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Catechism References
10th Sunday of Year B
Paradise
Central Idea: Christ’s victory over our sin
Doctrine: Man in paradise
Practical application: Foretaste of paradise
In heaven, if we make it there, we will be in a state in Christ’s new creation in which we will not only regain but surpass Adam’s original friendship with God, his original sharing in His life, and Adam’s original harmony within himself, with other persons, and with creation (CCC 374).
Yet even now we can re-taste original holiness and justice and anticipate this final “surpassed” condition.
Friendship with God, internal peace and harmony, friendship with all men, and mastery of creation are consequence of living the Catholic faith.
Heaven really does begin on earth for those who cooperate with the grace God lavishes upon us: it is for “whoever does the will of God.”
Homiletic Directory
- CCC 410-412: the Protoevangelium
- CCC 374-379: man in paradise
- CCC 385-409: the fall
- CCC 517, 550: Christ as exorcist
The paragraphs were chosen either because they cite or allude to the specific readings, or because they treat topics found in the readings.
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