The desire for happiness and Christian beatitude according to the Catechism of the Catholic Church

1. Our Vocation to Beatitude
CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH 1716-1738

2. The Beatitudes are at the heart
of Jesus' preaching. 1716

3. They take up the promises
made to the chosen people
since Abraham.

4. The Beatitudes fulfill the promises by ordering them no longer merely
to the possession of a territory, but to the Kingdom of heaven

5. Blessed are the poor in spirit,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

6. Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

7. Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

8. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for
righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.

9. Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.

10. Blessed
are the
pure in
heart,
for they
shall
see
God.

11. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.

12. Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness'
sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

13. Blessed are you when men revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against
you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad, - for your reward is great in heaven.

14. 1717
The
Beatitudes
depict the
countenance
of Jesus
Christ and
portray his
charity.

15. They express
the vocation
of the faithful
associated
with the
glory of his
Passion and
Resurrection;

16. they shed light on the actions and attitudes
characteristic of the Christian life;

17. they are the
paradoxical
promises that
sustain hope in
the midst of
tribulations;

18. they proclaim
the blessings
and rewards
already
secured,
however dimly,
for Christ's
disciples;

19. they have begun in the lives of the Virgin Mary and all the saints

20. 1718 The Beatitudes respond to the natural desire for happiness. This desire is
of divine origin: God has placed it in the human heart in order to draw man
to the One who alone can fulfill it: We all want to live happily; in the whole
human race there is no one who does not assent to this proposition

21. God alone satisfies.
1719 The Beatitudes reveal
the goal of human existence,
the ultimate end of human acts:
God calls us to his own beatitude.
This vocation is addressed to each
individual personally, but also to the
Church as a whole, the new people
made up of those who have accepted
the promise and live from it in faith

22. 1720 The New Testament uses several
expressions to characterize the
beatitude to which God calls man:
the coming of the Kingdom of God;
- the vision of God: "Blessed are the
pure in heart, for they shall see God"
- entering into the joy of the Lord;
- entering into God's rest:

23. There we shall
rest and see,
we shall see and love,
we shall love
and praise.
Behold what will be at
the end without end.
For what other end do
we have, if not to
reach the kingdom
which has no end?

24. 1721 God put us in the world
to know, to love, and to serve him,
and so to come to paradise.
Beatitude makes us "partakers of the
divine nature" and of eternal life.
With beatitude, man enters into
the glory of Christ and into
the joy of the Trinitarian life.

25. 1722
Such beatitude
surpasses
the understanding
and powers of man.
It comes from an
entirely free gift of
God: whence it is
called supernatural,
as is the grace that
disposes man to enter
into the divine joy.

26. "Blessed are
the pure in
heart, for they
shall see
God.“...... he
goes so far as
to grant those
who love him
the privilege of
seeing him. . . .
For "what is
impossible for
men is possible
for God."

27. 1723
The beatitude
we are promised
confronts us
with decisive
moral choices.
It invites us to
purify our hearts
of bad instincts
and to seek the
love of God
above all else.

28. It teaches us that true happiness is not found in riches or well-being, in
human fame or power, or in any human achievement - however beneficial
it may be - such as science, technology, and art, or indeed in any creature,
but in God alone, the source of every good and of all love:

29. All bow down before wealth. Wealth is that to which the multitude of
men pay an instinctive homage. They measure happiness by wealth;
and by wealth they measure respectability. . . . It is a homage resulting
from a profound faith . . . that with wealth he may do all things.

30. Wealth is one idol of the day and notoriety is a second. . . .
Notoriety, or the making of a noise in the world - it may
be called "newspaper fame" - has come to be considered
a great good in itself, and a ground of veneration.

31. 1724 The Decalogue, the Sermon on the Mount,
and the apostolic catechesis describe for us the
paths that lead to the Kingdom of heaven.
Sustained by the grace of the Holy Spirit,
we tread them, step by step, by everyday acts.
By the working of the Word of Christ, we slowly
bear fruit in the Church to the glory of God.

34. LIST OF PRESENTATIONS IN ENGLISH
Revised 13-3-2022
Advent and Christmas – time of hope and peace
All Souls Day
Amoris Laetitia – ch 1 – In the Light of the Word
Amoris Laetitia – ch 2 – The Experiences and Challenges of Families
Amoris Laetitia – ch 3 - Looking to Jesus, the Vocation of the Family
Amoris Laetitia – ch 4 - Love in Marriage
Amoris Laetitia – ch 5 – Love made Fruitfuol
Amoris Laetitia – ch 6 – Some Pastoral Perspectives
Amoris Laetitia – ch 7 – Towards a better education of children
Amoris Laetitia – ch 8 – Accompanying, discerning and integrating weaknwss
Amoris Laetitia – ch 9 – The Spirituality of Marriage and the Family
Beloved Amazon 1ª – A Social Dream
Beloved Amazon 2 - A Cultural Dream
Beloved Amazon 3 – An Ecological Dream
Beloved Amazon 4 - An Ecclesiastical Dream
Carnival
Christ is Alive
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 1 – Church and Family today
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 2 - God’s plan for the family
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 1 – family as a Community
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 2 – serving life and education
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 3 – mission of the family in society
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 4 - Family in the Church
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 4 Pastoral familiar
Football in Spain
Haurietis aquas – devotion to the Sacred Heart by Pius XII
Holidays and Holy Days
Holy Spirit
Holy Week – drawings for children
Holy Week – glmjpses of the last hours of JC
Inauguration of President Donald Trump
Juno explores Jupiter
Laudato si 1 – care for the common home
Laudato si 2 – Gospel of creation
Laudato si 3 – Human roots of the ecological crisis
Laudato si 4 – integral ecology
Laudato si 5 – lines of approach and action
Laudato si 6 – Education y Ecological Spirituality
Life in Christ
Love and Marriage 12,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
Lumen Fidei – ch 1,2,3,4
Martyrs of North America and Canada
Medjugore Pilgrimage
Misericordiae Vultus in English
Mother Teresa of Calcuta – Saint
Pope Franciss in Thailand
Pope Francis in Japan
Pope Francis in Sweden
Pope Francis in Hungary, Slovaquia
Pope Francis in America
Pope Francis in the WYD in Poland 2016
Querida Amazonia
Resurrection of Jesus Christ –according to the Gospels
Russian Revolution and Communismo 3 civil war 1918.1921
Russian Revolution and Communism 1
Russian Revolution and Communismo 2
Saint Agatha, virgin and martyr
Saint Albert the Great
Saint Anthony of Padua
Saint Francis de Sales
Saint Francis of Assisi
Saint Ignatius of Loyola
Saint James, apostle
Saint John N. Neumann, bishop of Philadelphia
Saint Joseph
Saint Maria Goretti
Saint Martin of Tours
Saint Maximilian Kolbe
Saint Mother Theresa of Calcutta
Saint Jean Baptiste MarieaVianney, Curé of Ars
Saint John N. Neumann, bishop of Philadelphia
Saint John of the Cross
Saint Patrick and Ireland
Saints Zachary and Elizabeth, parents of John Baptis
Signs of hope
Sunday – day of the Lord
Thanksgiving – History and Customs
The Body, the cult – (Eucharist)
Valentine
Vocation to Beatitude
Vocation – mconnor@legionaries.org
Way of the Cross – drawings for children
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35. LISTA DE PRESENTACIONES EN ESPAÑOL
Revisado 13-3-2022
Abuelos
Adviento y Navidad, tiempo de esperanza
Amor y Matrimonio 1 - 9
Amoris Laetitia – ch 1 – A la luz de la Palabre
Amoris Laetitia – ch 2 – Realidad y Desafíos de las Familias
Amoris Laetitia – ch 3 La mirada puesta en Jesús: Vocación de la Familia
Amoris Laetitia – ch 4 - El Amor en el Matrimonio
Amoris Laetitia – ch 5 – Amor que se vuelve fecundo
Amoris Laetitia – ch 6 – Algunas Perspectivas Pastorales
Amoris Laetitia – ch 7 – Fortalecer la educacion de los hijos
Amoris Laetitia – ch 8 – Acompañar, discernir e integrar la fragilidad
Amoris Laetitia – ch 9 – Espiritualidad Matrimonial y Familiar
Carnaval
Cristo Vive
Dia de todos los difuntos
Domingo – día del Señor
El camino de la cruz de JC en dibujos para niños
El Cuerpo, el culto – (eucarisía)
Espíritu Santo
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 1 – iglesia y familia hoy
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 2 - el plan de Dios para la familia
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 1 – familia como comunidad
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 2 – servicio a la vida y educación
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 3 – misión de la familia en la sociedad
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 4 - participación de la familia en la iglesia
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 4 Pastoral familiar
Fátima – Historia de las Apariciones de la Virgen
Feria de Sevilla
Haurietis aquas – el culto al Sagrado Corazón
Hermandades y cofradías
Hispanidad
La Vida en Cristo
Laudato si 1 – cuidado del hogar común
Laudato si 2 – evangelio de creación
Laudato si 3 – La raíz de la crisis ecológica
Laudato si 4 – ecología integral
Laudato si 5 – líneas de acción
Laudato si 6 – Educación y Espiritualidad Ecológica
Lumen Fidei – cap 1,2,3,4
Madre Teresa de Calcuta – Santa
María y la Biblia
Martires de Nor America y Canada
Medjugore peregrinación
Misericordiae Vultus en Español
Papa Francisco en Bulgaria
Papa Francisco en Rumania
Papa Francisco en Marruecos
Papa Francisco en México
Papa Francisco – mensaje para la Jornada Mundial Juventud 2016
Papa Francisco – visita a Chile
Papa Francisco – visita a Perú
Papa Francisco en Colombia 1 + 2
Papa Francisco en Cuba
Papa Francisco en Fátima
Papa Francisco en la JMJ 2016 – Polonia
Papa Francisco en Hugaría e Eslovaquia
Queridas Amazoznia 1,2,3,4
Resurrección de Jesucristo – según los Evangelios
Revolución Rusa y Comunismo 1, 2, 3
Santa Agata, virgen y martir
San Alberto Magno
San Antonio de Padua
San Francisco de Asis 1,2,3,4
San Francisco de Sales
Santa Maria Goretti
San Ignacio de Loyola
San José, obrero, marido, padre
San Juan Ma Vianney, Curé de’Ars
San Juan de la Cruz
San Juan N. Neumann, obispo de Philadelphia
San Martin de Tours
San Maximiliano Kolbe
Santa Teresa de Calcuta
San Padre Pio de Pietralcina
San Patricio e Irlanda
Santiago Apóstol
Santos Zacarias e Isabel, padres de Juan Bautista
Semana santa – Vistas de las últimas horas de JC
Vacaciones Cristianas
Valentín
Virgen de Guadalupe
Vocación a la bienaventuranza
Vocación – www.vocación.org
Vocación a evangelizar
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