Catechism of the Catholic Church

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priestly vocation of the People of God, 784 to seek God, 30 society should permit each of its members to fulfill his, 1907, 2461 Voice

intercession of the saints as a help to human, 956, 1053 mystery of God’s apparent powerlessness, 272 Wedding at Cana, 1613, 2618 feast in the Kingdom, 1027, 1335 of the Lamb, 1244, 1329, 1602, 1612, 1642, 2618 mystical betrothal, 923 Widow , 922, 1537, 1672, 2349 Wife. See Marriage Will of God, 51, 294‑95, 541, 2059, 2822 ( see also God; Christ) of man man’s mastery of, 1734, 1809 morality of human acts and, 1755 passions and, 1767‑68 sin and, 1853 virtue and, 1834 Wine conversion of wine into Christ’s blood, 1375‑76, 1413 ( see also Transubstantiation) sign of bread and wine in the Eucharist, 1333‑35 See also Vine Wisdom of God Christ crucified as, 272

of conscience ( see Conscience) of God the Father ( see God)

Vow (Religious) definition of, 2102

dispensation from, 2103 exemplary value of, 2103 Wage death as the wages of sin, 1006 Wage, just , 2434 War

arms, 2314, 2316 arms race, 2315 duty to avoid, 2307‑08 economic and social injustices and inequalities as causes of, 2317 just, 2309 obligation to resist unjust orders, 2313 peace and absence of, 2304 permanence of the moral law during armed conflict, 2312‑13 Way(s) of Christ, 1696‑97 of the cross, 1674, 2669 of God’s plan, 778 Gospel parable of the two, 1696 Jesus as the, 459, 846, 2664, 2674 of the Kingdom, 1967 missionary paths, 852 of Providence, 314 Weakness the Holy Spirit as a help to human, 741, 2630 human weakness also in the ordained ministries, 1550 and Jesus, 517, 540, 1505, 2602 and the manifestation of divine power, 268, 1508 and the sacraments of Christian initiation, 978, 1264, 1426

creatures reflect a ray of, 339, 369 God created according to, 295, 299 God’s truth as wisdom, 216 man participates in God’s wisdom, 1954 moral law as the work of, 1950 as an emanation of God’s power, 2500 as a gift from God, 283, 1303, 1831

of man

Witness of Christians, 2506

duty of bearing, 1816, 2087, 2471 of education in the faith, 2226

effects of, 30 of faith, 2472