Youcat commented through CCC - Question n. 71 - Part III.

YOUCAT Question n. 71 - Part III. 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 426) "At the heart of catechesis we find, in essence, a Person, the Person of Jesus of Nazareth, the only Son from the Father… who suffered and died for us and who now, after rising, is living with us forever" (CT 5). To catechize is "to reveal in the Person of Christ the whole of God's eternal design reaching fulfillment in that Person. It is to seek to understand the meaning of Christ's actions and words and of the signs worked by him" (CT 5). Catechesis aims at putting "people… in communion… with Jesus Christ: only he can lead us to the love of the Father in the Spirit and make us share in the life of the Holy Trinity" (CT 5). 426

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 427) In catechesis "Christ, the Incarnate Word and Son of God,… is taught - everything else is taught with reference to him - and it is Christ alone who teaches - anyone else teaches to the extent that he is Christ's spokesman, enabling Christ to teach with his lips…. Every catechist should be able to apply to himself the mysterious words of Jesus: 'My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me'" (CT 6; cf. Jn 7:16).       

(This question: Why are the reports about Jesus called “the Gospel”, “the Good News”? is continued)