This creator-God and giver of everything is an invisible God. He is substantially different from the world. He cannot be reduced to what is visible, to what is perceptible to the senses.

The contemporary person, especially in the context of Western civilization, sees freedom as his very reason for being. His goal for human existence is to achieve maximum autonomy. However, this person cannot fail to perceive that Christ is the embodiment of perfect freedom. A significant thing: the one who repeatedly submits to the will of the Fath

order for God to be known in truth, he must let himself be known by human reason. The human mind is able not only to seek the truth about God through the created world, but also to “listen to the voice of God” above the voice of creatures. Here we touch on a matter that is important for the objective truthfulness of religion. In the human mind lies

the “growth” of this kingdom, which is the ultimate goal and destiny of all creation,

His proper name, according to the answer given to Moses at the foot of Mount Horeb, is: “I am who I am” (cf. Ex 3:14)! This name, according to the theological interpretation of St. Thomas, means the One who is Existence (Esse subsistens—autonomous Existence). God is existence, while all created beings “have” existence.

gift, not self-assertion, is the royal road to human flourishing and ultimately to beatitude.

The inculturation of the Gospel in self-satisfied societies and cultures is never easy.

The Kingdom of God is “already” in the world, in the history of humanity, but “not yet” in its proper dimension.

a new experience of Pentecost, from which the Church would enter its third millennium with revitalized evangelical zeal and a new passion for mission.