YOUCAT Question n. 145 - Part XI. Why does Jesus want there to be Christians who live their whole lives in poverty, unmarried chastity, and obedience?
(Youcat
answer - repeated) God is love. He longs for our love also. One form of loving
surrender to God is to live as Jesus did — poor, chaste, and obedient. Someone
who lives in this way has head, heart, and hands free for God and neighbor.
A deepening through CCC
(CCC 946)
After confessing "the holy catholic Church," the Apostles' Creed adds
"the communion of saints." In a certain sense this article is a
further explanation of the preceding: "What is the Church if not the
assembly of all the saints?" (Nicetas, Expl.
Symb., 10: PL 52:871B). The communion of saints is the Church.
Reflecting and meditating
(Youcat comment)
In every age individual
Christians let themselves be completely taken over by Jesus, so that “for the
sake of the kingdom of heaven” (Mt 19:12) they give everything away for God—even such wonderful gifts as their
own property, self-determination, and married love. This life according to the
evangelical counsels in poverty, chastity, and obedience shows all Christians
that the world is not everything. Only an encounter with the divine Bridegroom
“face to face” will ultimately make a person happy.
(CCC Comment)
(CCC 947)
"Since all the faithful form one body, the good of each is communicated to
the others.... We must therefore believe that there exists a communion of goods
in the Church. But the most important member is Christ, since he is the
head.... Therefore, the riches of Christ are communicated to all the members,
through the sacraments." (St. Thomas Aquinas, Symb., 10). "As this Church is governed by one and the same
Spirit, all the goods she has received necessarily become a common fund" (Roman Catechism I, 10, 24).
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