Day 80: Summary of the Mysteries of Christ's Life

"The whole of Christ's life was a continual teaching: his silences, his miracles, his gestures, his prayer, his love for people, his special affection for the little and the poor, his acceptance of the total sacrifice on the Cross for the redemption of the world, and his Resurrection are the actualization of his word and the fulfilment of Revelation"... Christ's disciples are to conform themselves to him until he is formed in them (cf Gal 4:19). "For this reason we, who have been made like to him, who have died with him and risen with him, are taken up into the mysteries of his life, until we reign together with him". CCC 561-562

Today's reading is short, another "In Brief" section summarizing what I've gone over the past few days. Besides the paragraphs quoted above, and those reminding us to be humble and obedient as our divine example Jesus was, I do like how the Catechism speaks about the Transfiguration here:

Christ's Transfiguration aims at strengthening the apostles' faith in anticipation of his Passion: the ascent on to the "high mountain" prepares for the ascent to Calvary. CCC 568

The Catechism Companion, Vol I also gives an interesting book recommendation, which I'll have to get soon:

In his book Salvation: What Every Catholic Should Know, Dr. Michael Barber says that salvation is not merely being saved from hell, although it is that. But salvation is being saved from being un-Christlike. We are saved so that we can conform ourselves to the Lord. We do this through the grace of the sacraments. (p. 164)