Friday, April 24, 2015
Youcat commented through CCC. Question n. 18 – Part III.
(Youcat answer - repeated) In the New Testament God’s
Revelation is completed. The four Gospels according to Matthew, Mark, Luke, and
John are the centerpiece of Sacred Scripture and the most precious treasure of
the Church. In them the Son of God shows himself as he is and encounters us. In
the Acts of the Apostles we learn about the beginnings of the Church and the
working of the Holy Spirit. In the letters written by the apostles, all facets
of human life are set in the light of Christ. In the Book of Revelation we
foresee the end of the ages.
A deepening through
CCC
(CCC 127) The fourfold Gospel holds a unique place in the
Church, as is evident both in the veneration which the liturgy accords it and
in the surpassing attraction it has exercised on the saints at all times:
“There is no doctrine which could be better, more precious and more splendid
than the text of the Gospel. Behold and retain what our Lord and Master,
Christ, has taught by his words and accomplished by his deeds” (St. Caesaria
the Younger to St. Richildis and St. Radegunde: SCh 345, 480). “But above all it's the gospels that occupy my mind
when I'm at prayer; my poor soul has so many needs, and yet this is the one
thing needful. I'm always finding fresh lights there; hidden and enthralling
meanings” (St. Thérèse of Lisieux, ms.
autob. A 83v.).
Reflecting and
meditating
(Youcat comment)
Jesus is everything that God would like to tell us. The entire Old Testament
prepares for the Incarnation of God’s Son. All of God’s promises find their
fulfillment in Jesus. To be a Christian means to unite oneself ever more deeply
with the life of Christ. To do that, one must read and live the Gospels.
Madeleine Delbrêl says, “Through his Word God tells us what he is and what he
wants; he says it definitively and says it for each individual day. When we
hold our Gospel book in our hands, we should reflect that in it dwells the Word
that wants to become flesh in us, desires to take hold of us, so that we might
begin his life anew in a new place, at a new time, in a new human setting.”
(CCC Comment)
(CCC 130) Typology indicates the dynamic movement toward the
fulfilment of the divine plan when "God [will] be everything to
everyone" (1 Cor 15:28). Nor do the calling of the patriarchs and the
exodus from Egypt, for example, lose their own value in God's plan, from the
mere fact that they were intermediate stages. (CCC 140) The unity of the two
Testaments proceeds from the unity of God's plan and his Revelation. The Old
Testament prepares for the New and the New Testament fulfils the Old; the two
shed light on each other; both are true Word of God.
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