St. John Vianney Catholic Church

Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults

 

A Journey of Faith

 

RCIA WEEK 4:

The Holy Trinity: Jesus Christ -- True God, True Man 

 

Talk Outline

 

Catechism of the Catholic Church, Paragraph 481:

“Jesus Christ possesses two natures, one divine and the other human, not confused, but united in the one person of God's Son.”

 

Catechism of the Catholic Church, Paragraph 482:

“Christ, being true God and true man, has a human intellect and will, perfectly attuned and subject to his divine intellect and divine will, which he has in common with the Father and the Holy Spirit.”

 

MEDITATION:  Why should God have become man?

Why are Christ’s divine and human natures both essential for understanding his Paschal mystery and his gift of redemption?

 

 

“The soul hungers for God, and nothing but God can satiate it. Therefore He came to dwell on earth and assumed a Body in order that this Body might become the Food of our souls…"

                                  --- St. John Vianney

 

 

NEXT WEEK:  The Holy Trinity: The Holy Spirit