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Luke 18:18-30. 18 A Jewish leader asked Jesus, “Good Teacher, what must I do to receive eternal life?”. 19 “Why do you call me good?”. Jesus asked him. “No one is good except God alone. 20 You know the commandments: ‘Do not commit adultery; do not commit murder; do not steal; do not accuse anyone falsely; respect your father and ...
126 We can distinguish three stages in the formation of the Gospels: 1. the life and teaching of Jesus. the Church holds firmly that the four Gospels, "whose historicity she unhesitatingly affirms, faithfully hand on what Jesus, the Son of God, while he lived among men, really did and taught for their eternal salvation, until the day when he ...
Jan 16, 2022 · · Keep the commandments of God and trust his testimony. That was our Revelation 13 reminder last week. Ephesians 6:11-19 “Take the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand firm against the deceit of the devil… take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm.
- Call to Holiness
- Religious Vows
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- The Jesuits
- The Redemptorists
- Vocational Call
In times past many Catholics associated holiness with living a consecrated religious life. Lay people were called to lead good lives; monks and nuns were called to be holy. The Second Vatican Council put that kind of thinking to rest. Chapter Five of the Constitution on the Churchwas entitled “The Call to Holiness,” and it is clear that the chapter...
The vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience are considered ways of living the Christian life—giving witness to God’s kingdom that is to come. Those who choose to live these vows are deeply connected to the holiness and the mission of the Church. Following these vows is a profound expression of the Christian vocation: “It is the radical gift that i...
Benedictine monks and nuns take root in a particular place, called monasteries, and they are related to the culture and needs of a specific location. Most of them live together in congregations following a common discipline and helping each other live lives of prayer, study, and work. They lead many different types of monastic life. Some live enclo...
The Order of Preachers, which is what Saint Dominic called the religious order he founded, has a glorious history. It has given the Church some of its greatest saints and theologians, including Saint Albert the Great, Saint Thomas Aquinas, and Saint Catherine of Siena. Four Dominicans have been popes, including Pope Saint Pius V. Included among the...
Franciscan spirituality is centered on Jesus. Just as Jesus enters into the poverty of the human condition and becomes “poor for us in this world,” the Franciscans offer themselves to a life of poverty and service. Franciscans try to show God’s goodness through peaceful and gentle love of all people, especially the poor and weak.
More than 4 1/2 centuries after its founding by Saint Ignatius of Loyola, the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) is the largest religious order of the Catholic Church. Jesuit priests, brothers, and scholastics—men who are studying to become priests—work on six continents and in 112 countries throughout the world. Missionary work is important in the history...
Saint Alphonsus Liguorifounded the Redemptorists in 1732 as a religious congregation of men dedicated to the spread of the Gospel among the poor and most abandoned. Their work began in the hill country surrounding Naples, in southern Italy. The Congregation spread first to Austria and then to other countries, and then in 1832, when the Congregation...
Pope John Paul II wrote about the universal call to holiness in his 1988 Apostolic Exhortation, On the Vocation and the Mission of the Lay Faithful in the Church and in the World:“Everyone in the Church, precisely because they are members, receive and thereby share in the common vocation to holiness. In the fullness of this title and on equal par w...
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This volume is intended as a textbook for a course on the Catholic understanding of the Bible. Its purpose therefore is clearly academic. It will deal with the basics of biblical study. As we go along, references will be made to authors and sources for a more scientific and advanced grasp of Sacred Scripture.
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The Word of God, Jesus Christ the Son of God has come to bring light and eternal life—believe in Him The prominent signs and statements that confirm that Jesus Christ is God incarnate and eternal life (Jhn 1:19-12:50)
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May 9, 2014 · St. Mark makes it clear from the first line of his Gospel that Jesus is the Son of God. “The beginning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.” (Mk 1:1) Mark is able to say with certainty that Jesus is the Son of God because God the Father calls Jesus his son, Jesus refers to God as His Father, and others call Jesus the Son of God.
