YOUCAT Question n. 125 - Part V. What is unique about the People of God?
(Youcat
answer - repeated) The founder of this people is God the Father. Its leader is
Jesus Christ. Its source of strength is the Holy Spirit. The entryway to the
People of God is Baptism. Its dignity is the freedom of the children of God.
Its law is love. If this people remains faithful to God and seeks first the
kingdom of God, it changes the world.
A deepening through CCC
(CCC 786 b)
The sign of the cross makes kings of all those reborn in Christ and the
anointing of the Holy Spirit consecrates them as priests, so that, apart from
the particular service of our ministry, all spiritual and rational Christians
are recognized as members of this royal race and sharers in Christ's priestly
office. What, indeed, is as royal for a soul as to govern the body in obedience
to God? And what is as priestly as to dedicate a pure conscience to the Lord
and to offer the spotless offerings of devotion on the altar of the heart? (St.
Leo the Great, Sermo 4, 1: PL 54,
149).
Reflecting and meditating
(Youcat comment)
In the midst of all the
peoples on earth, there is one people that is like no other. It is subject to
no one but God alone. It is supposed to be like salt, which adds flavor; like
yeast, which permeates everything; like light, which drives away the darkness.
Anyone who belongs to the People of God must count on coming into conflict with
people who deny God’s existence and disregard his commandments. In the freedom
of the children of God, however, we have nothing to fear, not even death.
(CCC Comment)
(CCC 784)
On entering the People of God through faith and Baptism, one receives a share
in this people's unique, priestly
vocation: “Christ the Lord, high priest taken from among men, has made this new
people ‘a kingdom of priests to God, his Father.’ The baptized, by regeneration
and the anointing of the Holy Spirit, are consecrated
to be a spiritual house and a holy priesthood” (LG 10; Cf. Heb 5:1-5; Rev 1:6).
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