The pope continued his catechesis series on the documents of the Second Vatican Council at Wednesday\u2019s general audience.<\/p>\n
Pope Leo XIV said Wednesday that the grandeur of the Incarnation cannot be reduced to viewing Jesus as a mere messenger of \u201cintellectual truths,\u201d but must be received as God\u2019s full embrace of the human condition \u2014 including Christ\u2019s \u201ctrue and integral humanity.\u201d<\/p>\n
Speaking at his general audience on Jan. 21 in the Paul VI Hall, the pope said that divine revelation is not primarily a set of abstract ideas but a living encounter in which God gives himself to humanity and invites a relationship of communion.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have seen that God reveals himself in a dialogue of covenant,\u201d the pope said, \u201ca relational knowledge, which not only communicates ideas, but shares a history and calls for communion in reciprocity.\u201d<\/p>\n
Continuing a catechesis cycle on Dei Verbum, the Second Vatican Council’s Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation, Leo XIV emphasized that believers come to know God by entering into Jesus\u2019 own relationship with the Father through the action of the Holy Spirit. <\/p>\n
Pope Leo continues his catechesis on the documents of Vatican II, concentrating his focus on Dei Verbum, the Council\u2019s document on Divine Revelation, reminding us that the Incarnation is the fulfilment of God\u2019s revelation of himself. \u201cThe Son,\u201d the Pope said, \u201cthrough his\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/Wh1tZLmGJT<\/p>\n
Wednesday’s talk was part of a longer series on the documents of Vatican II which the pope began earlier this month.<\/p>\n
\u201cJesus reveals the Father to us by involving us in his own relationship with Him,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The pontiff highlighted that in Christ, God not only discloses who he is, but also reveals who we are. \u201cIn Christ, God has communicated himself to us,\u201d he said, and \u201che has manifested to us our true identity as his children.\u201d<\/p>\n
Leo XIV underlined that the integrity of Christ\u2019s humanity is essential to understanding revelation: \u201cGod\u2019s truth is not fully revealed where it takes something away from the human,\u201d he said, adding that \u201cthe integrity of Jesus\u2019 humanity does not diminish the fullness of the divine gift.\u201d<\/p>\n
The pope also stressed that salvation is not limited to the paschal mystery understood in isolation, but is bound up with Christ\u2019s whole person and presence: the Lord \u201cwho becomes incarnate, is born, heals, teaches, suffers, dies, rises again and remains among us.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pointing to the believer\u2019s confidence grounded in Christ, Leo XIV said that following Jesus \u201cto the very end\u201d leads to the certainty that nothing can separate humanity from God\u2019s love, echoing St. Paul\u2019s assurance: \u201cIf God is for us, who is against us?\u201d<\/p>\n
This story was first published by ACI Prensa, the Spanish-language sister service of EWTN News. It has been translated and adapted by EWTN News English.<\/p>\n