Host: Rev. Philippe. Co-Host:
Sis. Niña.
Objectives:
1. To discuss in general Catechism
of the Catholic Church Part One The Profession of Faith
2. To discuss in general CCC Part
One Section Two The Profession of the Christian Faith
3. To discuss in particular CCC
Part One Section Two Chapter One I BELIEVE IN GOD THE FATHER in particular HEAVEN AND EARTH – THE ANGELS
& THE VISIBLE WORLD
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20:02-20:05 OPENING SPIEL
20:05-20:15 BARETANG SIMBAHAN :
An bilog na Simbahan ngonian na Taon kan
Pagtubod naghihinguha na maibalangibog asin mahiras nanggayo an Pagtubod sa
bilog na rona kan kinaban: sa mga Cristiano Católico na nawawara na sa
Simbahan, sa mga dai na nagtutubod, asin sa mga dai pa nadadangog an Pagtubod
sa Sarong Dios sa Tolong Persona kan Ama, Aki asin Espíritu, saindang mga dai
pa namimidbidan si Jesucristo Kagurangnan.
Magtatapos an Taon kan Pagtubod sa Solemnidad del Cristo Rey ngonian na
noviembre 2013. Katakod kaini an Santo
Papa Francisco nagsurat kan sarong encíclica na marahay-rahay na mabasa kan
bilog na Cristiandad: encíclica entitulada Lumen Fidei.
An bilog na Diócesis kan Sorsogon nag-aandam
para sa ika-tolong Diocesan Pastoral AssemblDiocesan Pastoral Assembly
na gaganapon sa Enero kan masunod na taon, 2014. Linalaom kan bilog na Diócesis an suporta kan
gabos sa mga manlaen-laen na Emmaus Journey Recollections asin House
to House Visitations na ginigibo sa nagkapirang parroquia, siring man sa
Parroquia de los Santos Pedro y Pablo.
Laom kaining pag-andam an mahiling kung ano an situación kan Simbahan
digdi sa Sorsogon ngonian na panahon asin kun anong Plano Pastoral an mas
marahay-rahay na i-implementar para más mapakusog an Pagtubod kan gabos na
Sorsoganon.
Ngonian an kafiestahan ni Santa María Magdalena,
apóstol kan mga apóstoles, asin sa jueves man iyo an kafiestahan ni Santiago,
saro sa mga Doce. Ipamibi niato an mga
banwaan kan Santa Magdalena asin Bulusan.
Auot pa man lugod más magin maimbod sinda ki Cristo siring ni sinda
Santos María Magdalena asin Santiago nagin orog na maimbod sa Dios.
20:15-20:30 DISCUSSION
(Introduction to Topic):
CHAPTER ONE I BELIEVE IN GOD THE
FATHER
198 Our profession of faith begins
with God, for God is the First and the Last,1 The beginning and the end of
everything. the Credo begins with God the Father, for the Father is the first
divine person of the Most Holy Trinity; our Creed begins with the creation of
heaven and earth, for creation is the beginning and the foundation of all God's
works.
"I BELIEVE IN GOD THE
FATHER ALMIGHTY, CREATOR OF HEAVEN AND EARTH"
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20:35-20:55 DISCUSSION (Direct and
full discussion of Topic):
HEAVEN AND EARTH
325 The Apostles' Creed professes
that God is “creator of heaven and earth”. the Nicene Creed makes it explicit
that this profession includes “all that is, seen and unseen”.
326 The Scriptural expression
“heaven and earth” means all that exists, creation in its entirety. It also
indicates the bond, deep within creation, that both unites heaven and earth and
distinguishes the one from the other: “the earth” is the world of men, while
“heaven” or “the heavens” can designate both the firmament and God's own
“place” - “our Father in heaven” and consequently the “heaven” too which is
eschatological glory. Finally, “heaven” refers to the saints and the “place” of
the spiritual creatures, the angels, who surround God. [186]
327 The profession of faith of the
Fourth Lateran Council (1215) affirms that God “from the beginning of time made
at once (simul) out of nothing both orders of creatures, the spiritual and the
corporeal, that is, the angelic and the earthly, and then (deinde) the human
creature, who as it were shares in both orders, being composed of spirit and
body.” [187]
I. THE ANGELS
The existence of angels - a truth of
faith
328 The existence of the spiritual,
non-corporeal beings that Sacred Scripture usually calls “angels” is a truth of
faith. the witness of Scripture is as clear as the unanimity of Tradition.
Who are they?
329 St. Augustine says: “'Angel' is
the name of their office, not of their nature. If you seek the name of their
nature, it is 'spirit'; if you seek the name of their office, it is 'angel':
from what they are, 'spirit', from what they do, 'angel.'“ [188] With their whole beings
the angels are servants and messengers of God. Because they “always behold the
face of my Father who is in heaven” they are the “mighty ones who do his word,
hearkening to the voice of his word”. [189]
330 As purely spiritual creatures
angels have intelligence and will: they are personal and immortal creatures,
surpassing in perfection all visible creatures, as the splendour of their glory
bears witness. [190]
Christ “with all his angels”
331 Christ is the centre of the
angelic world. They are his angels: “When the Son of man comes in his glory,
and all the angels with him. . “ [191] They belong to him
because they were created through and for him: “for in him all things were
created in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or
dominions or principalities or authorities - all things were created through
him and for him.” [192] They belong to him
still more because he has made them messengers of his saving plan: “Are they
not all ministering spirits sent forth to serve, for the sake of those who are
to obtain salvation?” [193]
332 Angels have been present since
creation and throughout the history of salvation, announcing this salvation
from afar or near and serving the accomplishment of the divine plan: they
closed the earthly paradise; protected Lot; saved Hagar and her child; stayed
Abraham's hand; communicated the law by their ministry; led the People of God;
announced births and callings; and assisted the prophets, just to cite a few
examples. [194] Finally, the angel
Gabriel announced the birth of the Precursor and that of Jesus himself. [195]
333 From the Incarnation to the
Ascension, the life of the Word incarnate is surrounded by the adoration and
service of angels. When God “brings the firstborn into the world, he says: 'Let
all God's angels worship him.'“ [196] Their song of praise at
the birth of Christ has not ceased resounding in the Church's praise: “Glory to
God in the highest!” [197] They protect Jesus in
his infancy, serve him in the desert, strengthen him in his agony in the
garden, when he could have been saved by them from the hands of his enemies as
Israel had been. [198] Again, it is the angels
who “evangelize” by proclaiming the Good News of Christ's Incarnation and
Resurrection. [199] They will be present at
Christ's return, which they will announce, to serve at his judgement. [200]
The angels in the life of the Church
334 In the meantime, the whole life
of the Church benefits from the mysterious and powerful help of angels. [201]
335 In her liturgy, the Church joins
with the angels to adore the thrice-holy God. She invokes their assistance (in
the Roman Canon's Supplices te rogamus. . .[“Almighty God, we pray that your
angel...”]; in the funeral liturgy's In Paradisum deducant te angeli. . .[“May
the angels lead you into Paradise. . .”]). Moreover, in the “Cherubic Hymn” of
the Byzantine Liturgy, she celebrates the memory of certain angels more
particularly (St. Michael, St. Gabriel, St. Raphael, and the guardian angels).
336 From infancy to death human life
is surrounded by their watchful care and intercession. [202] “Beside each believer
stands an angel as protector and shepherd leading him to life.” [203] Already here on earth
the Christian life shares by faith in the blessed company of angels and men
united in God.
II. THE VISIBLE WORLD
337 God himself created the visible
world in all its richness, diversity and order. Scripture presents the work of
the Creator symbolically as a succession of six days of divine “work”,
concluded by the “rest” of the seventh day. [204] On the subject of
creation, the sacred text teaches the truths revealed by God for our salvation,
[205]
permitting us to “recognize the inner nature, the value and the ordering of the
whole of creation to the praise of God.” [206]
338 Nothing exists that does not owe
its existence to God the Creator. the world began when God's word drew it out
of nothingness; all existent beings, all of nature, and all human history are
rooted in this primordial event, the very genesis by which the world was
constituted and time begun. [207]
339 Each creature possesses its own
particular goodness and perfection. For each one of the works of the “six days”
it is said: “and God saw that it was good.” “By the very nature of creation,
material being is endowed with its own stability, truth and excellence, its own
order and laws.” [208] Each of the various
creatures, willed in its own being, reflects in its own way a ray of God's
infinite wisdom and goodness. Man must therefore respect the particular
goodness of every creature, to avoid any disordered use of things which would
be in contempt of the Creator and would bring disastrous consequences for human
beings and their environment.
340 God wills the interdependence of
creatures. the sun and the moon, the cedar and the little flower, the eagle and
the sparrow: the spectacle of their countless diversities and inequalities
tells us that no creature is self-sufficient. Creatures exist only in
dependence on each other, to complete each other, in the service of each other.
341 The beauty of the universe: the
order and harmony of the created world results from the diversity of beings and
from the relationships which exist among them. Man discovers them progressively
as the laws of nature. They call forth the admiration of scholars. the beauty
of creation reflects the infinite beauty of the Creator and ought to inspire
the respect and submission of man's intellect and will.
342 The hierarchy of creatures is
expressed by the order of the “six days”, from the less perfect to the more
perfect. God loves all his creatures [209] and takes care of each
one, even the sparrow. Nevertheless, Jesus said: “You are of more value than
many sparrows”, or again: “of how much more value is a man than a sheep!” [210]
343 Man is the summit of the
Creator's work, as the inspired account expresses by clearly distinguishing the
creation of man from that of the other creatures. [211]
344 There is a solidarity among all
creatures arising from the fact that all have the same Creator and are all
ordered to his glory: May you be praised, O Lord, in all your creatures,
especially brother sun, by whom you give us light for the day; he is beautiful,
radiating great splendour, and offering us a symbol of you, the Most High. . .
May you be praised, my Lord, for
sister water, who is very useful and humble, precious and chaste. May you be
praised, my Lord, for sister earth, our mother, who bears and feeds us, and produces
the variety of fruits and dappled flowers and grasses. . . Praise and bless my
Lord, give thanks and serve him in all humility. [212]
345 The sabbath - the end of the
work of the six days. the sacred text says that “on the seventh day God
finished his work which he had done”, that the “heavens and the earth were
finished”, and that God “rested” on this day and sanctified and blessed it. [213]
These inspired words are rich in profitable instruction:
346 In creation God laid a
foundation and established laws that remain firm, on which the believer can
rely with confidence, for they are the sign and pledge of the unshakeable
faithfulness of God's covenant. [214] For his part man must
remain faithful to this foundation, and respect the laws which the Creator has
written into it.
347 Creation was fashioned with a
view to the sabbath and therefore for the worship and adoration of God. Worship
is inscribed in the order of creation. [215] As the rule of St.
Benedict says, nothing should take precedence over “the work of God”, that is,
solemn worship. [216] This indicates the
right order of human concerns.
348 The sabbath is at the heart of
Israel's law. To keep the commandments is to correspond to the wisdom and the
will of God as expressed in his work of creation.
349 The eighth day. But for us a new
day has dawned: the day of Christ's Resurrection. the seventh day completes the
first creation. the eighth day begins the new creation. Thus, the work of
creation culminates in the greater work of redemption. the first creation finds
its meaning and its summit in the new creation in Christ, the splendour of
which surpasses that of the first creation. [217]
IN BRIEF
350 Angels are spiritual creatures
who glorify God without ceasing and who serve his saving plans for other
creatures: “The angels work together for the benefit of us all” (St. Thomas
Aquinas, STh I, 114, 3, ad 3).
351 The angels surround Christ their
Lord. They serve him especially in the accomplishment of his saving mission to
men.
352 The Church venerates the angels
who help her on her earthly pilgrimage and protect every human being.
353 God willed the diversity of his
creatures and their own particular goodness, their interdependence and their
order. He destined all material creatures for the good of the human race. Man,
and through him all creation, is destined for the glory of God.
354 Respect for laws inscribed in
creation and the relations which derive from the nature of things is a
principle of wisdom and a foundation for morality.
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