1165. When the Church celebrates the mystery of Christ, there is a word that marks her prayer: “Today!” – a word echoing the prayer her Lord taught her and the call of the Holy Spirit.34 This “today” of the living God which man is called to enter is “the hour” of Jesus’ Passover, which reaches across and underlies all history:
Life extends over all beings and fills them with unlimited light; the Orient of orients pervades the universe, and he who was “before the daystar” and before the heavenly bodies, immortal and vast, the great Christ, shines over all beings more brightly than the sun. Therefore a day of long, eternal light is ushered in for us who believe in him, a day which is never blotted out: the mystical Passover.35
Aprofunde seus conhecimentos
243. What is the Liturgy of the Hours?
366. What place does human freedom have in the plan of salvation?
287. Why is the Holy Eucharist the paschal banquet?
167. Is the particular Church catholic?
555. When is thanksgiving given to God?
194. What is the meaning of the “communion of saints”?
138. What are the names of the Holy Spirit?
Acesse nossos estudos biblicos:
What does Baruch 6:2-5 teach us about the danger of trusting ourselves instead of trusting God?
What is the message of Isaiah’s heavenly vision of the Lord’s glory revealed in Isaiah 40:1-31?
What is the story behind the miracle of Elisha’s resurrection of the Shunammite’s son in 2 Kings 4?
How important is the reorganization of the Jerusalem temple described in 2 Maccabees 10:1-9?
What is the message of Abdias 1:11 about Edom’s injustice and oppression of the weak?
What does Hosea 7:14-16 reveal about God’s judgment against hypocrisy?
