1085. In the liturgy of the Church, it is principally his own Paschal mystery that Christ signifies and makes present. During his earthly life Jesus announced his Paschal mystery by his teaching and anticipated it by his actions. When his Hour comes, he lives out the unique event of history which does not pass away: Jesus dies, is buried, rises from the dead, and is seated at the right hand of the Father “once for all.”8 His Paschal mystery is a real event that occurred in our history, but it is unique: all other historical events happen once, and then they pass away, swallowed up in the past. the Paschal mystery of Christ, by contrast, cannot remain only in the past, because by his death he destroyed death, and all that Christ is – all that he did and suffered for all men – participates in the divine eternity, and so transcends all times while being made present in them all. the event of the Cross and Resurrection abides and draws everything toward life.
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277. How is the celebration of the Holy Eucharist carried out?
149. What is the origin and the fulfillment of the Church?
252. What names are given to the first sacrament of initiation?
592. What is the sense of the petition “Give us this day our daily bread”?
8. What are the next stages of God’s Revelation?
169. What is the relationship of the Catholic Church with the Jewish people?
417. Is such a law perceived by everyone?
Acesse nossos estudos biblicos:
What is the importance of gratitude and recognition according to the book of Proverbs?
How does Esther’s story tell the Jewish people’s story of redemption?
What does Wisdom 8:7 teach us about wisdom as a source of virtue and honor?
The Fall of Mankind: How Did Adam and Eve’s Disobedience Affect the World? (Genesis 3:1-24)
What is the message of redemption present in the book of Abdias, specifically in Abdias 1:17?
