Thursday, May 26, 2016
Youcat commented through CCC – Question n. 145 - Part IV.
(Youcat
answer - repeated) God is love. He longs for our love also. One form of loving
surrender to God is to live as Jesus did — poor, chaste, and obedient. Someone
who lives in this way has head, heart, and hands free for God and neighbor.
A deepening through CCC
(CCC 921)
They manifest to everyone the interior aspect of the mystery of the Church,
that is, personal intimacy with Christ. Hidden from the eyes of men, the life
of the hermit is a silent preaching of the Lord, to whom he has surrendered his
life simply because he is everything to him. Here is a particular call to find
in the desert, in the thick of spiritual battle, the glory of the Crucified
One.
Reflecting and meditating
(Youcat comment)
In every age individual
Christians let themselves be completely taken over by Jesus, so that “for the
sake of the kingdom of heaven” (Mt 19:12) they give everything away for God—even such wonderful gifts as
their own property, self-determination, and married love. This life according
to the evangelical counsels in poverty, chastity, and obedience shows all
Christians that the world is not everything. Only an encounter with the divine
Bridegroom “face to face” will ultimately make a person happy.
(CCC Comment)
(CCC 922)
From apostolic times Christian virgins and widows (Vita consecrata 7), called by the Lord to cling only to him with
greater freedom of heart, body, and spirit, have decided with the Church's
approval to live in a state of virginity or perpetual chastity "for the
sake of the Kingdom of heaven" (Mt 19:12; cf. l Cor 7:34-36).
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