Loyd L. Fueston Livres

With some modifications, certain insights of St. Thomas Aquinas can be used to make good sense of this dynamic universe of evolving things. These foundational insights cover the nature of human knowledge and the importance of acts-of-being. The human mind is formed by interaction with God's effects in His creation and this interaction takes place during three billion years of evolution and also during the lifetime of an individual human being. Creation is a manifestation of thoughts which God wishes to share with us. God Himself is His own Act-of-being or the Supreme Act-of-being while all the underlying stuff of created things is ever and continuously brought into existence by God's acts-of-being. Complex things and living beings are brought into existence by acts-of-being best described as parts of a story being told by God. Even metaphysical and mathematical truths are better described as being facts created by the same God who created things. God is the source of all being and all truths.

This universe is a battleground where forces of order and disorder struggle. We can eat or be eaten, but even if we survive the struggle between predator and prey, we have to face floods and hurricanes, asteroids and volcanoes. True peace is possible even on this battleground because of Christ's victory on the cross. This true peace can be understood when given its proper the peace of Christ. We can understand better when we pray to God, when we read the Bible, and when we worship him. We should pray, asking for God's help and praying the psalms.We should sit quietly, letting ourselves become more aware of God's presence and learning to pray along with God, to listen along with God, and to think along with God. We should read the Bible, the word of God as recorded by his prophets and evangelists. We should worship God at least once a week, preferably participating in the eucharistic rite, eating the body of Christ and drinking his blood as He commanded for the sake of our salvation (John 6:53). In various ways, we should allow God to fill us up with his Son, so that we might become Christlike persons. Only in that Christlike state can we obtain true peace.