satisfy

361 What is the relationship Between the beatitudes and our desire for happiness?
1718-1719
The beatitudes answer-to the innate desire for happiness That God has Placed in the human heart in order to draw us to himself. God alone can Satisfy This Desire.

eternal happiness

360 Why are the beatitudes Important for us?
1716-1717
1725-1726
The Beatitudes are at the heart of Jesus 'preaching and they' take up and Fulfill the Promises that God made starting with Abraham. They depict the very countenance of Jesus and they 'characterize authentic Christian life. They reveal the ultimate goal of human activity, Which is eternal happiness.

BEATITUDES

OUR VOCATION TO BEATITUDE

359. How do we attain beatitude?
1716
We attain beatitude by virtue of the grace of Christ which makes us participants in the divine life. Christ in the Gospel points out to his followers the way that leads to eternal happiness: the beatitudes. The grace of Christ also is operative in every person who, following a correct conscience, seeks and loves the true and the good and avoids evil.

dignity

“O Christian, recognize your dignity.” (Saint Leo the Great)

CHAPTER ONE

The Dignity of the Human Person

MAN THE IMAGE OF GOD

358. What is the root of human dignity?
1699-1715
The dignity of the human person is rooted in his or her creation in the image and likeness of God. Endowed with a spiritual and immortal soul, intelligence and free will, the human person is ordered to God and called in soul and in body to eternal beatitude.

capability

Life in Christ

Section One
Man's Vocation: Life in the Spirit

357. How is the Christian moral life bound up with faith and the sacraments?
1691-1698
What the symbol of faith professes, the sacraments communicate. Indeed, through them the faithful receive the grace of Christ and the gifts of the Holy Spirit which give them the capability of living a new life as children of God in Christ whom they have received in faith.

welcome

356. What are the main moments in funerals?
1686-1690
Usually, funeral rites consist of four principal parts: welcoming the body of the deceased by the community with words of comfort and hope, the liturgy of the Word, the Eucharistic Sacrifice, and the farewell in which the soul of the departed is entrusted to God, the Source of eternal life, while the body is buried in the hope of the resurrection.

departed

355. What do funeral rites express?
1684-1685
Although celebrated in different rites in keeping with the situations and traditions of various regions, funerals express the paschal character of Christian death in hope of the resurrection. They also manifest the meaning of communion with the departed particularly through prayer for the purification of their souls.