Sunday, March 22, 2015
Youcat commented through CCC. Question n. 2.
(Youcat answer) God created us out of free and unselfish
love.
A deepening through
CCC
(CCC 3) Those who with God's help have welcomed Christ's
call and freely responded to it are urged on by love of Christ to proclaim the
Good News everywhere in the world. This treasure, received from the apostles,
has been faithfully guarded by their successors. All Christ's faithful are
called to hand it on from generation to generation, by professing the faith, by
living it in fraternal sharing, and by celebrating it in liturgy and prayer
(Acts 2:42).
Reflecting and
meditating
(Youcat comment) When a man
loves, his heart overflows. He would like to share his joy with others. He gets
this from his Creator. Although God is a mystery, we can still think about him
in a human way and say: Out of the “surplus” of his love he created us. He
wanted to share his endless joy with us, who are creatures of his love.
(CCC Comment)
(CCC 2) So that this call should resound throughout the
world, Christ sent forth the apostles he had chosen, commissioning them to
proclaim the gospel: "Go therefore and make disciples of all nations,
baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you
always, to the close of the age." (Mt 28:19-20) Strengthened by this
mission, the apostles "went forth and preached everywhere, while the Lord
worked with them and confirmed the message by the signs that attended it."
(Mk 16:20). (CCC 358) God created everything for man (Cf. GS 12 § 1; 24 § 3; 39
§ 1), but man in turn was created to
serve and love God and to offer all creation back to him: What is it that is
about to be created, that enjoys such honour? It is man that great and
wonderful living creature, more precious in the eyes of God than all other
creatures! For him the heavens and the earth, the sea and all the rest of
creation exist. God attached so much importance to his salvation that he did not
spare his own Son for the sake of man. Nor does he ever cease to work, trying
every possible means, until he has raised man up to himself and made him sit at
his right hand (St. John Chrysostom, In
Gen. sermo II, 1: PG 54, 587D-588A).
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