Saturday, September 26, 2015
Youcat commented through CCC - Question n. 75 - Part II.
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(Youcat
answer - Repeated) “You call me Teacher and Lord; and you are right, for so I
am” (Jn 13:13).
A deepening through CCC
(CCC 448)
Very often in the Gospels people address Jesus as "Lord". This title
testifies to the respect and trust of those who approach him for help and
healing (Cf. Mt 8:2; 14:30; 15:22; et al.).
At the prompting of the Holy Spirit, "Lord" expresses the recognition
of the divine mystery of Jesus (Cf. Lk 1:43; 2:11). In the encounter with the
risen Jesus, this title becomes adoration: "My Lord and my God!" It
thus takes on a connotation of love and affection that remains proper to the
Christian tradition: "It is the Lord!" (Jn 20:28; 21:7).
Reflecting and meditating
(Youcat comment) The early
Christians spoke as a matter of course about Jesus as “Lord”, knowing that in
the Old Testament this title was reserved as a form of addressing God. Through
many signs Jesus had shown them that he had divine power over nature, demons,
sin, and death. The divine origin of Jesus mission was revealed in his
Resurrection from the dead. Thomas confessed, “My Lord and my God!” (Jn 20:28).
For us this means that since Jesus is “the Lord”, a Christian may not bend his
knee to any other power.
(CCC Comment)
(CCC 449)
By attributing to Jesus the divine title "Lord", the first
confessions of the Church's faith affirm from the beginning that the power, honor
and glory due to God the Father are due also to Jesus, because "he was in
the form of God" (Cf. Acts 2:34 -
36; Rom 9:5; Titus 2:13; Rev 5:13; Phil 2:6), and the
Father manifested the sovereignty of Jesus by raising him from the dead and
exalting him into his glory (Cf. Rom 10:9; 1 Cor 12:3; Phil 2:9-11).
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