God the Son is the Second Person of the Holy Trinity, because from all eternity He is begotten in the mind of the Father. He is called the Divine Word because He is the mental word in which God the Father expresses the thought of Himself; this thought or Word is the perfect and eternal image of the Father.
We honor the Holy Trinity by trying to understand, as much as we can by faith, that by Baptism we are called to a close union of love with the three divine Persons. God the Father is our Father and Author of Life; God the Son is our Lord and Savior; and God the Holy Spirit is our Teacher and …
Creation means that God brought all things in the universe into existence out of nothing and that He keeps them in existence. Only God, Whose power is without limit, can do that. We owe everything we have to God. In the beginning God said, “‘Let there be light’; and there was light… ‘Let there be a firmament in the midst …
Yes, among other ways, God makes Himself known to us through the things that He has made. Sacred Scripture teaches us that man can come to know God through created things. The Church also teaches that, from the natural light of human reason, man can come to know God as the beginning and end of all that is, and that …
The mystery of Salvation began with the creation of angels and of the world. We fallen creatures quite often think of Salvation only in terms of being saved from sin and Hell. But more importantly, we are saved for God, to share in His happiness for all eternity. This is the end for which mankind and the angels were first …
Angels are pure spirits, that is, beings with intellect and free will, but without bodies. Angels are complete persons without bodies or the need for bodies, far superior to human beings. God created the angels long before He created man. Angels are immortal. They were given brilliant minds to understand God’s beauty and goodness, and they had free will to …
The devils are fallen angels, enemies of mankind. Their efforts are directed toward leading people into their own rebellion against God. God has not made known to us the test to which the angels were put prior to the fall of the devils. Some Church Fathers and theologians have speculated that God the Father gave the angels a preview of …
The mystery of the Holy Trinity is that there is in the one, true God only one divine substance, yet three divine Persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. The Trinity is called a mystery of faith because it is a truth that cannot be known unless it is revealed by God, and it is …
We believe in the mystery of the Holy Trinity because God revealed it; He is all-wise and all-truthful. To better understand, as best we can, the mystery of the Holy Trinity, we must await God’s unveiling of Himself in Heaven.
Yes, God alone, the Creator of all things, is all-wise. He knows what is best for all of His creatures.