Saturday, July 4, 2015
Youcat commented through CCC. Question n. 46 – Part II.
(Youcat answer) The symbol of the work week, which is
crowned by a day of rest (Gen 1:1-2:3), is an expression of how good,
beautiful, and wisely ordered creation is.
A deepening through
CCC
(CCC 339) Each
creature possesses its own particular goodness and perfection. For each one
of the works of the "six days" it is said: "and God saw that it
was good." "By the very nature of creation, material being is endowed
with its own stability, truth and excellence, its own order and laws" (GS
36 § 1). Each of the various creatures, willed in its own being, reflects in
its own way a ray of God's infinite wisdom and goodness. Man must therefore
respect the particular goodness of every creature, to avoid any disordered use
of things which would be in contempt of the Creator and would bring disastrous
consequences for human beings and their environment.
Reflecting and
meditating
(Youcat comment)
From the symbolism of “the work of six
days” we can derive important principles: (1) Nothing exists that was not
called into being by the Creator. (2) Everything that exists is good in its own
way. (3) Something that has become bad still has a good core. (4) Created
beings and things are interrelated and interdependent. (5) Creation in its
order and harmony reflects the surpassing goodness and beauty of God. (6) In
creation there is an order of complexity: man is superior to an animal, an
animal is superior to a plant, a plant is superior to inanimate matter. (7)
Creation is heading for the great celebration when Christ will bring the world
home and God will be everything to everyone.
(CCC Comment)
(CCC 340) God wills the interdependence
of creatures. The sun and the moon, the cedar and the little flower, the
eagle and the sparrow: the spectacle of their countless diversities and
inequalities tells us that no creature is self-sufficient. Creatures exist only
in dependence on each other, to complete each other, in the service of each
other.
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