[16] This happened three times, and then the object was taken up into the sky. [17] While Peter was in doubt about the meaning of the vision he had seen, the men sent by Cornelius asked for Simon's house and arrived at the entrance. [18] They called out inquiring whether Simon, who is called Peter, was staying there. [19] As Peter was pondering the vision, the Spirit said (to him), "There are three men here looking for you. [20] So get up, go downstairs, and accompany them without hesitation, because I have sent them." [21] Then Peter went down to the men and said, "I am the one you are looking for. What is the reason for your being here?" [22] They answered, "Cornelius, a centurion, an upright and God-fearing man, respected by the whole Jewish nation, was directed by a holy angel to summon you to his house and to hear what you have to say." [23] So he invited them in and showed them hospitality. The next day he got up and went with them, and some of the brothers from Joppa went with him.
(CCC 781) "At all times and in every race, anyone who fears God and does what is right has been acceptable to him. He has, however, willed to make men holy and save them, not as individuals without any bond or link between them, but rather to make them into a people who might acknowledge him and serve him in holiness. He therefore chose the Israelite race to be his own people and established a covenant with it. He gradually instructed this people.... All these things, however, happened as a preparation for and figure of that new and perfect covenant which was to be ratified in Christ… The New Covenant in his blood; he called together a race made up of Jews and Gentiles which would be one, not according to the flesh, but in the Spirit" (LG 9; Cf. Acts 10:35; 1 Cor 11:25).
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