Catechism Corner

Hello and welcome to lesson three where we are unlocking the truths that we find in the Baltimore Catechism. In particularly we will be studying the subject, The unity, and Trinity of God. Many of us adults try to wrap our brain around this great mystery of our faith, this supernatural divine mystery.

Now the overarching theme in this lesson will be how can you and I know about God? There are two ways that we can come to know about God. Actually, there are many, but we're going to start with just these first two. The first one is through faith, and the second way is through reason....

The Baltimore Catechism says that He's an infinitely perfect spirit and that there's no limit to his perfections or attributes or good qualities. When we say that God is pure spirit, what are we saying?

So the title of our lesson is the purpose of man's existence. And I really think that this is both a fitting and necessary lesson to start with. Now it's a good lesson to start out with for two reasons first because the end of the thing is the purpose for which it was made. And the second reason why this lesson is important is because of the state of the world right now, with all the division, the confusion, fear, anxiety.

This lesson is going to serve as an introduction to the Baltimore catechism number two. I want you to stay with me here, because I know that some of your eyes might've just glazed over, because if you're anything like me, when we hear the word catechism, we might think of school. But remember, the more that we know someone, the more that we can love them, and this is even more true for God. The more that we know God, the more that we love him. And by loving him, we can better serve Him who made us.

The Love Of God

The foundation for our catholic faith is God's unchanging love for us. "Let us therefore love God, because God first hath loved us." (1 John 4:19). Our faith needs to be founded firmly upon the fact - that all of God's dealings with us are based upon His love.

Faith in the most simplistic and basic terms means reaching out our hand and receiving what God is offering us. What is faith? Faith is our hand reaching up to take that help that forgiveness, that strength and those blessings from God's hands.

It has been observed that the home is the foundational stone upon which is built the Church, the community and the nation. It is also true the husband/father’s heart has a profound influence on the quality of the home. Thus ultimately, all institutions are influenced by how men walk with God.

When a husband chooses to bring the Word and the mysteries of the rosary consistently into everyday life, God changes lives.

Taking care of a responsibility in bread winning and homemaking without succumbing to materialism and greed.

I want to focus on the word "redeemed." That is part of the heart and soul of Catholicism, redemption. The Churches message is a message of redemption. When we present the gospel, we should present it with redemption being the center of our presentation. It's one of the great words, it's one of the great titles of Christ, Christ our Redeemer. The question is whether or not we really understand the fullness of the word redemption.