Part, Chapter, Paragraph
1 Intro, 0,3 | being fulfilled.~Willed by God in the very act of creation,(
2 Intro, 0,3 | the full realization of God's plan.~At a moment of history
3 Intro, 0,3 | to all people the plan of God for marriage and the family,
4 Intro, 0,3 | society and of the People of God. ~
5 I, 0,4 | the Situation ~4. Since God's plan for marriage and
6 I, 0,4 | and to live the plan of God that pertains to them. Moreover,
7 I, 0,5 | activation of the word of God The Church, therefore, does
8 I, 0,5 | according to the plan of God, Creator and Redeemer.~The "
9 I, 0,6 | man gives to the love of God.~On the one hand, in fact,
10 I, 0,6 | for realizing the truth of God's plan for marriage and
11 I, 0,6 | between two loves: the love of God to the point of disregarding
12 I, 0,6 | the point of disregarding God.(16)~It follows that only
13 I, 0,8 | their relationship with God, but will lead them to it
14 I, 0,8 | through the creating action of God. And it is only in faithfulness
15 I, 0,9 | integration of the gifts of God and the demands of His definitive
16 I, 0,10 | covenant with the Wisdom of God, which is Christ Himself.
17 I, 0,10 | depth the original design of God for marriage and the family:
18 II | PART TWO ~THE PLAN OF GOD FOR MARRIAGE AND THE FAMILY ~
19 II, 0,11 | Man, the Image of the God Who Is Love ~11. God created
20 II, 0,11 | the God Who Is Love ~11. God created man in His own image
21 II, 0,11 | the same time for love.~God is love(21) and in Himself
22 II, 0,11 | continually keeping it in being, God inscribed in the humanity
23 II, 0,11 | created in the image of God."~Consequently, sexuality,
24 II, 0,11 | life and love willed by God Himself(23) which only in
25 II, 0,11 | fidelity to the plan of God, the Creator. A person's
26 II, 0,12 | Marriage and Communion Between God and People ~12. The communion
27 II, 0,12 | communion of love between God and people, a fundamental
28 II, 0,12 | central word of Revelation, "God loves His people," is likewise
29 II, 0,12 | the covenant which unites God and His people.(24) And
30 II, 0,12 | infidelity of the people to their God: idolatry is prostitution,(
31 II, 0,12 | the ever faithful love of God is put forward as the model
32 II, 0,13 | 13. The communion between God and His people finds its
33 II, 0,13 | of love which the Word of God makes to humanity in assuming
34 II, 0,13 | revealed that plan which God has imprinted on the humanity
35 II, 0,13 | faithfully on the word of God, the Church has solemnly
36 II, 0,13 | commemorating the great works of God and of bearing witness to
37 II, 0,14 | According to the plan of God, marriage is the foundation
38 II, 0,14 | become cooperators with God for giving life to a new
39 II, 0,14 | parents, spouses receive from God the gift of a new responsibility.
40 II, 0,14 | sign of the very love of God, "from whom every family
41 II, 0,15 | and into the "family of God," which is the Church. ~
42 II, 0,15 | is also introduced into God's family, which is the Church.~
43 II, 0,16 | the sake of the Kingdom of God not only does not contradict
44 II, 0,16 | mystery of the covenant of God with His people. When marriage
45 II, 0,16 | burn with greater love for God and all humanity,"(41) bears
46 II, 0,16 | witness that the Kingdom of God and His justice is that
47 II, 0,16 | has with the Kingdom of God.(42)~In spite of having
48 II, 0,16 | the family according to God's plan. ~Christian couples
49 III, 0,17 | family finds in the plan of God the Creator and Redeemer
50 III, 0,17 | should do. The role that God calls the family to perform
51 III, 0,17 | back to the "beginning" of God's creative act, if it is
52 III, 0,17 | in history. And since in God's plan it has been established
53 III, 0,17 | redeemed, in the Kingdom of God. Looking at it in such a
54 III, 0,17 | of and a real sharing in God's love for humanity and
55 III, 1,19 | But in the Lord Christ God takes up this human need,
56 III, 1,19 | directly negates the plan of God which was revealed from
57 III, 1,20 | ultimate truth in the plan that God has manifested in His revelation:
58 III, 1,20 | absolutely faithful love that God has for man and that the
59 III, 1,20 | yes" of the promises of God(53) and thus the supreme
60 III, 1,20 | faithfulness with which God loves His people, so Christian
61 III, 1,20 | the Lord: "What therefore God has joined together, let
62 III, 1,20 | unfailing fidelity with which God and Jesus Christ love each
63 III, 1,21 | the unity of the Church of God. The Christian family constitutes
64 III, 1,21 | family is called by the God of peace to have the joyous
65 III, 1,21 | fullness of communion willed by God, responding in this way
66 III, 1,22 | is, as a living image of God. As the Synod Fathers rightly
67 III, 1,22 | revealed by the word of God: the history of salvation,
68 III, 1,22 | race "male and female,"(64) God gives man and woman an equal
69 III, 1,22 | proper to the human person. God then manifests the dignity
70 III, 1,22 | honors as the Mother of God, calling her the new Eve
71 III, 1,22 | you are all children of God through faith.... There
72 III, 1,23 | responsibilities. The image of God in man and in woman will
73 III, 1,24 | definitively so that the image of God that shines in all human
74 III, 1,25 | sees the fulfillment of God's intention: "It is not
75 III, 1,25 | earth the very fatherhood of God,(73) a man is called upon
76 III, 1,26 | heart of the Kingdom of God: "Let the children come
77 III, 1,26 | stature, and in favor with God and man,"(77) offer their
78 III, 1,27 | demonstrates the interdependence of God's people. The elderly often
79 III, 2,28 | Cooperators in the Love of God the Creator ~28. With the
80 III, 2,28 | own image and likeness, God crowns and brings to perfection
81 III, 2,28 | the gift of human life: "God blessed them, and God said
82 III, 2,28 | God blessed them, and God said to them, 'Be fruitful
83 III, 2,29 | life and of the love of God Himself, the Church knows
84 III, 2,30 | absence in people's hearts of God, whose love alone is stronger
85 III, 2,30 | always a splendid gift of God's goodness. Against the
86 III, 2,31 | That God's Design May Be Ever More
87 III, 2,31 | understanding of it: in this way God's plan will be ever more
88 III, 2,31 | guide for the People of God, is particularly urgent
89 III, 2,32 | and female in the image of God.~In this perspective the
90 III, 2,32 | inseparable connection, willed by God and unable to be broken
91 III, 2,32 | these two meanings that God the Creator has inscribed
92 III, 2,32 | acting as "ministers" of God's plan and they "benefit
93 III, 2,32 | soul and body, strikes at God's creation itself at the
94 III, 2,33 | of mind, filial trust in God and in His grace, and frequent
95 III, 2,33 | sexuality in accordance with God's plan and as a sign of
96 III, 2,34 | and sets forth the plan of God the Creator, for this very
97 III, 2,34 | the human being created by God, it places itself at the
98 III, 2,34 | and binding love whereby God Himself inspires, sustains
99 III, 2,34 | has been called to live God's wise and loving design
100 III, 2,34 | and fostered by the law of God. They must also be supported
101 III, 2,34 | degrees or forms of precept in God's law for different individuals
102 III, 2,34 | individuals and situations. In God's plan, all husbands and
103 III, 2,34 | person is able to respond to God's command with serene confidence
104 III, 2,34 | with serene confidence in God's grace and in his or her
105 III, 2,35 | cooperation with the love of God, the author of human life."(
106 III, 2,36 | couples to participate in God's creative activity: by
107 III, 2,36 | with love and reverence for God and others that a well-rounded
108 III, 2,37 | discerning the signs of God's call, will devote special
109 III, 2,38 | in their participation in God's creating activity, has
110 III, 2,38 | very authority and love of God the Father and Christ the
111 III, 2,38 | bring them up to worship God."(101) ~A vivid and attentive
112 III, 2,38 | of responsibility before God, who calls them and gives
113 III, 2,39 | the growth of a child of God, a brother or sister of
114 III, 2,39 | they may learn to adore God the Father in spirit and
115 III, 2,39 | by reading the word of God with them and by introducing
116 III, 2,40 | parents have been appointed by God Himself as the first and
117 III, 2,41 | members of the one family of God's children. Christian parents
118 III, 2,41 | will be able to experience God's loving and provident fatherhood
119 III, 2,41 | marvelous fruit of the Spirit of God, who opens the eyes of the
120 III, 3,46 | Thus the family, which in God's plan is the basic cell
121 III, 3,47 | to "seek the kingdom of God by engaging in temporal
122 III, 3,47 | according to the plan of God."(113)~The social and political
123 III, 4,49 | building up of the Kingdom of God in history by participating
124 III, 4,49 | proclaiming the word of God, the Church reveals to the
125 III, 4,49 | gift among the People of God."(115) For this reason they
126 III, 4,50 | builds up the Kingdom of God in history through the everyday
127 III, 4,50 | community in dialogue with God, and 3) a community at the
128 III, 4,51 | and Admiring Awareness of God's Plan for the Family ~51.
129 III, 4,51 | which listens to the word of God with reverence and proclaims
130 III, 4,51 | and announcing the word of God: it thus becomes more and
131 III, 4,51 | gratitude the dignity to which God has deigned to raise marriage
132 III, 4,51 | loving covenant between God and man, between Jesus Christ
133 III, 4,51 | to serve the Kingdom of God in the married state.~The
134 III, 4,51 | love. It is the word of God that "reveals" and "fulfills"
135 III, 4,51 | wise and loving plan of God for the married couple,
136 III, 4,51 | the very love with which God Himself loves humanity.
137 III, 4,51 | proclamation of the word of God, it must also be a "profession
138 III, 4,51 | couple and of the family. God, who called the couple to
139 III, 4,51 | circumstances of everyday life, God comes to them, revealing
140 III, 4,51 | obedience to the plan of God on the part of the conjugal
141 III, 4,52 | present society according to God's plan. ~Particularly today,
142 III, 4,52 | virtues of the Kingdom of God and the hope of a blessed
143 III, 4,53 | the vocation received from God. Indeed, the family that
144 III, 4,53 | consecration to the Kingdom of God.~The parents' ministry of
145 III, 4,54 | from childhood to recognize God's love for all people."(
146 III, 4,54 | Community in Dialogue with God ~
147 III, 4,55 | by Him in a dialogue with God through the sacraments,
148 III, 4,56 | jointly to the glory of God."(139) ~Christian spouses
149 III, 4,56 | finally, to give worship to God,"(141) is in itself a liturgical
150 III, 4,56 | liturgical action glorifying God in Jesus Christ and in the
151 III, 4,56 | profess their gratitude to God for the sublime gift bestowed
152 III, 4,56 | family lives the very love of God for people and that of the
153 III, 4,56 | consecrate the world itself to God."(143) ~
154 III, 4,58 | perseverance to the mercy of God, which is abundantly poured
155 III, 4,58 | not only the covenant with God, but also the covenant between
156 III, 4,58 | led to an encounter with God, who is "rich in mercy,"(
157 III, 4,59 | sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ."(149)
158 III, 4,59 | themselves to the glory of God, but also through a life
159 III, 4,59 | circumstances is seen as a call from God and lived as a filial response
160 III, 4,59 | etc.-all of these mark God's loving intervention in
161 III, 4,59 | can be achieved only with God's unceasing aid, which will
162 III, 4,60 | discovery of the mystery of God and to personal dialogue
163 III, 4,60 | to have a knowledge of God, to worship Him and to love
164 III, 4,61 | meditating on the word of God, preparation for the reception
165 III, 4,61 | freedom of the children of God, the Church has always proposed
166 III, 4,63 | beings to accept the word of God in faith, to celebrate and
167 III, 4,63 | life in Christ Jesus"(159) "God's love has been poured into
168 III, 4,63 | service" of love towards God and towards its fellow human
169 III, 4,63 | glory of the children of God (cf. Rom. 8:21). "(162) ~
170 III, 4,64 | To Discover the Image of God in Each Brother and Sister ~
171 III, 4,64 | person and as a child of God.~It should be so especially
172 III, 4,64 | be paid to the image of God in which our neighbor has
173 IV, 1,65 | manifestation of the Kingdom of God.~Therefore, it must be emphasized
174 IV, 1,66 | the total gift of self to God in the vocation to the priestly
175 IV, 1,67 | proclamation of the word of God and a profession of faith
176 IV, 1,68 | obedience to the will of God, an attitude which cannot
177 IV, 1,68 | which cannot exist without God's grace. They have thus
178 IV, 1,68 | intention, they have accepted God's plan regarding marriage
179 IV, 2,71 | establishing of the Kingdom of God in history. This is demanded
180 IV, 3,73 | as to help the People of God to gain a correct sense
181 IV, 3,74 | in their consecration to God. By reason of this consecration, "
182 IV, 3,74 | wonderful marriage made by God, which will be fully manifested
183 IV, 3,74 | generously to the service of God and to the works of the
184 IV, 3,74 | find there the sense of God's presence and gain a taste
185 IV, 3,74 | of the larger family of God.~I would like to add a most
186 IV, 4,81 | light of the Covenant of God with His people; deprivation
187 IV, 4,81 | sacrament. ~The People of God should also make approaches
188 IV, 4,84 | to listen to the word of God, to attend the Sacrifice
189 IV, 4,84 | thus implore, day by day, God's grace. Let the Church
190 IV, 4,84 | will be able to obtain from God the grace of conversion
191 Conclu, 0,86| ultimate reality of the love of God;~to you, upright men and
192 Conclu, 0,86| gives them full knowledge of God's wonderful plan: they therefore
193 Conclu, 0,86| and in the mission that God has entrusted to it. "Yes
194 Conclu, 0,86| its mission in the City of God and in that of man.~The
195 Conclu, 0,86| Family of Nazareth.~Through God's mysterious design, it
196 Conclu, 0,86| that family that the Son of God spent long years of a hidden
197 Conclu, 0,86| and exile. It glorified God in an incomparably exalted
198 Conclu, 0,86| fulfill with joy the plan of God in their regard.~St. Joseph
199 Conclu, 0,86| acceptance of the will of God. May she, the Sorrowful
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