August 8, 2010 – Catechism 436-440

“Christ” being read as anointed is something I didn’t realize.  And not only anointed, but the anointed one.  Then reading some of the scriptures it gives and exchanging Christ or Messiah with Anointed gives a new vision.   John 1:41: He first found his brother Simon, and said to him, "We have found the Messiah”.  Matthew 2:4 and assembling all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ was to be born.  And when you see the name Jesus Christ, what does that say.  The Anointed One sent by God to Save or that Will Save.  Just something that is great about the Catechism in breaking things down like this.  How many times do we say Jesus Christ as a name, granted the holiest of names, but not knowing the meaning given to the name.  And know that people of Jesus’ time would not have missed the definition of the name.