Monday, May 12, 2008

1Cor 12, 1-3 You were attracted and led to mute idols

1Corinthians 12
(1Cor 12, 1-3) You were attracted and led to mute idols
[1] Now in regard to spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be unaware. [2] You know how, when you were pagans, you were constantly attracted and led away to mute idols. [3] Therefore, I tell you that nobody speaking by the spirit of God says, "Jesus be accursed." And no one can say, "Jesus is Lord," except by the holy Spirit.
(CCC 15) The second part of the Catechism explains how God's salvation, accomplished once for all through Christ Jesus and the Holy Spirit, is made present in the sacred actions of the Church's liturgy, especially in the seven sacraments. (CCC 1988) Through the power of the Holy Spirit we take part in Christ's Passion by dying to sin, and in his Resurrection by being born to a new life; we are members of his Body which is the Church, branches grafted onto the vine which is himself (Cf. 1 Cor 12; Jn 15:1-4): [God] gave himself to us through his Spirit. By the participation of the Spirit, we become communicants in the divine nature.... For this reason, those in whom the Spirit dwells are divinized (St. Athanasius, Ep. Serap. 1, 24: PG 26, 585 and 588).

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