Entry into the material body, entry into the mystical body of Christ, entry into Christ Himself.

Entry into the material body,
entry into the mystical body of Christ,
entry into Christ Himself.
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We, that is our souls, have three stages of entries all our life, from conception to eternity.

Man was nothing before his creation.

Just as God made man with the 'clay of the ground,'

(which had already been created by Him for the purpose,)

and 'breathed' a soul into it,

He breathes a soul into our body

conceived by our parents,

(of course it is the mother who conceives, but with the cooperation of the father)

as per His eternal plan.

This is our entry into a material body.

Wherever I mention 'Our', I refer to our soul.

Dew to the sin of our first parents we are conceived with original sin.

When we are baptized we are freed from our original sin.

The moment our original sin is forgiven,

we make our entry into the Mystical body of Christ,

our holy Mother the Catholic Church,

instituted by Jesus Himself for our salvation.

Just as our conception is the gateway to human life,

baptism is the gateway to the Mystical body of Christ.

All the baptized souls

living in this world,

purgatory,

and heaven are the members of this Body.

Our only work in this body is to workout our salvation, nothing else.

When I say 'nothing else', you may ask, "what about our temporal life?"

Our temporal life must be helpful to our spiritual life,

to attain the end for which we were created.

Just as we do physical exercises to make our body fit for some physical labour,

we have to do a lot of spiritual exercises to make ourselves  fit to be saved.

The whole set of exercises can be described by one name, prayer,

which is nothing but life in union with Christ.

The set includes

  obeying the commandments of God, that is, loving God and our neighbour,      

meditation,

contemplation,

receiving sacraments,

attending Holy Mass,

doing good works,   etc.

When we do all these exercises properly,

sin will automatically get out of our way.  

After leading a prayerful life,

we will reach another gate, death,

through which we will enter Christ Himself.

Christ is God, one with His Father and Holy Spirit.

So we enter the Most Holy Trinity, to live with Him
eternally.

Looking from the worldly point of view,

death is an end to our life in this world.

Looking from the spiritual point of view, 

death is the beginning of our eternal blissful life, with God.

In fact, we were born to die to this world

and to live with God.

We entered our material body through conception,

entered Christ's mystical Body through baptism,

and will enter Christ Himself through death.

How blessed we are!

Lourdu Selvam.