I. The Angels
The angels in the life of the Church (cont’d)
(336) From its beginning until death, human life is surrounded by their watchful care and intercession. “Beside each believer stands an angel as protector and shepherd leading him to life.” Already here on earth the Christian life shares by faith in the blessed company of [...]

Paragraph 4. The Creator (cont’d)
In Brief
(315) In the creation of the world and of man, God gave the first and universal witness to his almighty love and his wisdom, the first proclamation of the “plan of his loving goodness,” which finds its goal in the new creation in Christ.
(316) Though the work of creation is [...]

V. God Carries out His Plan: Divine Providence (cont’d)
(308) The truth that God is at work in all the actions of his creatures is inseparable from faith in God the Creator. God is the first cause who operates in and through secondary causes: “For God is at work in you, both to will and to [...]

III. “The World Was Created for the Glory of God (cont’d)
(294) The glory of God consists in the realization of this manifestation and communication of his goodness, for which the world was created. God made us “to be his sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, to the praise of his [...]