#72: The two mistakes of individualism

God is the center and the meaning of human life. Individualism therefore is fundamentally wrong as an ideology because it place the individual at the center, pretending to achieve freedom in this way.  Two mistakes are evident.  First to place the individual at the center and above every institution or person, even though that place belongs only to God.  Second to have liberty as the main goal, when only God is the true goal and meaning of life.


Christians are servers by vocation, because we see Christ in others and know that what we do for them is as if we did it for God himself. Christians advance in the way of life, not from place to place, or from one object to another but from one person to another. When a Christian meets another person she stops to greet, talk and see if she can offer help. The individualist, in contrast, walks around other people, if not pushing them and putting them aside.


Now let's consider a passage from the book of Judges. The passage is Judges 17, 7-13. I recommend that you pray before you read ahead, asking the Holy Spirit to enlighten you.

The story we read might as well have been written about Jesus Christ.

• Christ was born in Bethlehem but lived there for a while as a foreigner because His parents had their home in Nazareth.
• Christ is a priest like the Levite in the passage, and He is also looking for a place to live. Christ wants to live in your heart.
• The relationship we have with God is Father to son.
• True prosperity comes from the individual's relationship with God, when God is the center of the individual's life.

Let us ask the Virgin Mary, Help of Christians, to accompany us on our journey through life.

May God bless you abundantly.