28. “Let the Creed be a mirror for you.” –St. Augustine

“Let the Creed be a mirror for you.” –St. Augustine

YOUCAT Catechism + Catechism of the Catholic Church Lesson 28

Ave Maria Series

28.  What does the Apostles’ Creed say?

I believe in God, the Father almighty, Creator of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried; he descended into hell; on the third day he rose again from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of God the Father almighty; from there he will come to judge the living and the dead.  I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting.  Amen.

The children of Julia and Charles Brown singing to welcome their visiting great Aunt Margaret seen at left.  …..28

“Let the Creed be like a mirror for you.  Look at yourself in it to see whether you really believe all that you claim to believe.  And rejoice every day in your faith.”  St. Augustine (354-430)

“No man lives alone, no man believes alone.  God speaks his word to us and in speaking it calls us together, creates a community, his people, his Church.  After the return of Jesus to his Father, the Church is the sign of his presence in the world.”  St. Basil the Great (Bishop, 5^th century)

"I BELIEVE IN GOD THE FATHER ALMIGHTY, CREATOR OF HEAVEN AND EARTH"

I BELIEVE IN GOD THE FATHER

198  Our profession of faith begins with God, for God is the First and the Last (see Isaiah 44:6),¹ the beginning and the end of everything. The Credo begins with God the Father, for the Father is the first divine person of the Most Holy Trinity; our Creed begins with the creation of heaven and earth, for creation is the beginning and the foundation of all God's works. --Catechism of the Catholic Church, Second Edition

199  "I believe in God": this first affirmation of the Apostles' Creed is also the most fundamental. The whole Creed speaks of God, and when it also speaks of man and of the world it does so in relation to God. The other articles of the Creed all depend on the first, just as the remaining Commandments make the first explicit. The other articles help us to know God better as he revealed himself progressively to men. "The faithful (people) first profess their belief in God (Roman Catechism, I, 2,2)."²--CCC