GOD MAKES A

COVENANT

GOD MAKES A COVENANT

Throughout human history, we find God

very much involved in the various affairs and

activities of humankind.

GOD MAKES A COVENANT

He is not just there to watch over His creatures but He

participates and continuously shapes our actions so that

we may find our way back to Him through good deeds and

words.

GOD MAKES A COVENANT

He made Himself a part of the historical lives of the people and guided them

through history even when they failed to be

faithful and do their part of the Covenant

GOD MAKES A COVENANT

God is always constant in His love which is to the

end of time and into eternity. In short, the God of the Covenant brought salvation to His people

through active participation in their lives.

GOD MAKES A COVENANT

When infidelities weakened this

presence, God made the promise of a New Presence in a New

Covenant, fashioned by a promised savior.

GOD MAKES A COVENANT

As Christians, we entered in

this New Paschal

Covenant through Jesus Christ by our

Baptism.

GOD MAKES A COVENANT

Unfortunately, like the Israelites of old, our

Covenant with God is often forgotten or taken for

granted.

GOD MAKES A COVENANT

What we have

promised during our Baptism is now rarely

recalled. (CFC 427)

GOD MAKES A COVENANT

To keep alive the traditions left by our ancestors, the

Church continually reminds us that we have to

strengthen our faith, we have to adhere to God in

whatever state of life we are in or in any circumstances.

GOD MAKES A COVENANT

The “obedience of faith” must be given to God as He

reveals Himself.

GOD MAKES A COVENANT

By faith we freely commit ourselves to God, making a “full submission of our intellect and will to God

who reveals,” and willingly accepting the revelation given to us.

GOD MAKES A COVENANT

This faith, however will not grow into maturity if we

will not nourish it

with the Word of God and Eucharist.

GOD MAKES A COVENANT

Indeed, “our faith lives and grows through prayer

and worship” (cf. PCP II 74).