Question | Answer |
God so loved the World He sent His only begotten son (loving God) | (Jn 3:16) |
'I am the door...' (Jesus Mediator) | (Jn 10:7-9) |
'I am the vine you are the branches' | Jesus mediator we are brothers/ sisters in Jesus Jn 15:5 |
'shred of the divine' | - the soul being the shred of the divine within us Theologian Bernard Lonrgan |
'and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily form of a dove and a voice was heard from heaven 'this is my beloved son' | the baptism of Jesus the fist time in the Bible that the Trinity appears together (Mk 1:9-11) |
'very good' | - the story of creation, when humanity was created, creation was very good - Priestly story of creation Gen 1:31 |
'in the image and likeness' | we are created in God's image - soul (Gen 1:27) |
'to love to serve and so come to paradise' | Human purpose on Earth (CCC 1712) |
'the innermost aspect of man by which he is greatest' | the soul (CCC 363) |
'for I was hungry and you fed me, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was in prison and you came to visit me' | whatever we do with/for others we are doing with/ for God Mt 25: 35-36 |
'Preach the Gospel and if you have to use words' | 'facta non verbi' St. Francis of Assisi |
'this is what Yahweh asks of you: to live justly, to act tenderly and to walk humbly with you God' | purpose and nature of human life (Micah 6:8) |
'preserving God's gifts!' | Pope Francis First homily, thoughts on creation |
when it comes to creation 'we have immediately disappointed divine expectations' | Pope John Paul II, 17th January 2001, eco-spirituality cohort for planet Earth, Vatican |
'if I have prophecies and knowledge to know all mysteries and faith to take down the mountains, I am nothing without love' | First letter of St Paul to the Corinthians we need to act with love 1Cor 13:2 |
'if anyone hits you on the right cheek, turn the other' | living humbly in the world life Jesus did (Mt 5:11) |
'Jesus Christ became truly man while remaining truly God' | Jesus becoming fully human while remaining fully God CCC 464 |
'Jesus Christ possesses two nature one divine and the other part human, not confused but united in one person of God's Son' | Jesus' two natures and two wills united in one hypostatic union CCC 481 |
'the virgin shall be with child and bear a son and call him Immanuel' | Jesus comes to Earth the same way as we did, therefore he is fully human Is 7:14 |
'My Lord and my God' | Thomas' Greeting to Jesus Jn 20:28 |
'In the beginning there was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God' | Jesus is co-equal, co-eternal with God - homoousious Jn 1:1 |
'by becoming a human being Jesus Christ showed human beings how to live and gave them hope for eternal life' | Jesus fully human and fully divine St Augustine |
he became more like us so that we may become more like him | Jesus became human so that we may become more divine and therefore more fully human Iranaeus |
there was a time when he was not | Arius teaching that Jesus was begotten ( made) by God the Father |
there is but one hypothesis [person], which is our Lord Jesus Christ | Jesus' two will and two natures united in one hypostatic union CCC 468 |
What God has not assumed he has not made | Therefore it is important for Jesus to be fully human and fully divine because otherwise he will not save us spiritually and physically St. Gregory Nazianzen |
'and if Christ has not been raised, then our proclamation has been in vain and your faith has been in vain' | 1 Cor 15:14 |
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