Monday, April 27, 2015
Youcat commented through CCC. Question n. 20 – Part II.
(Youcat answer - repeated) To respond to God means to
believe him.
A deepening through
CCC
(CCC 145) The Letter
to the Hebrews, in its great eulogy of the faith of Israel's ancestors,
lays special emphasis on Abraham's faith: "By faith, Abraham obeyed when
he was called to go out to a place which he was to receive as an inheritance;
and he went out, not knowing where he was to go" (Heb 11:8; cf. Gen
12:1-4). By faith, he lived as a stranger and pilgrim in the promised land (Cf.
Gen 23:4). By faith, Sarah was given to conceive the son of the promise. And by
faith Abraham offered his only son in sacrifice (Cf. Heb 11:17).
Reflecting and
meditating
(Youcat comment)
Anyone who wants to believe needs a heart
that is ready to listen (see 1 Kings 3:9). In many ways God seeks contact with
us. In every human encounter, in every moving experience of nature, in every
apparent coincidence, in every challenge, every suffering, there is a hidden
message from God to us. He speaks even more clearly to us when he turns to us
in his Word or in the voice of our conscience. He addresses us as friends.
Therefore we, too, should respond as friends and believe him, trust him
completely, learn to understand him better and better, and accept his will
without reservation.
(CCC Comment)
(CCC 148) The Virgin Mary most perfectly embodies the
obedience of faith. By faith Mary welcomes the tidings and promise brought by
the angel Gabriel, believing that "with God nothing will be
impossible" and so giving her assent: "Behold I am the handmaid of
the Lord; let it be [done] to me according to your word" (Lk 1:37-38; cf.
Gen 18:14). Elizabeth greeted her: "Blessed is she who believed that there
would be a fulfilment of what was spoken to her from the Lord" (Lk 1:45).
It is for this faith that all generations have called Mary blessed (Cf. Lk
1:48). (CCC 149) Throughout her life and until her last ordeal (Cf. Lk 2:35)
when Jesus her son died on the cross, Mary's faith never wavered. She never
ceased to believe in the fulfilment of God's word. And so the Church venerates
in Mary the purest realization of faith.
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