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Gallitzin, Fr. Demetrius:
361-63
Generosity:
25, 317, 449, 455
see also Fruits of the Holy Spirit
Genocide:
396
Gentleness:
196, 209, 317, 434
see also Fruits of the Holy Spirit;
Meekness
Genuflection:
223, 473
Gestures (liturgical signs and symbols):
169, 171, 295, 473
bodily gestures: sign of the Cross,
genuflection, kneeling, and
bowing: 473
Gifts of the Holy Spirit:
108, 205, 207,
209,
513
in Confirmation/Chrismation: 203,
205, 207-11
role in the Christian life: 207-11
see also God; Holy Spirit
Glory:
532
of the angels: 54, 62
of Christ: 14, 18, 31, 47, 95
creation and: 59, 62, 67
God as revealing His: 14, 51
heavens declaring God’s: 3
nature and art glorifying God: 62
Gluttony:
317,
513
see also Capital Sins
Gnosticism:
81,
513
God:
513-14
as abiding in the Church: 112-13
adoration, prayer, and worship of:
342, 347
commandment to adore and
serve Him: 341-42, 345, 347
creation with a view to: 364, 370
Eucharist as the thanksgiving
and praise of (see Eucharist)
in the liturgy: 167, 177
means and instruments for giving
glory and praise to: 299, 301-
2, 365
occasions for: 173-74, 178, 465
prayer: 467-69
Sunday as the Lord’s Day
(see Sunday)
tabernacle and Church as places
favorable for: 115,
529
as beatitude and ultimate end of
man: 237
covenant with Abraham: 14, 18,
113, 149,
508
as Creator: 3-4, 53-55 (see also
Creation)
of all things: 56
cause, reason, and purpose of
creation: 62
of heaven and earth: 53-54
human beings created in His
image: 7, 66-68, 71, 73-74
and the natural law: 321, 335
possibility of knowing the
existence of the Creator: 4-5,
7-8
respect for: 424, 426
universe as made out of nothing:
53, 62
universe destined for the human
family: 54
world as created out of God’s
wisdom and love: 53
definitely revealed as Father by
Jesus: 486
as desiring intimate relationship
with all people: 13, 17, 353
existence of: 4-5, 7-8, 211
as Father (see Father, God as)
gifts of God (see Authority; Eternal
life; Faith; Forgiveness of sins;
Grace; Happiness: human
desire for; Holy Spirit; Israel:
liberation of; Jesus Christ; Love;
Mercy; Prayer; Salvation; Ten
Commandments; Theological
Virtues; Vocation)
goodness of (see Goodness of God)
greatness of: 55, 59, 148
human action toward God
being reconciled to: 70, 74, 86,
92, 235-36, 238-40,
242-45, 328
believing in (see Faith)
consecration to the service of
(see Consecration)
conversion (see Conversion)