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Catechism› 3.Life in ChristPart 3› 1.Man’s Vocation Life in the SpiritSection 1› 1.The Dignity of the Human PersonChapter 1› 2.Our Vocation to BeatitudeArt. 2› II.The Desire for HappinessII.

CCC 1719

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The Beatitudes reveal the goal of human existence, the ultimate end of human acts: God calls us to his own beatitude. This vocation is addressed to each individual personally, but also to the Church as a whole, the new people made up of those who have accepted the promise and live from it in faith.

In the Compendium: Q361

Read the full chapter 1. The Dignity of the Human Person ¶1700–1876

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