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Faced with God’s fascinating and mysterious presence, man discovers his own
insignificance. Before the burning bush, Moses takes off his sandals and veils
his face in the presence of God’s holiness.13 Before the glory of the
thrice-holy God, Isaiah cries out: “Woe is me! I am lost; for I am a man
of unclean lips.”14 Before the divine signs wrought by Jesus,
Peter exclaims: “Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord.”15
But because God is holy, he can forgive the man who realizes that he is a
sinner before him: “I will not execute my fierce anger. . . for I am God
and not man, the Holy One in your midst.”16 The apostle John says
likewise: “We shall. . . reassure our hearts before him whenever our
hearts condemn us; for God is greater than our hearts, and he knows
everything.”17
- SECTION TWO I. THE CREEDS
- CHAPTER ONE I BELIEVE IN GOD THE FATHER
- Article 1 “I BELIEVE IN GOD THE FATHER ALMIGHTY, CREATOR OF HEAVEN AND EARTH”
- Paragraph 1. I BELIEVE IN GOD
- Article 1 “I BELIEVE IN GOD THE FATHER ALMIGHTY, CREATOR OF HEAVEN AND EARTH”
- CHAPTER ONE I BELIEVE IN GOD THE FATHER
From The Catechism of the Catholic Church – rosary.team
Original Link: https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__P16.HTM