The History of Salvation: God's Saving Plan
Here are the catecheses on the history of salvation which Pope Saint John Paul II gave us at the Wednesday General Audiences between November 1997 & March 2001. They followed on from JPII's Catechesis on Mary and preceded those on the Divine Office, Bible Readings.
There were 119 catechesis in this cycle:
Salvation History
1 Introduction to the Jubilee
2 In the beginning was the Word)
3 Christ in the history of humanity that preceded him
4 The Incarnation, entrance of eternity into time
5 The time of the Gospel
6 Jesus' "hour" is time of human salvation
7 Jesus gave his life as a ransom for many
8 The Son of God brings the fullness of salvation
9 Salvation carried out in history
10 Faith in Christ
11 Baptism, the foundation of Christian existence
12 The one Baptism of the Christian community
13 The final coming of Christ
14 Mary, Mother
15 Mary, model and guide in faith
The Holy Spirit
16 The Spirit is gradually revealed in Scripture
17 Spirit is source of new and eternal life
18 The Holy Spirit's role in the Incarnation
19 The role of the Spirit in the baptism and public life of Jesus
20 The Spirit's presence in the Paschal Mystery
21 The Holy Spirit gives birth to the Church
22 The Gospel is preached in the power of the Spirit
23 The Holy Spirit enlivens and animates the Church
24 The Holy Spirit sanctifies us
25 The Holy Spirit as the source of Communion
26 The Spirit is the source of ministries
27 The Spirit acts in all creation and history
28 Creation must be a dwelling place of peace
29 Created in the divine image and likeness
30 The Holy Spirit is the source of true freedom
31 Seeds of truth are found in other religions
32 The Spirit is active wherever the truth is sought
33 In the Spirit we read the "signs of the times"
34 Confirmation perfects baptismal grace
35 Confirmation seals us with the gift of the Spirit
36 The Spirit bestows the gift of transcendant life
37 Life in the Spirit transcends even death
38 Our bodies will share in the Resurrection
39 The Holy Spirit is the source of hope
40 Signs of hope at the end of this century
41 Spirit leads Church on path of renewal
42 We await new heavens and a new earth
43 Mary's motherhood is linked to the Spirit
God the Father
44 On pilgrimage to the Father's house
45 God gradually reveals his fatherhood
46 God shows himself a father to Israel
47 Jesus' experience of God as Father
48 Jesus' relationship with the Father
49 Eternal life means knowing the Father
50 God the Father's providential love
51 God the Father's love is demanding
52 Christian response to modern atheism
53 Dialogue is part of Church's saving mission
54 Jews and Christians share much together
55 Muslims and Christians adore the one God
56 Dialogue with the great world religions
57 Humanity's journey to the Father
58 Believers in Christ need not fear death
59 The merciful nature of God's judgement
60 Heaven is fullness of communion with God
61 Hell is the state of those who reject God
62 Purgatory is a necessary purification
63 Salvation is humanity's ultimate destiny
64 Fight evil and sin
65 Personal sin has repercussions on society
66 Church asks pardon for her members' sins
67 Jesus reveals the Father's merciful face
68 Penance: encounter with the merciful Father
69 Reconciliation with God and one another
70 Indulgences are an expression of God's mercy
71 God's essence is a mystery of infinite love
72 Charity is a response to God's call to love
73 Love is the greatest of all the Spirit's gifts
74 The Church's preferential love for the poor
75 Reducing international debt
76 Commitment to promoting women's dignity
77 Society depends on stable families
78 Building a civilization of love
79 Mary, the Father's beloved daughter
80 Mary cooperates in God's saving plan
The Trinity
81 The Trinity: fountain of love and light
82 The Trinity is mysteriously present in creation
83 The glory of the Trinity is revealed in history
84 The Incarnation reveals the glory of the Trinity
85 The Holy Trinity is revealed at Jesus' Baptism
86 The promise of Tabor is fulfilled at Easter
87 Christ's passion reveals the glory of the Trinity
88 The Trinity is present at Christ's Resurrection
89 The glory of the Trinity in Christ's Ascension
90 Pentecost involves the three Divine Persons
91 The glory of the Trinity present in living human beings
92 The Trinity in the life of the Church
93 Glory of the Trinity in the heavenly Jerusalem
94 God always goes in search of us
95 God satisfies our longing for his presence
96 God reveals himself in nature
97 The decisive meeting with Christ, the Word made flesh
98 God continually calls us to repentance
99 The way Christ taught is demanding
100 Christians are enlivened by the Holy Spirit
101 The gift of the Spirit
The Eucharist and the Kingdom
102 The Eucharist is a celebration of divine glory
103 The Eucharist: memorial of God's mighty work
104 The Eucharist is perfect sacrifice of praise
105 The Eucharist, banquet of communion with God
106 The Eucharist, a taste of eternity in time
107 Eucharist is sacrament of the Church's unity
108 Word, Eucharist and divided Christians
109 Love binds all Christian communities
110 God the Father offers salvation to all nations
111 All are called to build God's kingdom
112 God entrusted the earth to our stewardship
113 God made man the steward of creation
114 A future more worthy of the human person
115 We look to new heavens and new earth
116 The Church, a bride adorned for her husband
117 All creation will be recapitulated in Christ
118 Mary, eschatological icon of the Church
119 Mary leads us on a pilgrimage of faith