Council sought to set out the Church’s teaching on divine revelation, “so that by hearing the message of salvation the whole world may believe, by believing it may hope, and by hoping it may love.” The council, Father Tom Norris said, hoped to share the Good News. Father Norris, Paluch Professor of Theology at Mundelein Seminary, spoke at the symposium on Dei Verbum. “During the Year of Faith, we should study this document to learn not only what we believe but why we believe it,” Father Norris said. Revelation, he said, precedes religion and the scriptures. They are the muscles of the Christian faith but they came after revelation; indeed revelation is the source of faith, love and charity. God loved us first before we loved Him. Father Norris explained revelation using three paradigms. First he used an analogy of immigration; secondly he explained revelation as the intersection
of searches–of God for man and man for God; and in the third example he used the mystery of the cross. Every immigrant must do two things. First, the immigrant must adapt to the people and culture they are now living amongst. Second, they must bring elements of their homeland with them to minimize their homesickness. The immigration of Jesus to Earth is at the heart of Catholic faith, Father Norris said. Jesus adapted perfectly to His surroundings. He made Himself one with the people in everything except sin. At the same time, He brought with Him the life of His homeland in heaven, the life of mutual love between the Father and the Son. “He gave us a share in the life of Himself, the life of love and died to give us the life of His homeland,” Father Norris said. From time immemorial man has been in search for his origins, for the
purpose of life. In its many forms, this search has been a search for God from below, a search for communion with the divine. God too has been searching for man from above. In the fullness of time, God sent His beloved Son to fulfill this longing. “At that moment, our search from below and God’s search from above intersect, they bond and you find a God-man Jesus the messiah,” Father Norris said. Finally, Father Norris said, “Divine revelation is what we look at on the cross of Calvary.” The eternal God occupies the cross. It is the victory of life over death. “Calvary shows the depth of the love of God. The cross is a Trinitarian event,” Father Norris said. He concluded by pointing out that the “key word of the council is communion because it is the life of the Trinity.”
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April 4-7: Divine Mercy Retreat (men and women) April 7: Divine Mercy Sunday Day of Prayer 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. followed by the 1st Sunday. St. Peregrine Healing Mass at 4 p.m. in our Adoration Chapel. Confessions available all day. April 12: Benefit Golf Tournament - 8am Shotgun Start. Sponsorship Levels Available. Team Entry Fee (4 golfers) $400.00, includes Green Fees, Cart, Breakfast and Lunch. For more information Al Lujan at (361) 215-8173 or email alfredlujan@yahoo.com. Applications also available at OLCC. Thank you for your support! April 13: True Devotion Day of Prayer 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. April 18-21: Men’s Silent Retreat April 27: Day of Prayer “Deepening your life in Christ” in St. Joseph’s Beeville May 2-5: Women’s Silent Retreat May 13: Global Living Rosary at 7 p.m. in the Adoration Chapel. May 16-19: Men’s Silent Retreat June 28-30: Marriage Encounter Weekend. To sign up go to: www. mecorpuschristi.org or to request an application, email ccwwme. register@gmail.com or call 361-851-8306.
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