• always been a part of

human history.

• a person’s constant
companion .

• a disclosure of oneself.

• perpetuates the ideas and

feelings of the composer
and influence the
formation of values.
 Just like composers of
music who bare their
heart and soul to the
listeners, God makes use
of ways that led His
people to discover:
 God out of His
infinite love for
humankind
decided to make
Himself known to
humankind.
 Latin

revelare which
means to lift the veil, to
disclose, to uncover.
“God’s personal loving communication
to us of who He is and His plan to save
us all in His love.”

It is God’s reaching out to us in

friendship, so we get to know and love
Him

(CFC 101)
The Ultimate purpose
of God’s free act of
self-disclosing to us is
nothing else but our
salvation.
 God’s capability of limiting
himself in human words is in
itself a manifestation of his
greatness.
Use of words is an affirmation of the
human need to reach out to others.
Functions of
INFORMATIVE
we speak to merely tell
something or just to converse
EXPRESSIVE
we speak to disclose our
deepest feelings
APELLATIVE
we speak to be reciprocated,
begging for a response
We’ve been together
for four years now.
In all those four years,
I’ve seen all the colors
of life, and I realized
how everything
suddenly becomes
beautiful when you’re
around.
I am so in love with I cannot promise you
you, that I cannot wealth, but I
anymore imagine a life promise you my
apart from you. forever.
Will you marry me?
 With his whole being
man gives his assent to God the revealer.
CCC 143
“Word of God” in Hebrew
term “dabar” means
“word” and also “event”
or “reality”
The person
of Jesus
• The events in Salvation History
• The message of God proclaimed through the
prophet
• The person of Jesus, who himself is the Word
of God
• The preaching of the Christian Faith
• The general message of God to humanity
• The Bible
God’s revelation is an invitation for us to KNOW Him
more clearly, LOVE Him more deeply and WORSHIP
Him more sincerely.

It entails reading the Bible

Practice the virtue of Charity

Respond to His act of

revealing Himself.