CCC 1138

"Recapitulated in Christ," these are the ones who take part in the service of the praise of God and the fulfillment of his plan: the heavenly powers, all creation (the four living beings), the servants of the Old and New Covenants (the twenty-four elders), the new People of God (the one hundred and forty-four thousand),⁴ Cf. Rev 4- 5; 7:1-8; 14:1; Isa 6:2-3. especially the martyrs "slain for the word of God," and the all-holy Mother of God (the Woman), the Bride of the Lamb,⁵ Rev 6:9-11; Rev 21:9; cf. 12. and finally "a great multitude which no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes, and peoples and tongues."⁶ Rev 7:9.