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“Who art in heaven” does not refer to a place but to God’s majesty
and his presence in the hearts of the just. Heaven, the Father’s house, is the
true homeland toward which we are heading and to which, already, we belong.
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Scripture calls the abode of the dead, to which the dead Christ went down,
“hell” – Sheol in Hebrew or Hades in Greek – because those who are
there are deprived of the vision of God.479 Such is the case for all
the dead, whether evil or righteous, while they await the Redeemer: which does
not mean that their lot is identical, as Jesus shows through the parable of the
poor man Lazarus who was received into “Abraham’s bosom”:480
“It is precisely these holy souls, who awaited their Saviour in Abraham’s
bosom, whom Christ the Lord delivered when he descended into
hell.”481 Jesus did not descend into hell to deliver the damned,
nor to destroy the hell of damnation, but to free the just who had gone before
him.482
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Participation
in Christ’s prophetic office
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Catechesis on creation is of major importance. It concerns the very foundations
of human and Christian life: for it makes explicit the response of the
Christian faith to the basic question that men of all times have asked
themselves:120 “Where do we come from?” “Where are we
going?” “What is our origin?” “What is our end?”
“Where does everything that exists come from and where is it going?”
the two questions, the first about the origin and the second about the end, are
inseparable. They are decisive for the meaning and orientation of our life and
actions.
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Religious worship is not
directed to images in themselves, considered as mere things, but under their
distinctive aspect as images leading us on to God incarnate. the movement
toward the image does not terminate in it as image, but tends toward that whose
image it is.71
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V. The Sacraments of Eternal Life
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It is right to offer sacrifice to God as a sign of adoration and gratitude,
supplication and communion: “Every action done so as to cling to God in
communion of holiness, and thus achieve blessedness, is a true
sacrifice.”16
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The Lord grieves over the rich, because they find their consolation in the
abundance of goods.340 “Let the proud seek and love earthly
kingdoms, but blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the Kingdom of
heaven.”341 Abandonment to the providence of the Father in heaven
frees us from anxiety about tomorrow.342 Trust in God is a preparation
for the blessedness of the poor. They shall see God.
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Ordained ministers are also responsible for the formation in prayer of their
brothers and sisters in Christ. Servants of the Good Shepherd, they are
ordained to lead the People of God to the living waters of prayer: the Word of
God, the liturgy, the theological life (the life of faith, hope, and charity),
and the Today of God in concrete situations.45
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