PARTIAL NOTES
The Storyppt outline
Most Holy Trinity
Three Divine ______in One Divine ______
God is a ______of persons who’s life is ______.
The Trinity is God Himself
The Father
Eternally ______the Son
Unlike human fatherhood, There was never a “time” before the Father was the Father of the Son
The Son
Is Eternally ______
“In the beginning was the ______, and the Word was with God, and the Word was ______” (Jn 1:1)
“God from ______, Light from ______, true God from true ______…” (Nicene Creed)
The Holy Spirit
Is the Eternally ______Love between the Father and the Son
“the Lord, the giver of life” (Nicene Creed)
Creation
Angels
Rational pure ______and ______of God.
They are in constant ______and ______of the Most Holy Trinity
“Who is Like Unto God?” = Meaning of “Michael”
Some angels______their free will to rebel against God.
2Pet 2:4; Jude 6
God Made Man – God brings another personal being into existence from nothing
Out of Love God
made Human beings in His own ______and ______.
God made Human beings so that they might become ______and share in His divine life
The Fall(Gen 3:1-7)
“Did God really tell ______not to eat from any of the trees in the garden?”
“The woman saw that the tree was good, pleasing to the eyes, …She took some of its fruit and ate it…she also gave some to her husband …and he ate it”
Consequences of the Original Sin
Fall from original grace, holiness, justice…Loss of the Divine Life that sustained them.
Damaged Relationships:
Man -______
Man – ______
Man – ______
Man – The Created ______
Consequences of the Original Sin
There is an______between us and God.
Adam and Eve have embraced Sin and become slaves
Sick with ______, the Human Race is in Need of a ______
How will the gap be bridged?
Who can heal them?
Who can set them free?
Who will deliver them from death?
God’s Promise
______-______Gen 3:15
“I will put ______between you and the woman, between your offspring and hers; He will strike at your head while you strike at his heel”
God Restores His Family Via______
Covenant – from the Latin Covenire meaning to ______or to agree.
Noah
God decided to do a kind of ______bringing Noah and his family through the flood waters to ______.
Noah points towards ______, who through His ______, brings His people to new life in the waters of baptism.
Abraham - Sacrifice of Isaac.
“In your descendants ______of the earth shall find blessing” (Gen 22:17)
“God will provide Himself the ______for a burnt offering…”(Gen 22:8)
“Behold the ______of God who takes away the ______of the world” (Jn 1:29).
Moses
God gives The Law through Moses giving His people a way to live, an opportunity for life through ______.
Christ as the New ______…
David
“A shoot shall sprout from the stump of Jesse, and from his roots a bud shall blossom…the ______of the ______shall rest upon Him” (Is 11:1)
Prophecies – God forms His people in the ______of ______.
“the Lord Himself will give you this sign: the virgin shall be with child, and bear a son, and shall name him Immanuel”
(Isa 7:14)
“Hail, ______of ______, the Lord is with you…you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call His name Jesus”
“I am the handmaid of the Lord…______it ______to me according to your word” (Lk 1:28,31,38)
The Incarnation
The still point of the turning world
He became truly______while remaining truly ______(CCC464).
______God took on the flesh of ______man. (see CCC 422)
Christ’s mission and ministry
“______for the kingdom of heaven is at hand” (Mt 4:17)
Our Lord calls His Apostles
“______after me and I will make you fishers of men”
“______they left their nets and followed Him”
Mt 4:19ff
Christ begins to institute the kingdom of heaven on earth. “______the five loaves and two fish, and looking up to heaven, He said the ______, ______the loaves, and ______them to the disciples, who in turn gave them to the crowds…They all ate and were satisfied” (Mt 14:19-20
Christ gives ______and ______to the Apostles
Mt 16:13-20; 18:18-19; Jn 20:22-23
______Mystery (Passion, Death, Ressurrection, and Ascension) & the First Fruits of Salvation.
Isa 53:4-12; Jn 19:1-22
Our Lord pays the ______for our sins and ______our relationship with God
Jn 19:23-37
“He descended into ______”
The souls of the just awaited the Savior
“Jesus did not descend into hell to deliver the damned, nor to destroy the hell of damnation, but to ______the ______who had gone before Him” (CCC 633)
The ResurrectionJn 20:1-10
Christ has the victory over ______and ______.
The Ascension Acts 1:6
Something would be missing if the victor were not raised up in glory.
Christ’s proper place is in heaven with the Father
“I go to ______a place for you” Jn 14:1-4
______, the birth of the Church Acts 2:1-4
The Holy Spirit gives life to the members of the Church through the ______.
The Church, The______of Christ, The Mystical ______of Christ.
Before He ascended to the Father in heaven, Christ instituted His ______on earth with ______as His vicar.
Christ continues the work of ______through His ______.
Through the Church God dispenses the ______of His ______to fallen man in order to make him a member of His divine ______sharing in His divine ______.
This sanctifying grace is communicated to man in the sacraments of the Church.
The Saints
Many people throughout the history of the Church have responded to Christ’s call to ______.
Saints are not just from the early Church, Blessed John Paul II canonized close to 500 saints between 1978 and 2005.
The Saints enjoy perfect ______in their eternal love relationship with God.
The Parousia = the Coming of Christ
Christ already reigns through the Church but all things of this world are not yet subjected to Him…On Judgment day at the end of the world, Christ will come in glory to achieve the definitive triumph of good over evil.
Each person will be ______by ______according to his/her ______and his/her acceptance or refusal of ______.
All of creation will be made ______in Christ.
The Church prays for Christ’s ______, “The Church prays for Christ’s return, “When we eat this Bread and drink this Cup, we proclaim your Death, O Lord, until you come again”
We eagerly await the coming of the Lord
–See 1Cor 1:7 & Phil 3:20
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