jesus Christ 👑 ♰
I believe in one God,
the Father almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
of all things visible and invisible.
I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ,
the Only Begotten Son of God,
born of the Father before all ages.
God from God, Light from Light,
true God from true God,
begotten, not made, consubstantial with the Father;
through him all things were made.
For us men and for our salvation
he came down from heaven,
and by the Holy Spirit was incarnate of the Virgin Mary,
and became man.
For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate,
he suffered death and was buried,
and rose again on the third day
in accordance with the Scriptures.
He ascended into heaven
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again in glory
to judge the living and the dead
and his kingdom will have no end.
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life,
who proceeds from the Father and the Son,
who with the Father and the Son is adored and glorified,
who has spoken through the prophets.
I believe in one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church.
I confess one Baptism for the forgiveness of sins
and I look forward to the resurrection of the dead
and the life of the world to come. Amen.