YOUCAT Question n. 125 - Part IV. What is unique about the People of God?
(Youcat
answer - repeated) The founder of this people is God the Father. Its leader is
Jesus Christ. Its source of strength is the Holy Spirit. The entryway to the
People of God is Baptism. Its dignity is the freedom of the children of God.
Its law is love. If this people remains faithful to God and seeks first the
kingdom of God, it changes the world.
A deepening through CCC
(CCC 786 a)
Finally, the People of God shares in the royal
office of Christ. He exercises his kingship by drawing all men to himself
through his death and Resurrection (Cf. Jn 12:32). Christ, King and Lord of the
universe, made himself the servant of all, for he came "not to be served
but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many" (Mt 20:28). For
the Christian, "to reign is to serve him," particularly when serving
"the poor and the suffering, in whom the Church recognizes the image of
her poor and suffering founder" (LG 8; cf. 36). The People of God fulfills
its royal dignity by a life in keeping with its vocation to serve with Christ.
Reflecting and meditating
(Youcat comment)
In the midst of all the
peoples on earth, there is one people that is like no other. It is subject to
no one but God alone. It is supposed to be like salt, which adds flavor; like
yeast, which permeates everything; like light, which drives away the darkness.
Anyone who belongs to the People of God must count on coming into conflict with
people who deny God’s existence and disregard his commandments. In the freedom
of the children of God, however, we have nothing to fear, not even death.
(CCC Comment)
(CCC 783)
Jesus Christ is the one whom the Father anointed with the Holy Spirit and
established as priest, prophet, and king. The whole People of God participates
in these three offices of Christ and bears the responsibilities for mission and
service that flow from them (Cf. John Paul II, RH 18-21).
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