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God’s Revelation and Your Response Chapter 1 God’s Revelation and Your Response

Desire for God

Prominent in your high school Prominent within yourself BLOCKS TO KNOWING GOD Revolt against evil in the world Religious ignorance or indifference The cares and riches of the world Currents of thought hostile to religion The scandal of bad example on the part of believers Attitude of sinfulness: hide from God and flee his call Prominent in the world Prominent in your high school Prominent within yourself Desire for God

Divine Revelation

ORIGINAL SIN Refers to the personal sin of the first two people, called Adam and Eve, which in an analogous way, describes the fallen state of human nature into which all generations of people are born. Adam and Eve transmitted Original Sin to their human descendants. Christ Jesus came to save the world from Original Sin and all personal sin. Original sin Baptism Concupiscence Salvation Divine Revelation

CONCUPISCENCE Human appetites or desires which remain disordered due to the temporal consequences of Original Sin, which remain even after Baptism, and which produce an inclination to sin. "God did not make death, and he does not delight in the death of the living. . . It was the devil's envy that death entered the world” (Wis 1:13; 2:24)(CCC 413) Divine Revelation

DEPOSIT OF FAITH Sacred Scripture Sacred Tradition Magisterium: The bishops, in communion with the pope, the successor of St. Peter, who are the living and teaching office of the Church. The Magisterium authentically interprets the Word of God, both in the forms of Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition Divine Revelation

The Incarnation: Why did God become man? Jesus Christ: The Fullness of Revelation

Christ’s Resurrection The Paschal Mystery The redemptive Passion, Death, Resurrection, and glorious Ascension of Jesus Christ through which Jesus not only liberated humans from sin, but also gave them new life through his Resurrection Christ’s Dying on the Cross Christ’s Resurrection Christ liberates us from sin. (CCC, 654) Christ opens for us the way to a new life. This new life is above all justification that reinstates us in God’s grace. (CCC, 654) Jesus Christ: The Fullness of Revelation

Journal Reflection How does understanding the Paschal Mystery help you to understand more about God’s love for you?

Theological Virtues FAITH CHARITY HOPE Three foundational virtues that are infused by God into the souls of the faithful: faith (belief in, and personal knowledge of, God), hope (trust in God’s salvation and his bestowal of the graces needed to attain it), and charity (love of God and love of neighbor as oneself). FAITH CHARITY HOPE And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love. (1 Cor 13:13) Christian Faith: The Response to God’s Revelation

Essential Elements of Faith FAITH BRINGS YOU TO RELATIONSHIP FAITH MUST BE LIVED FAITH BRINGS YOU TO RELATIONSHIP WITH THE BLESSED TRINITY FAITH IS AN ACT OF THE CHURCH FAITH IS A GIFT BUT YOUR RESPONSE MUST BE FREE Essential Elements of Faith FAITH IS CERTAIN FAITH SEEKS UNDERSTANDING FAITH IS REASONABLE FAITH AND SCIENCE DO NOT CONFLICT FAITH GROWS WITH UNDERSTANDING Christian Faith: The Response to God’s Revelation

“Stand up and go; your faith has saved you” (Lk 17:19) Christian Faith: The Response to God’s Revelation

BODY OF CHRIST Saints in Heaven Souls in Purgatory As a body is one though it has many parts, and all the parts of the body, though many, are one body, so also Christ. For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slaves or free persons, and we were all given to drink of one Spirit. (1 Cor 12:12-13) Souls in Purgatory Faithful living on Earth Jesus Christ Founded the Church

MARKS OF THE CHURCH ONE CATHOLIC HOLY APOSTOLIC What are good techniques for healing divisions and bringing unity? How could these techniques apply to healing divisions within the Church and among all Christians? Jesus said, “Go and make disciples of all nations” (cf. Mt 28:19) How does this command apply to you? Describe the holiest person you have ever known. Explain why it is so important that the pope can trace his office back to St. Peter. Jesus Christ Founded the Church

PETITIONS TO GOD Pray for the Kingdom. Pray for what is necessary to welcome it. Pray for cooperation with the coming kingdom. Christian petition is centered on the desire and search for the Kingdom to come, in keeping with the teaching of Christ. There is a hierarchy in these petitions: we pray first for the Kingdom, then for what is necessary to welcome it and cooperate with its coming. This collaboration with the mission of Christ and the Holy Spirit, which is now that of the Church, is the object of the prayer of the apostolic community. (CCC , 2632) Review