1966. The New Law is the grace of the Holy Spirit given to the faithful through faith in Christ. It works through charity; it uses the Sermon on the Mount to teach us what must be done and makes use of the sacraments to give us the grace to do it:
If anyone should meditate with devotion and perspicacity on the sermon our Lord gave on the mount, as we read in the Gospel of Saint Matthew, he will doubtless find there . . . the perfect way of the Christian life…. This sermon contains … all the precepts needed to shape one’s life.20
Aprofunde seus conhecimentos
300. What is interior penance?
287. Why is the Holy Eucharist the paschal banquet?
43. What does it mean to believe in only one God?
315. What is the attitude of the Church toward the sick?
375. What norms must conscience always follow?
Acesse nossos estudos biblicos:
What is the example of perseverance in the faith that Paul set in 2 Timothy 4:7?
What is the promise of the Messiah mentioned in Malachi 3:1-3?
How are God’s justice and mercy revealed in Isaiah? (Isaiah 58:1-14)
What can we learn about the theology of suffering from the story of Job described in Job 1:1-22?
