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61 " For “the mystery of lawlessness” is clarified only in the light of the “mystery of our religion. "
― The Catholic Church , Catechism of the Catholic Church
62 " In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus explained the second commandment: “You have heard that it was said to the men of old, ‘You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform to the Lord what you have sworn.’ But I say to you, Do not swear at all.… Let what you say be simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything more than this comes from the evil one.”82 Jesus teaches that every oath involves a reference to God and that God’s presence and his truth must be honored in all speech. Discretion in calling upon God is allied with a respectful awareness of his presence, which all our assertions either witness to 2466 or mock. 2154 Following St. "
63 " The supreme being must be unique, without equal… If God is not one, he is not God’ (Tertullian, Adv. Marc, 1, 5, 3: PL 2, 274). "
64 " The first man was unimpaired and ordered in his whole being because he was free from the triple concupiscence254 that subjugates him to the pleasures of the senses, covetousness for earthly goods, and self-assertion, contrary to the dictates of reason. 2514 "
65 " 1400 Ecclesial communities derived from the Reformation and separated from the Catholic Church, “have not preserved the proper reality of the Eucharistic mystery in its fullness, especially because of the absence of the sacrament of Holy Orders.”239 It is for this reason that, for the Catholic Church, Eucharistic intercommunion with these communities is not possible. However these ecclesial communities, “when they commemorate the Lord’s death and resurrection in the Holy Supper... profess that it signifies life in communion with Christ and await his coming in glory.”240 "
66 " 2562 Where does prayer come from? Whether prayer is expressed in words or gestures, it is the whole man who prays. But in naming the source of prayer, Scripture speaks sometimes of the soul or the spirit, but most often of the heart (more than a thousand times). According to Scripture, it is the heart that prays. If our heart is far from God, the words of prayer are in vain. "
67 " la hora de mi muerte, llámame. Y mándame "
― The Catholic Church , Compendium: Catechism of the Catholic Church
68 " Dios mismo, al crear al hombre a su propia imagen, inscribió en el corazón de éste el deseo de verlo. Aunque el hombre a menudo ignore tal deseo, Dios no cesa de atraerlo hacia sí, para que viva y encuentre en Él aquella plenitud de verdad y felicidad a la que aspira sin descanso. En consecuencia, el hombre, por naturaleza y vocación, es un ser esencialmente religioso, "