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Rome teaches that Jesus does the will of the Father.

The Catechism states this over and over again. Paragraph 541 states: “To carry out the will of the Father Christ inaugurated the kingdom of heaven on earth.” Paragraph 555 states: “Christ’s Passion is the will of the Father: the Son acts as God’s servant.” Paragraph 2600 states: “Jesus’ prayer before the events of salvation that the Father has asked him to fulfill is a humble and trusting commitment of his human will to the loving will of the Father.” Paragraph 2620 states: “Often done in solitude and in secret, the prayer of Jesus involves a loving adherence to the will of the Father even to the Cross and an absolute confidence in being heard.”

The Catechism further instructs that Jesus always does what is pleasing to the Father. Paragraph 1693 states: “Christ Jesus always did what was pleasing to the Father, and always lived in perfect communion with him.” Paragraph 2740 states: “The heart of the Son seeks only what pleases the Father.” Paragraph 2824 states: “In Christ, and through his human will, the will of the Father has been perfectly fulfilled once for all. Jesus said on entering into this world: “Lo, I have come to do your will, O God.” Only Jesus can say: “I always do what is pleasing to him.” In the prayer of his agony, he consents totally to this will: “not my will, but yours be done.” For this reason Jesus “gave himself for our sins to deliver us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father.” Paragraph 2825 states: “United with Jesus and with the power of his Holy Spirit, we can surrender our will to him and decide to choose what his Son has always chosen: to do what is pleasing to the Father.”