Monday, July 6, 2015
Youcat commented through CCC. Question n. 47.
(Youcat answer) God’s rest from his work points toward
the completion of creation, which is beyond all human efforts.
A deepening through
CCC
(CCC 349) The eighth
day. But for us a new day has dawned: the day of Christ's Resurrection. The
seventh day completes the first creation. The eighth day begins the new
creation. Thus, the work of creation culminates in the greater work of
redemption. The first creation finds its meaning and its summit in the new
creation in Christ, the splendour of which surpasses that of the first creation
(Cf. Roman Missal, Easter Vigil 24,
prayer after the first reading).
Reflecting and
meditating
(Youcat comment)
Although man in his work is the junior
partner of his Creator (Gen 2:15), he can by no means redeem the world by his
toil. The goal of creation is “new heavens and a new earth” (Is 65:17) through
a redemption that is given to us as a gift. Thus the Sunday rest, which is a
foretaste of heavenly rest, is superior to the work that prepares us for it.
(CCC Comment)
(CCC 362) The human person, created in the image of God, is
a being at once corporeal and spiritual. The biblical account expresses this
reality in symbolic language when it affirms that "then the LORD God
formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath
of life; and man became a living being"(Gen 2:7) Man, whole and entire, is
therefore willed by God.
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