1.1 Why we are able to believe?

1) Q: For what purpose are we here on earth?
A: We are here on earth in order to know, and to love God, to do good according to his Will, and to go someday to heaven (1-3,358)

To be human being means to come from God and to go to God. Our origin goes back farther than our parents. We come from God, in whom all the happiness of heaven and earth is at home, and we are expected in his everlasting, infinite blessedness. Meanwhile we live on this earth. Sometimes we feel that our Creator is near; often we feel nothing at all. So that we might find the way home, God sent us his Son, who freed us from sin, delivers us from all evil, and leads us erringly into true life. He is "the way, and then truth, and the life" (Jn 14:6).

2) Q: Why did God create us?
A: God created us out of free and unselfish love. (1-3)

When a man loves, his heart overflows. He would like to share his joy with others. He gets this from his Creator. Although God is a mystery, we can still think about him in a human way and say: Out of the "surplus" of his love he created us. He wanted to share his endless joy with us, who are creatures of his love.

Veronica's Reflection:
As a kid as young as 8 years old, I had been looking for answer to the question no.1 ' What is our purpose of life? Why are we on here on earth? What is life? What life is all about? Is it life supposed to be growing up study, work, get married, get kids and so forth? I believe a lot of people are asking the same questions. I cant believe that this is the first answer I got when I open the Catechism book. For all my life looking for the answer, I finally found the answer! We came from God and we are here on earth to serve God. Now I am able to tell my own kids or other kids where did they come from and what is their purpose of life.

From there, I started to find what does it mean to serve God. One may not understand that serving is receiving. I found so much goodness in serving God, our God is very kind and loving. He created us out of love and share His goodness. This is really true. He loves me so much that he always watching over me my whole life, keeping me safe and keep on calling me. Thank God for his faithfulness to me to wait for me for years to know him.