Course 2, Chapter 49: End of our union with Christ, the new Adam, continued

1. Is Christ the model of the exterior life also?

He is the model of the exterior life also; our actions, no less than our thoughts and affections, should be conformable to his, in order that everything in us may bear the image of the heavenly man, as all have borne the image of the terrestrial man.

2. Why are all men obliged to conform their conduct to that of Christ?

All men are obliged to conform their conduct to his, because he is the model of all men, of whom some command and others obey.

3. Ts our Lord the model of superiors?

He is the model of superiors, and his mortal and

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eucharistic life is comprised in these few words: He went about doing good.

4. Is our Lord the model of inferiors?

He is also the model of inferiors, and his mortal and eucharistic life is comprised in these three words: He ivas obedient.

5. Is our Lord also the model of men in the fulfil ment of their duties to God?

He is the model also of men in the fulfilment of their duties to God, and his whole life is comprised in these words: He loved God, his Father, and ivas obedient unto him, even to the death of the cross.

6. Is our Lord the model of men in the discharge of their duties towards their fellow-men?

Our Lord is the model of men in the discharge of their duties towards their fellow-men, and his whole life is comprised in these words: He hath loved us and delivered himself up for us.

7. Is Christ our model in the accomplishment of our duties to ourselves?

He is our model in the accomplishment of our duties to ourselves. He has given us during his mortal life, and still gives us in the Eucharist, an example of humility, purity, and detachment.

8. Is our Lord the model of persons in every age?

He is the model of all ages. In his early infancy he consecrates himself to God, his father, in the temple of Jerusalem; in his youth he labors and is obedient; in his mature age he occupies himself in prayer and for the glory of his father; before dying he gives his last instructions to his apostles, and yields his soul into the hands of his father.

9. Is our Lord the model of different states and conditions?

He is the model of the different states and conditions. As each creature represents some one of the perfections of God, it is his wish that each state shail represent some of his qualities and virtues.

10. How do you explain this by examples?

He wishes that priests should represent his holiness, rulers his authority, the married couple his love for his church, parents his divine paternity, the poor his poverty, virgins his virginity, and those who suffer his virtues in the midst of the persecutions he endured.

11. Is our Lord the model of all our actions?

He is the model of all our actions, and his life is comprised in these words, which ought to be applicable to each one of us: He did all things well.