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227 It means trusting God in every
circumstance, even in adversity. A 313, 2090 prayer of
St Teresa ofJesus wonderfully expresses this trust:
Let nothing trouble you / Let nothing frighten you
Everything passes / God never changes
Patience / Obtains all
228 Hear, O Israel, the LORD our God is one LORD... (Dt 6:4; Mk 12:29). The supreme being must be unique, without equal... If God is not one, he is not God (Tertullian, Adv. Marc., 1,3,5: PL 2, 274). 229 Faith in God leads us to turn to him alone as
our first origin and our ultimate goal, and neither to
prefer anything to him nor to substitute anything for
him. 230 Even when he reveals himself, God remains a
mystery beyond words: If you
understood him, it would not be God (St Augustine,
Sermo 52, 6, i6: PL 38, 360 and
Sermo 117, 3, 5: PL 38, 663). 231 The God of our faith has revealed himself as
HE WHO Is; and he has
(Ex 34:6). Gods very being is Truth
and Love. In the name of the Father and of the Son and
of the oiy Spirit 2
Christians are baptized in the name of the Father and
of the 1223 n and of the Holy
Spirit.53 Before receiving the sacrament, they
spond to a three-part question when asked to confess the
Father, e Son and the Spirit: I
do. The faith of all Christians rests on the
189 inity.54
3 Christians are baptized in the name of the Father and
of the n and of the Holy Spirit: not
in their names,55 for there is only
e God, the almighty Father, his only Son and the Holy
Spirit: Most Holy Trinity. |
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