 |
 |
Dear Friend,
Welcome to this presentation of the
Catholic Religion.
The home page illustrates Moses kneeling
before God who is calling to him from the Burning Bush. This reminds
us that our relationship with God is based first on a relationship
with "The One Who Saves Us" rather than on teachings or ideas.
The navigation buttons at the bottom
of the page will take you through a sequential approach or you may
explore topics as you wish
One approach would be to answer the
Focus Questions, then go through the catechism, in sequential
fashion and then re-answer the Focus Questions. The information
in this and other catechisms is useful in a number of ways. Even
more important, however, is coming to understand the Biblical stories.
They reveal to us how God interacts with people. Since God always
acts in the same way, one's understanding of the Biblical stories
reveals how God is acting in the life of an individual or community.
The Catechism's Approach:
The word Religion means
to bind or link. So one's religion is meant to help a person grow
in his or her relationship with God and so grow in one's relationship
to neighbor and indeed all of creation.
To be a Christian, Jew,
Muslim, Buddhist or Hindu is to embrace a certain way of SEEING,
CELEBRATING, and LIVING LIFE. The members of different
religions agree on many issues. For instance, each of the above
named religions will teach its members to observe the "Golden
Rule", i.e., "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."
But there are also significant differences among the various Religions,
e.g., in how they teach their members to focus their love and
deal with their suffering.
I am a Christian because
I believe that Jesus Christ, once crucified but now risen, is
the one who most completely reveals to people what God is like
and at the same time teaches them how to respond to God's love
by living life to the full as a human person. I am a Catholic
because I believe that the Catholic Religion is the one that best
enables a person to enter fully into a relationship with the Risen
Christ. I present here, in
summary fashion, the basic teachings of the Catholic Religion.
I do so in a way that seems to have resonated with those wanting
to learn more about the Catholic Religion or review basic Church
teachings. This presentation consists of several sections.
- TheTable of Contents
- How Catholics See,
Celebrate and Live
Life
- An Appendix-dealing with selected
issues
- Focus and Review questions
and answers
- God's Story ~ My Story
A way of reading the Bible,
and
A list of Basic Biblical
Stories
- An Index of Topics
Enjoy exploring them.
Please feel free to visit with me after
Church, call me at (253) 564-5185 or E-mail me at frmike@stcharlesb.org if you
have questions or comments.
May the Risen Christ bless you with his Peace.
Fr. Michael J. McDermott
Pastor
St. Charles Borromeo Parish
Tacoma, WA
|
| |
|
| |
| |
| |
|
