Call on me
in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.”-Ps 50:15
Psalm
25, verse 12-14:
12Who is the one
who fears the LORD? God shows him the way he should choose. 13 He will abide
in prosperity, and his descendants will inherit the land. 14 The counsel of
the LORD belongs to those who fear him; and his covenant instructs them.
The catechism
of the Holy Catholic Church states:
GOD
COMES TO MEET MAN
50 ...Through an utterly free decision, God has revealed
himself and given himself to man. This he does by revealing the mystery, his
plan of loving goodness, formed from all eternity in Christ, for the benefit of
all men. God has fully revealed this plan by sending us his beloved Son, our
Lord Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit.
51 "It pleased God, in his goodness and wisdom, to reveal
himself and to make known the mystery of his will. His will was that men should
have access to the Father, through Christ, the Word made flesh, in the Holy
Spirit, and thus become sharers in the divine nature."
52 God, who "dwells in unapproachable light", wants
to communicate his own divine life to the men he freely created, in order to
adopt them as his sons in his only-begotten Son.3 By revealing
himself God wishes to make them capable of responding to him, and of knowing
him and of loving him far beyond their own natural capacity.
64 Through the prophets, God forms his people in the hope of
salvation, in the expectation of a new and everlasting Covenant intended for
all, to be written on their hearts. The prophets proclaim a radical
redemption of the People of God, purification from all their infidelities, a
salvation which will include all the nations. Above all, the poor and
humble of the Lord will bear this hope. Such holy women as Sarah, Rebecca,
Rachel, Miriam, Deborah, Hannah, Judith and Esther kept alive the hope of
Israel's salvation. The purest figure among them is Mary.
There will be no further Revelation
66 "The Christian economy, therefore, since it is the new
and definitive Covenant, will never pass away; and no new public revelation is
to be expected before the glorious manifestation of our Lord Jesus Christ." Yet
even if Revelation is already complete, it has not been made completely
explicit; it remains for Christian faith gradually to grasp its full
significance over the course of the centuries.
IN BRIEF
68 By love, God has revealed himself and given himself to man.
He has thus provided the definitive, superabundant answer to the questions that
man asks himself about the meaning and purpose of his life.
69 God has revealed himself to man by gradually communicating
his own mystery in deeds and in words.
70 Beyond the witness to himself that God gives in created
things, he manifested himself to our first parents, spoke to them and, after
the fall, promised them salvation (cf. Gen 3:15) and offered
them his covenant.
71 God made an everlasting covenant with Noah and with all
living beings (cf. Gen 9:16). It will remain in force as long
as the world lasts.
72 God chose Abraham and made a covenant with him and his
descendants. By the covenant God formed his people and revealed his law to them
through Moses. Through the prophets, he prepared them to accept the salvation
destined for all humanity.
73 God has revealed himself fully by sending his own Son, in
whom he has established his covenant forever. The Son is his Father's
definitive Word; so there will be no further Revelation after him.
Daily Devotions/Prayers
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Novena to the
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