Sunday, June 14, 2015
Youcat commented through CCC. Question n. 39 – Part V.
(Youcat answer - repeated) Jesus of Nazareth is the Son,
the second divine person mentioned when we pray, “In the name of the Father and
of the Son and of the Holy Spirit” (Mt 28:19).
A deepening through
CCC
(CCC 258) The whole divine economy is the common work of the
three divine persons. For as the Trinity has only one and the same nature, so
too does it have only one and the same operation: "The Father, the Son and
the Holy Spirit are not three principles of creation but one principle"
(Council of Florence (1442): DS 1331; cf. Council of Constantinople II (553):
DS 421). However, each divine person performs the common work according to his
unique personal property. Thus the Church confesses, following the New Testament,
"one God and Father from whom all things are, and one Lord Jesus Christ,
through whom all things are, and one Holy Spirit in whom all things are"
(Council of Constantinople II: DS 421). It is above all the divine missions of
the Son's Incarnation and the gift of the Holy Spirit that show forth the
properties of the divine persons.
Reflecting and
meditating
(Youcat comment)
Jesus was either an imposter who made
himself Lord of the Sabbath and allowed himself to be addressed with the divine
title “Lord” — or else he was really God. The scandal came when he
forgave sins. In the eyes of his contemporaries, that was a crime deserving
death. Through signs and miracles, but especially through the Resurrection, his
disciples recognized who Jesus is and worshipped him as Lord. That is the faith
of the Church.
(CCC Comment)
(CCC 450) From the beginning of Christian history, the
assertion of Christ's lordship over the world and over history has implicitly
recognized that man should not submit his personal freedom in an absolute
manner to any earthly power, but only to God the Father and the Lord Jesus
Christ: Caesar is not "the Lord" (Cf. Rev 11:15; Mk 12:17;
Acts 5:29). "The Church… believes that the key, the centre and the
purpose of the whole of man's history is to be found in its Lord and Master"
(GS 10 § 3; cf. 45 § 2). (CCC 451) Christian prayer is characterized by the
title "Lord", whether in the invitation to prayer ("The Lord be
with you"), its conclusion ("through Christ our Lord") or the
exclamation full of trust and hope: Maran
atha ("Our Lord, come!") or Marana
tha ("Come, Lord!") - "Amen Come Lord Jesus!" (1 Cor
16:22; Rev 22:20).
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