Wednesday, September 2, 2015
Youcat commented through CCC - Question n. 71 - Part II.
YOUCAT Question n. 71 - Part
II. Why are the reports about Jesus called “the Gospel”, “the Good News”?
(Youcat
answer - repeated) Without the Gospels we would not know that God sends his Son
to us men out of his infinite love, so that despite our sins we might find our
way back to eternal fellowship with God.
A deepening through CCC
(CCC 424) Moved
by the grace of the Holy Spirit and drawn by the Father, we believe in Jesus
and confess: “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” (Mt 16:16). On
the rock of this faith confessed by St. Peter, Christ built his Church (Cf. Mt
16:18; St. Leo the Great, Sermo 4, 3:
PL 54, 150-152; 51, 1: PL 54, 308-309; 62, 2: PL 54, 350-351; 83, 3: PL 54,
431-432). 424
Reflecting and meditating
(Youcat comment) The reports
about the life, death, and Resurrection of Jesus are the best news in the
world. They testify that the Jew who was born in Bethlehem, Jesus of Nazareth,
is “Son of the living God” (Mt 16:16) made man. He was sent by the Father so
that “all men might be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth” (cf. 1 Tim
2:4).
(CCC Comment)
(CCC 425) The
transmission of the Christian faith consists primarily in proclaiming Jesus
Christ in order to lead others to faith in him. From the beginning, the first
disciples burned with the desire to proclaim Christ: "We cannot but speak
of what we have seen and heard." (Acts 4:20) And they invite people of
every era to enter into the joy of their communion with Christ: That which was
from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes,
which we have looked upon and touched with our hands, concerning the word of
life - the life was made manifest, and we saw it, and testify to it, and
proclaim to you the eternal life which was with the Father and was made
manifest to us - that which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so
that you may have fellowship with us; and our fellowship is with the Father and
with his Son Jesus Christ. And we are writing this that our joy may be complete
(1 Jn 1:1-4).
(This question: Why are
the reports about Jesus called “the Gospel”, “the Good News”? is continued)
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