New Catholic Teachings

 

God, God on Earth:

1. "All things were created through him and for him. The Father has brought the universe into existence through his Son. This cosmic reality is the Christian message, the faith of the church. .... Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe."
2. "Before the Lord the whole universe is as a grain from a balance or a drop of morning dew come down upon the earth. While we stand in awe of the splendor and vastness of galaxies, now seen in unparalleled detail, the Bible invites us to draw near to God, the all-powerful creator of this universe in all its immense and ancient beauty. God, the creator of the universe, is a God of love. God is not an abstract philosophical being standing passively at the origins of the universe. God who creates innumerable galaxies in their mysterious beauty is the same God who has personally loved each of us into being, creating us in and for love of God. God desires your friendship and the friendship of all those who are lost. And this divine desire inspires us to the same awe and wonder we experience in seeing telescopic images of the universe."

3. "God is going to send his Spirit to empower and guide someone to rule humanity for him. He will straighten out society according to God’s ideas of justice. How this will happen is more than the human mind can grasp." 

4. "A child will be born who will be named Emmanuel, which is simply the Hebrew for “God is with us!”

5. "We need something — Someone — to direct our hearts, to empower us to love, to comfort us in darkness. Maturing involves coming to see more and more clearly that every good thought and plan and act comes from the God who loves us as a mother loves the new baby blinking up at her."

6. "God longs to be with each one of us."

7. "The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity is not a theological abstraction but a graced opportunity to contemplate the wondrous love of God who is a community of divine person. The psalmist invites us to praise the goodness of the divine community of Father, Son and Holy Spirit as he gives thanks for the heavens, the moon and the stars, animals, birds and fish of the sea. These marvelous works of God, the divine artist, are crowned by the creation of man and woman, created from the beginning to exist in a community of love. The author of Proverbs echoes the same song of praise to God for creating the heavens, the seas, all earth’s creatures, and for finding “delight in the human race.”" 

8. “Merciful and gracious is the Lord, slow to anger and abounding in kindness." 

9. "God’s accomplishment will include every way He acted in and through those who cooperated with Him. That means that all of our efforts to work with God will be revealed as part of his plan of salvation brought to fulfillment."

10. "The Christian writer, C.S. Lewis once wrote, “I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.”"

11. "To call God “Homemaker” would be entirely appropriate. He sustains the immense universe in which Earth has come into existence and has become home for all of us."

12. "The word of God calls to conversion, heals, and raises up."

13. "The desire for God is written by God on each human heart."

14. "Faith is a love story with God. God loves us as one who is enamoured: not to the minimum but to the maximum."

God's Creation:

1. "All that exists outside God was, in its whole substance, produced out of nothing by God."
2. "The world was created for the Glorification of God."
3. "God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them." (Genesis 1:27) "Lord God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being." (Genesis 2:7)
4. "God also made the stars. God set them in the expanse of the sky to give light on earth." (Genesis 1:17)
5. "It's in Christ that we find out who we are and what we are living for. Long before we first heard of Christ, ... he had his eye on us, had designs on us for glorious living, part of the overall purpose he is working out in everything and everyone." (Ephesians 1:11)
6. "For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and and finds its purpose in him." (Colossians 1:16)
7. "By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God's command." (Hebrews 11:3)
8. "You created everything, and it is for your pleasure that they exist and were created." (Revelation 4:11) "The Lord takes pleasure in his people." (Psalm 149:4) "God enjoys watching every detail of your life." 
9. "God is the one who made all things, and all things are for his glory. He wanted to have many children share his glory." (Hebrews 2:10) "See how very much our heavenly Father loves us, for he allows us to be called his children, and we really are!" (1 John 3:1) "You are members of God's very own family, citizens of God's country, and you belong in God's household with every other Christian." (Ephesians 2:19)
10. "Each one of you is part of the body of Christ, and you were chosen to live together in peace." (Colossians 3:15)
11. "I am sure that God who began the good work within you will keep right on helping you grow in his grace until his task within you is finally finished on that day when Jesus Christ returns." (Philippians. 1:6) 
12. "It is God himself who has made us what we are and given us new lives from Christ Jesus; and long ages ago he planned that we should spend these lives in helping others." (Ephesians 2:10)
13. "God works through different men in different ways, but it is the same God who achieves his purposes through them all." (1 Corinthians 12:6)
14. "I am your Creator. You were in my care even before you were born." (Isaiah 44:2) "Long before you were conceived by your parents, you were conceived in the mind of God." "Everything comes from God alone. Everything lives by his power, and everything is for his glory." (Romans 11:36) "For God has planted them like strong and graceful oaks for his own glory." (Isaiah 61:3)

Life and Body of Christ:

1. "For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to give strong support to those whose heart is blameless toward him." (2 Chronicles 16:9)
2. "'Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.' Jesus says. (Matthew 24:35) “So shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.” (Isaiah 55:11) Jesus says, "My sheep listen to my voice; I know them and they follow me." (John 10:27)
3. "He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power." (Hebrews 1:3)
4. "For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our king, it is he who will save us." (Isaiah 33:22) "The Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins." (Matthew 9:6) "By His Word and Thought, he creates Laws and Scripts of our Universe."
5. "Since we find ourselves fashioned into all these excellently formed and marvelously functioning parts in Christ's body, lets just go ahead and be what we were made to be." (Romans 12:5)
6. "Many are the plans in a man's heart, but it is the Lord's purpose that prevails." (Proverbs 19:21)
7. "Christ is the divine script author of our Universe. Christ holds the script of every person, being, nation, and the world in His hands." 
8. Jesus says, "I am the light of the world." (John 8:12) Jesus also says, "I am from above." (John 8:23)
9. Jesus says, "You are in me, and I am in you." (John 14:20)

Holy Spirit:

1. "God opens an opportunity for the “ruthless” to repent. He grants forgiveness to sinners. He even gives a share of his Spirit to those who respond to him, to enable them to change."

2. "The Spirit has his own ways of working, his own moments, his humanly unforeseeable initiatives. At times we may pose the question: How can we get the Spirit to come and fill our Christian projects with his power? The Spirit is with us."

3. "As the Spirit of the Lord works within us, we become more and more like him and reflect his glory even more." (2 Corinthians 3:18)

Angels:

1. "Angels are the mighty ones who do God's word, hearkening to the voice of his word ... God and Christ governs the universe through them and gives the different angels the knowledge necessary to perform certain tasks."
2. "Christ is the King of the angels."
3. "The angels work very much in order and like a very well-run army."
4. "Those are like the seraphim, the cherubim, the thrones. They immediately surround the divine being and they draw their knowledge and their charity directly from God, they’re the closest to God by nature. ... the ones closest to us deal with human society, human concerns, the governance of the material universe itself. And then all the way down to the governance and guidance of individuals, the so called guardian angels, which we all have."
5. "The angels that move the planets ...  the job for the highest angel that has to do with the governing of the material universe under the even higher angels, the ones that are directly related to the worship and glory of God."
6. "The assistance of an angel to protect us from an accident or to inspire the mind of a scientist to notice what is necessary to find a cure or vaccine. Angels intervene in all those things without canceling out our nature, but by nudging it in the right direction or protecting it from the wrong direction."
7. “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he sits on his glorious throne." (Matthew 25:31)

Living and Prayer:

1. "Everyone who believes in him (Christ) may have eternal life." (John 3:15)
2. "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength." (Mark 12:30) "Serve your God. Honor and obey your God."
3. "When people recognize, both in private and in public life, that Christ is King, society will at last receive the great blessings of real liberty, well-ordered discipline, peace and harmony. “What happiness” there would be, if all individuals, families and nations would but let themselves be governed by Christ!”

4. "Christians are given opportunity to gain much strength and courage by meditating on Jesus’ Lordship and the fact that all of us are by right subjected to his dominion. This is a day to “freely acknowledge” that Jesus “must reign in our minds” through submission to the truth he has revealed. “He must reign in our wills,” as we obey him. “He must reign in our hearts,” as we love and cleave to him alone."

5. "God knows our every need so our prayers are meant to draw us closer to God. The fruit of faith-filled, persistent prayer is a gradual transformation of our inner life into childlike faith and rest in the peace and mercy of God. Prayer changes us radically so that as we grow in friendship with God we approach our creator like trusting children who remain confident in the good gifts of their parents." 

6. "Jesus advises us to direct our energies toward God’s kingdom, to life in the new heavens and new earth that God will ultimately bring about."

7. “Praise the Lord, all you nations; glorify him, all you peoples! For steadfast is his kindness toward us, and the fidelity of the Lord endures forever.”

8. "It is fitting that we join the psalmist who says, “In the sight of the angels I will sing your praises, Lord”.

9. "To stay with Jesus follow Him and leave the rest."

10. "Live the words of Jesus."

11. "“Be firm,” Paul says, “steadfast, always fully devoted to the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain” (1 Cor 15:58)."

12. “If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.” (John 15:7)

13. "God has given each of you some special abilities; be sure to use them to help each other, passing on to others God's many kinds of blessings." (1 Peter 4:10)

14. "Give effort towards the Kingdom of the Lord. Earn (and do business) for your Master Lord and you will be rewarded."

15. "Give yourselves to God.... Surrender your whole being to him to be used for righteous purposes." (Romans 6:13) "Let God transform you inwardly by a complete change of your mind. Then you will be able to know the will of God-what is good and is pleasing to him and is perfect." (Romans 12:2)

Science and Spirituality:

1. "Science must be at the service of humanity".

Technology and God:

1. "Technology must be at the service of humanity".
   

The Arts and the Spirit:

1. "Beauty is work of Holy Spirit".
   

Challenges, issues of today’s world:

1. "Peace requires development and education."
2. "Urge countries to invest more in education."

Sophia, John, Mary and Others:

1. "We can "seek refuge" in Mary, especially in times of loneliness, when dealing with our shortcomings, "whenever we are no longer able to untie the knots in our lives. .... Jesus, who is himself 'the fullness of time,' of every time, of our own time." 
2. "Holy Family shows God is with us."

Signs: 

1. "Jesus goes on to speak of wars and insurrections as nations rise against other nations and natural events such as earthquakes, famines and plagues. Then, Jesus notes many awesome sights and mighty signs that will come from the sky."
2. "For the Son of Man in his day will be like the lightning, which flashes and lights up the sky from one end to the other. But first he must suffer many things and be rejected by his generation." (Luke 17:24-25)

Ushering in Kingdom of God:

1. “A holy day has dawned upon us. Come, you nations, and adore the Lord. For today a great light has come upon the earth. What came to be through him is life, and this life is the light of the human race; the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.” 

World to come:

1. "The Lord promises us the living water of eternal life."
2. "We are created in and for love! We hear in the Book of Revelation, “Behold, I make all things new." God’s dwelling is with the human race. He dwells with them, and they are his people and God himself will always be with them as their God.”
3. “Strengthen the hands that are feeble, make firm the knees that are weak, say to those whose hearts are frightened: Be strong, fear not! Here is your God …. he comes to save you. God’s word opens our hearts with a sense of gratitude and wonder at the mystery of what God is doing in our lives. The blind regain their sight, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have the good news proclaimed to them.”
4. "God says that in his love for us, he is like a young man getting married. “As a bridegroom rejoices in his bride, so shall your God rejoice in you” (Is 62:5). By comparing himself to a groom at a wedding, God leads us to see something about the depth and power of his love for us. His love is like a groom’s, only infinitely more so."
5. "God’s promise of divine love never fails."
6. "Jesus’ healing .... It also foreshadowed God’s outreach to the whole human race outside of Israel through Jesus."  
7. "Jesus reads aloud from the prophet Isaiah of God’s rich promises to bring good tidings to the poor, liberty to captives, sight to the blind, freedom for the oppressed, and a year of renewed blessings from God."
8. "A society of justice and judgment has customs and structures that enable poorer and weaker members to live and to take part in social life."
9. "Christians must share the glorious light of God's love."
10. "The Lord is coming with thousands upon thousands of his holy ones." (Jude 1:14)
11. "The kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants." (Matthew 18:23) "The kingdom of God will be ... given to a people who will produce its fruit." (Matthew 21:43)

Rulership:

1. "God's justice is the mercy that saves."
   

Future of Church:

1. "Jesus in and through his word and sacrament continues to call each one of us to new life in him by the power of his divine word. .... All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for refutation, for correction, and for training in righteousness, so that one who belongs to God may be competent, equipped for every good work."
2. "The message of the Gospel is not an abstract philosophy, but a concrete way of life that extends God’s mercy to those in need. The word of God “is something very near to us, already in our mouths and in our hearts; we have only to carry it out.” Jesus is “the head of the body, the church,” in whom “all the fullness was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile all things for him"."
3. “The Lord God has given me a well-trained tongue,” a prophet says, “that I might know how to speak to the weary a word that will rouse them”.
4. "Place Christ at the center of your life"
5. "First step in evangelization is to build relationships and earn the trust of the people to whom share the Gospel of Jesus Christ. .... sharing their language and culture, their hopes and their joys."