Reflection on Freedom

CCC 1738: Freedom is exercised in relationships between human beings. Every human person, created in the image of God, has the natural right to be recognized as a free and responsible being. All owe to each other is the duty of respect. The right to the exercise of freedom, especially in moral and religious matters, is an inalienable requirement to the dignity of the human person. The right must be recognized and protected by civil authority within the limits of the common good and public order.

God created each and every one of us instilled with intellect and free will. The former enables us to comprehend and distinguish which differentiates the right from the wrong and vice versa. Whereas, the latter enables us to decide on our own whether which of the right and wrong will let us dominate over the other as manifested on our attitudes and behaviors. Written above is a passage from CCC 1738 in which clearly focuses on our capability of freedom specifically on how we will expose this ability in our daily living as humans. It also connotes that we are guided by the civil authority who takes actions in setting limitations of the use of our freedom. Based from the passage above, I can sense God’s challenge to exercise my freedom in accordance to His will. Though God bestowed upon me the gift of being free, He wanted me to apply what He has taught me through His words in exercising this ability in my daily dealings with other people. His message directs that I am not the only one given with such ability that is why respect to each one’s freedom should be done to establish a society living harmoniously. However, from what the world depicts today, it is very distant from what God is expecting us to do. Regarding this, He also challenges me on how I can channel to other people what He is telling me when it comes to the proper manifestation of one’s freedom. Given with all these challenges, I can respond to God simply through my actions that I show to the people that