526. To become a child in relation to God is the condition for entering the kingdom. For this, we must humble ourselves and become little. Even more: to become “children of God” we must be “born from above” or “born of God”. Only when Christ is formed in us will the mystery of Christmas be fulfilled in us. Christmas is the mystery of this “marvellous exchange”:
O marvellous exchange! Man’s Creator has become man, born of the Virgin. We have been made sharers in the divinity of Christ who humbled himself to share our humanity.
Aprofunde seus conhecimentos
461. How are parents to educate their children in the Christian faith?
451. How did Jesus act in regard to the Sabbath?
477. What practices are contrary to respect for the bodily integrity of the human person?
372. What is the moral conscience?
496. What is the meaning of the conjugal act?
408. What is involved in the common good?
154. What are the characteristics of the people of God?
Acesse nossos estudos biblicos:
What does the Bible teach about God’s final judgment, and what does Malachi 3:18 tell us about it?
What does it mean to choose godliness over the flesh, according to 1 Peter 4:1-6?
What does the Song of Songs teach us about the search for the loved one?
Christ’s Return: What Do We Know and What Do We Hope (2 Thessalonians 2:1-12)?
What does the Bible teach about transforming the body?
What is the role of women in society, according to Ecclesiasticus 26:1-4?
