Meeting God the Father
Catechesis on GOD THE FATHER by Saint John Paul II
This resource puts together a series of General Audiences that Saint John Paul II delivered between December 1998 and December 1999 on God the Father. This Catechesis was done in preparation for the Jubilee of the year 2000, and was done with the intension of ” expanding the horizons of the believer according to the very perspective of Christ: the perspective of the “Father who is in heaven” (cf. Mt 5:45), from whom he was sent and to whom he returned (cf. Jn 16:28 )” (Millenium Tertio, n. 49).
A Pilgrimage to the Father’s House – December 16, 1998
God Gradually Reveals His Fatherhood – January 13, 1999
God Shows Himself a Father to Israel – January 20, 1999
The Merciful and Forgiving Love of the Father – February 17, 1999
Jesus’ Experience of God as Father and His Intimate Relationship with Him – March 3, 1999
Jesus’ Relationship with the Father, Which Reveals the Mystery of the Trinity – March 10, 1999
Jesus’ Living Knowledge of God the Father – March 17, 1999
God the Father’s Providential Love – March 24, 1999
God the Father’s Love is Demanding – April 7, 1999
Christian Response to Modern Atheism – April 14, 1999
Dialogue is Part of Church’s Saving Mission – April 21, 1999
Collaboration of Christians and Jews Should Proclaim God’s Saving Plan for all Humanity – April 28, 1999
Dialogue with Muslims: “Together with Us Adore the One, Merciful God” – May 5, 1999
Dialogue with the Great World Religions – May 19, 1999
Humanity’s Journey to the Father – May 26, 1999
Passing Through Death to Meet the Father – June 2, 1999
The Merciful Nature of God’s Judgment – July 7, 1999
Heaven: A Living, Personal Relationship with the Holy Trinity – July 21, 1999
Hell: Personal and Free Rejection of the Father’ s Love – July 28, 1999
Purgatory: Purification in Preparation for Full Beatitude – August 4, 1999
The Christian Life: A Pilgrimage to the House of the Father – August 11, 1999
Conversion and Deliverance from Evil – August 18, 1999
Conversion and the Meaning of Personal and Social Sin – August 25, 1999
Conversion and the Recognition of Historical Sin – September 1, 1999
Conversion, Forgiveness, and the Father’s Mercy – September 8, 1999
Reconciliation and the Journey to the Father – September 15, 1999
Reconciliation is the Father’s Gift – September 22, 1999
Jesus: the Great “Indulgence” of the Father – September 29, 1999
The Father: Mystery of Infinite Charity – October 6, 1999
Love of God and True Christian Charity – October 13, 1999
Love of God Entails Love of Neighbor – October 20, 1999
Love of God and Preferential Love for the Poor – October 27, 1999
The Fatherhood of God and the Dignity of Women – November 24, 1999
Rediscovering the Family in the Light of Divine Fatherhood – December 1, 1999
God the Father: Source Upon Which We Build a Civilization of Love – December 15, 1999
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