Catechism of the Catholic Church Study 1-3

God is the Supreme Being which possess all perfections and all goodness in Himself. By this principle, there is no necessity or debt or deserving for God to have granted us existence and so creating us. Yet by His free love and grace He has created man for one purpose alone, to “seek Him, to know Him, and to love Him will all of his strength.” In short, union with God, which we Catholics call the beatific vision, or literally what it means “Blessed Sight”. However, man has fallen through sin, which is disobedience against God and now man is separated from God and from each other. The solution is Christ Jesus and the family of God which is the Church, the Holy Catholic Church. At all times God calls man to the unity of the Church even from before Christ came. As such, no man can excuse himself, but must give a proper account of their deeds before God when they die. We are called to enter the family of God and be adopted children of God, so we too may be heirs and inherit that blessed life of God.

Christ sent forth the apostles, chosen out of grace, so that the call and invitation of God to the unity of the Church may be proclaimed throughout all edges of the earth. He commissioned the apostles to proclaim the Gospel, “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, to the close of the age.” As recorded in Matthew 28:19-20. The apostles then went and preached, the Lord worked with them and confirmed the message with various signs, as recorded in Mark 16:20.

It is an interesting thing that Christ through the Catechism and Sacred Scripture quoted in the Catechism providentially emphasizes the concept of preaching the Word of God above all things. Yet this is precisely the message of the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. As Christ has taught before, “Seek ye therefore first the kingdom of God, and his justice, and all these things shall be added unto you.” As recorded in Matthew 6:33. As such the Kingdom of God is the communication of God through the communication of Jesus Christ to all people so that they may believe, join the life of the Church, and receive salvation. When we consider that this is the Supreme Message of the Gospel, all other things fall into place. That all of our material concerns and works are only for the support of the Kingdom of God and not for their own. The world of matter is servant to the Kingdom of God.

With the grace of God freely given, there are those who are chosen and who accept that election to respond to the call of Christ into the Church. These people have received a new life and thus a new purpose, that is to proclaim the Good News, the literal meaning of Gospel, to all people of the earth, by prayers, words, and deeds. The treasure of the Gospel is received from the apostles after receiving it from Christ Himself, and entrusted to the bishops as the successors of the apostles as the guardians of the Word of God. Yet all Christians are also called to hand this treasure down from generation to generation, either by profession, by living, or by celebration.

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