In Brief

With Job, the just man, we confess: “I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted.”1

Faithful to the witness of Scripture, the Church often addresses her prayer to the “almighty and eternal God” (“omnipotens sempiterne Deus …”), believing firmly that “nothing will be impossible with God.”2

God shows forth his almighty power by converting us from our sins and restoring us to his friendship by grace. “God, you show your almighty power above all in your mercy and forgiveness …”3.

If we do not believe that God’s love is almighty, how can we believe that the Father could create us, the Son redeem us and the Holy Spirit sanctify us?