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Fr. Prosper Gueranger, an abbot made a comparison of this with our own soul. "Three distinct
faculties - power, understanding, and will are necessary in perfecting an act. By power, the
soul is enabled to act, but this presupposes understanding and will. In like manner, God the
Almighty Father has made all things by His Power; he has made all things in Wisdom of His
Son, and thereon has stamped His Will by the Holy Spirit: and thus His act is perfected."
It is also said that God created us out of His love; hence He desires to be in communion with
us. In order to communicate with man, He revealed Himself to Abraham, to the Israelites, and
to the prophets; and this revelation reached its climax at the Incarnation (through the
obedience, cooperation, and Marys Fiat), when God the Son took the form of a slave in
obedience to the Father for our mans salvation. When Christ accomplished all these things at
His Cross and Resurrection, He established the Church and sent the Holy Spirit the Paraclete
to guide the Church forever; hence, the Church possesses the Truth and the is the only pillar
and bulwark of the Truth for she is guided by the Holy Spirit, and Christ is her Spouse and
Head.
As members of the Church, we are also called to communicate and to share Christ. Once we
have known our faith, we are told to go forth and proclaim the Gospel. The laity has the
duty as the front liners to build Gods kingdom, to evangelise all men, and to sanctify the
society by living in holiness.