God made me to know him, love him and serve him in this world, and to be happy with him for ever in the next.
This answer summarises the purpose of human life. God did not create us without purpose or direction. He created us so that we might enter into a relationship with Him. We come to know God through faith, prayer, Scripture, and the teaching of the Church. We show our love for God through worship, obedience, and charity towards others. We serve God by living according to His commandments and using our gifts for His glory. Earthly life is therefore a preparation for eternal life. While many people search for happiness in possessions, achievements, or pleasure, the deepest fulfilment of the human heart is found only in God. The goal of the Christian life is not merely to be a good person but to share forever in the life and happiness of God in Heaven.
God, infinitely perfect and blessed in himself, freely created man to make him share in his own blessed life. The desire for God is written in the human heart because man is created by God and for God. God put us in the world to know, to love, and to serve him, and so to come to paradise.
John 17:3
And this is eternal life, that they know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.
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