The ->CHURCH’s task is to make the kingdom of God, which has already begun with Jesus, germinate and grow in all nations. [763-769, 774-776, 780]
Wherever Jesus went, heaven touched earth: the kingdom of God was inaugurated, a kingdom of peace and justice. The -> CHURCH serves this kingdom of God. She is not an end in herself. She must carry on what Jesus started. She should act as Jesus would act. She continues the sacred signs of Jesus (the -> SACRAMENTS). She hands on Jesus’ words. That is why the Church, for all her weakness, is a formidable bit of heaven on earth.
