Catechism of The Catholic Church #2792
2792 Finally, if we pray the Our Father sincerely, we leave individualism behind, because the love that we receive frees us from it. the...
Catechism of The Catholic Church #845
845 To reunite all his children, scattered and led astray by sin, the Father willed to call the whole of humanity together into his Son's Church. the Church is the place where humanity must rediscover its unity and salvation. the Church is "the world reconciled." She is that bark which "in the full sail of the Lord's cross, by the breath of the Holy Spirit, navigates safely in this world." According to another image dear to the Church Fathers, she is prefigured by Noah's ark, which alone saves from the flood.
Catechism of The Catholic Church #1556
1556 To fulfil their exalted mission, "the apostles were endowed by Christ with a special outpouring of the Holy Spirit coming upon them, and...
Catechism of The Catholic Church #1459
1459 Many sins wrong our neighbor. One must do what is possible in order to repair the harm (e.g., return stolen goods, restore the...
Catechism of The Catholic Church #1719
1719 The Beatitudes reveal the goal of human existence, the ultimate end of human acts: God calls us to his own beatitude. This vocation...
Catechism of The Catholic Church #986
986 By Christ's will, the Church possesses the power to forgive the sins of the baptized and exercises it through bishops and priests normally in the sacrament of Penance.
Catechism of The Catholic Church #1077
1077 "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the...
Catechism of The Catholic Church #2422
2422 The Church's social teaching comprises a body of doctrine, which is articulated as the Church interprets events in the course of history, with...
Catechism of The Catholic Church #42
42 God transcends all creatures. We must therefore continually purify our language of everything in it that is limited, imagebound or imperfect, if we...
Catechism of The Catholic Church #2157
2157 The Christian begins his day, his prayers, and his activities with the Sign of the Cross: "in the name of the Father and...
