Ad Maiorem Dei Gloriam

In coming up with the title of this blog, i refered to one of my spiritual advisors, Father Gerry and his affiliation to the Jesuits. As you may already know, Ad Maiorem Dei Gloriam is the "anthem" of the Jesuits society and in its completeness "Inque Hominum Salutem" I chose as the title and all it simply means: "For The Greater Glory of God - And the salvation of Humanity."

"Why are we to glorify God? Why does our Lauding result in human Salvation. Why?
It's paramount to understand the word Glory and so :

glory
Noun
pl -ries
1. fame, praise, or honour: tales of glory
2. splendour: the glory of the tropical day
3. something worthy of praise: the Lady Chapel is the great glory of Lichfield
4. adoration or worship: the greater glory of God
Verb
[-ries, -rying, -ried]
glory in to take great pleasure in: the workers were glorying in their new-found freedom [Latin gloria]

Collins Essential English Dictionary 2nd Edition 2006 © HarperCollins Publishers 2004, 2006

See, Everthing that God created he created it at his own glory, in his own splendour. No wonder the bible tells us "and He saw that it was good." Gn 1:4;10;12.. Along the same the train of thoughts, everytime the sun is bright and resplendissant, it's to God's Glory, everytime the Stars shine and glow, it is to God's glory. He specifically took pleasure in creating them. Now we know that a creator, is not only creative but rejoyces triumphantly in its piece.

With that in mind, The Bible tells us.
Genesis 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.
Does image mean we physically resemble God? OR THAT GOD GAVE US THE ABILITY TO BE CREATIVE LIKE HIM?

Now here comes the two pronged dichotomy, or as i would rather call it "our two-front journey"

(i) Man doesn't just have the ability to create ( as Man was created in God's image)
(ii) But he also, in the same token that he is a creation of God, ought to give HIM (God ) the Glory, in other words, God has to be able to rejoyce in HIS WORK, HIS CREATION THAT IS MAN.

I explain:

Pablo Picasso STARES at his beautiful piece of GUERNICA with such great satisfaction, GUERNICA's splendor fulfills his inner artistic/creative being.

Johann Sebatian Bach listens to his Brandenburg Concerto and inwardly smiles saying "It is good" My work has done me proud!!!!

Thomas Edison paginates his patenting book, hold it to his heart, and feels the warmth: it is Good because his work has done him good.

Maupassant rereads his book and momentarily closes his eye lids saying: my work has done me good.

All these prominent creators/artists can claim all the glory because it is almost unlikely for your work to turn against you in its primary sense.

BUT THAT IS ONLYYYYYYYYYY HALF OF THE PICTURE, people, BECAUSE BY THEY THEMSELVES BEING "A" CREATION , gives their creator the same glory through their work. The problem comes when they reject the second aspect of that two-fronted journey in that they refuse to give authorship of "THEM" to God. Hence the greatest sin of being too prideful.

Now here is a very rhethorical question?
How would Picasso, Bach, Edison, and Maupassant feel, had their work denied them.....in other words.... "somone else" has claimed authorship of their work?


Ever heard of our God being a jealous God? Now wonder why?

(Buy one Glory... get one free) If we do it, why do we inhibit our creator to do it, He created us in his likeness, didnt he?