CCC 517

Christ's whole life is a mystery of redemption. Redemption comes to us above all through the blood of his cross,¹⁷⁹ Cf. Eph 1:7; Col 1:13-14; 2 Pt 1:18-19. but this mystery is at work throughout Christ's entire life: -already in his Incarnation through which by becoming poor he enriches us with his poverty;¹⁸⁰ Cf. 2 Cor 8:9. - in his hidden life which by his submission atones for our disobedience;¹⁸¹ Cf. Lk 2:51. - in his word which purifies its hearers;¹⁸² Cf. Jn 15:3.- in his healings and exorcisms by which "he took our infirmities and bore our diseases";¹⁸³ Mt 8:17; cf. Is 53:4. - and in his Resurrection by which he justifies us.¹⁸⁴ Cf. Rom 4:25.