Sunday, October 11, 2015
Youcat commented through CCC - Question n. 78 - Part IV.
(Youcat
answer - repeated) Jesus extends into God; therefore we cannot understand him
if we exclude the invisible divine reality.
A deepening through CCC
(CCC 530)
The flight into Egypt and the
massacre of the innocents (Cf. Mt 2:13-18) make manifest the opposition of
darkness to the light: "He came to his own home, and his own people
received him not" (Jn 1:11). Christ's whole life was lived under the sign
of persecution. His own share it with him (Cf. Jn 15:20). Jesus' departure from
Egypt recalls the exodus and presents him as the definitive liberator of God's
people (Cf. Mt 2:15; Hos 11:1).
Reflecting and meditating
(Youcat comment) The visible
side of Jesus points to the invisible. We see in the life of Jesus numerous
realities that are powerfully present but that we can understand only as a
mystery. Examples of such mysteries are the divine Sonship, the Incarnation,
the Passion, and the Resurrection of Christ.
(CCC Comment)
(CCC 574)
From the beginning of Jesus' public ministry, certain Pharisees and partisans of
Herod together with priests and scribes agreed together to destroy him (Cf. Mk 3:6; 14:1). Because of certain of his
acts - expelling demons, forgiving sins, healing on the sabbath day, his novel
interpretation of the precepts of the Law regarding purity, and his familiarity
with tax collectors and public sinners (Cf. Mt 12:24; Mk 2:7, 14-17; 3:1-6;
7:14-23) - some ill-intentioned persons suspected Jesus of demonic possession
(Cf. Mk 3:22; Jn 8:48; 10:20). He is accused of blasphemy and false prophecy, religious
crimes which the Law punished with death by stoning (Cf. Mk 2:7; Jn 5:18; 7:12;
7:52; 8:59; 10:31, 33).
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