Monday, June 25, 2018
Youcat commented through CCC – Question n. 489 – Part II.
(Youcat
answer - repeated) God needs no applause. But we need to express spontaneously
our delight in God and the rejoicing in our hearts. We praise God because he
exists and because he is good. We thereby join even now in the eternal praise
of the angels and saints in heaven.
A deepening through CCC
(CCC 2642)
The Revelation of "what must
soon take place," the Apocalypse, is borne along by the songs of the
heavenly liturgy (Cf. Rev 4:8-11; 5:9-14; 7:10-12) but also by the intercession
of the "witnesses" (martyrs) (Rev 6:10). The prophets and the saints,
all those who were slain on earth for their witness to Jesus, the vast throng
of those who, having come through the great tribulation, have gone before us
into the Kingdom, all sing the praise and glory of him who sits on the throne,
and of the Lamb (Cf. Rev 18:24; 19:1-8). In communion with them, the Church on
earth also sings these songs with faith in the midst of trial. By means of
petition and intercession, faith hopes against all hope and gives thanks to the
"Father of lights," from whom "every perfect gift" comes
down (Jas 1:17). Thus faith is pure praise.
Reflecting and meditating
(CCC Comment)
(CCC 2640)
St. Luke in his gospel often expresses wonder and praise at the marvels of
Christ and in his Acts of the Apostles
stresses them as actions of the Holy Spirit: the community of Jerusalem, the
invalid healed by Peter and John, the crowd that gives glory to God for that,
and the pagans of Pisidia who "were glad and glorified the word of
God" (Acts 2:47; 3:9; 4:21; 13:48).
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