
PREFACE: OUR FIRST U.S. BISHOP |
11 |
ABBREVIATIONS |
15 |
INTRODUCTION |
17 |
1 MY SOUL LONGS FOR YOU, O GOD (Ps 42:2) |
29 |
2 GOD COMES TO MEET US |
39 |
3 PROCLAIM THE GOSPEL TO EVERY CREATURE (Mk 16:15) |
49 |
4 BRING ABOUT THE OBEDIENCE OF FAITH |
63 |
5 I BELIEVE IN GOD |
77 |
6 MAN AND WOMAN IN THE BEGINNING |
93 |
7 THE GOOD NEWS: GOD HAS SENT HIS SON |
105 |
8 THE SAVING DEATH AND RESURRECTION OF CHRIST |
117 |
9 RECEIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT (Jn 20:22) |
129 |
10 THE CHURCH:REFLECTING THE LIGHT OF CHRIST |
139 |
11 THE FOUR MARKS OF THE CHURCH |
153 |
12 MARY: THE CHURCH’S FIRST AND MOST PERFECT MEMBER |
169 |
13 OUR ETERNAL DESTINY |
179 |
14 THE CELEBRATION OF THE PASCHAL MYSTERY OF CHRIST |
193 |
15 BAPTISM: BECOMING A CHRISTIAN |
209 |
16 CONFIRMATION: CONSECRATED FOR MISSION |
229 |
17 THE EUCHARIST: SOURCE AND SUMMITOF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE |
241 |
18 SACRAMENT OF PENANCE AND RECONCILIATION: GOD IS RICH IN MERCY |
261 |
19 ANOINTING THE SICK AND THE DYING |
277 |
20 HOLY ORDERS |
289 |
21 THE SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE |
305 |
22 SACRAMENTALS AND POPULAR DEVOTIONS |
321 |
23 LIFE IN CHRIST—PART ONE |
335 |
24 LIFE IN CHRIST—PART TWO |
351 |
25 THE FIRST COMMANDMENT: BELIEVE IN THE TRUE GOD |
367 |
26 THE SECOND COMMANDMENT: REVERENCEGOD’S NAME |
379 |
27 THE THIRD COMMANDMENT: LOVE THE LORD’S DAY |
389 |
28 THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT: STRENGTHEN YOUR FAMILY |
401 |
29 THE FIFTH COMMANDMENT: PROMOTE THE CULTURE OF LIFE |
415 |
30 THE SIXTH COMMANDMENT: MARITAL FIDELITY |
431 |
31 THE SEVENTH: DO NOT STEAL—ACT JUSTLY |
445 |
32 THE EIGHTH COMMANDMENT: TELL THE TRUTH |
457 |
33 THE NINTH COMMANDMENT: PRACTICE PURITY OF HEART |
467 |
34 THE TENTH COMMANDMENT: EMBRACE POVERTY OF SPIRIT |
475 |
35 GOD CALLS US TO PRAY |
489 |
36 JESUS TAUGHT US TO PRAY |
509 |
CONCLUSION: A SOURCE OF MEANING AND HOPE |
527 |
APPENDIX A. GLOSSARY |
531 |
APPENDIX B. TRADITIONAL CATHOLIC PRAYERS |
560 |
APPENDIX C. FOR FURTHER READING |
568 |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS |
571 |
SCRIPTURAL INDEX |
574 |
INDEX |
581 |
TABLE OF CONTENTS |
11 |
PREFACE: OUR FIRST U.S. BISHOP |
11 |
ABBREVIATIONS |
15 |
INTRODUCTION |
17 |
1 MY SOUL LONGS FOR YOU, O GOD (Ps 42:2) |
29 |
2 GOD COMES TO MEET US |
39 |
3 PROCLAIM THE GOSPEL TO EVERY CREATURE (Mk 16:15) |
49 |
4 BRING ABOUT THE OBEDIENCE OF FAITH |
63 |
5 I BELIEVE IN GOD |
77 |
6 MAN AND WOMAN IN THE BEGINNING |
93 |
7 THE GOOD NEWS: GOD HAS SENT HIS SON |
105 |
8 THE SAVING DEATH AND RESURRECTION OF CHRIST |
117 |
9 RECEIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT (Jn 20:22) |
129 |
10 THE CHURCH:REFLECTING THE LIGHT OF CHRIST |
139 |
11 THE FOUR MARKS OF THE CHURCH |
153 |
12 MARY: THE CHURCH’S FIRST AND MOST PERFECT MEMBER |
169 |
13 OUR ETERNAL DESTINY |
179 |
14 THE CELEBRATION OF THE PASCHAL MYSTERY OF CHRIST |
193 |
15 BAPTISM: BECOMING A CHRISTIAN |
209 |
16 CONFIRMATION: CONSECRATED FOR MISSION |
229 |
17 THE EUCHARIST: SOURCE AND SUMMITOF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE |
241 |
18 SACRAMENT OF PENANCE AND RECONCILIATION: GOD IS RICH IN MERCY |
261 |
19 ANOINTING THE SICK AND THE DYING |
277 |
20 HOLY ORDERS |
289 |
21 THE SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE |
305 |
22 SACRAMENTALS AND POPULAR DEVOTIONS |
321 |
23 LIFE IN CHRIST—PART ONE |
335 |
24 LIFE IN CHRIST—PART TWO |
351 |
25 THE FIRST COMMANDMENT: BELIEVE IN THE TRUE GOD |
367 |
26 THE SECOND COMMANDMENT: REVERENCEGOD’S NAME |
379 |
27 THE THIRD COMMANDMENT: LOVE THE LORD’S DAY |
389 |
28 THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT: STRENGTHEN YOUR FAMILY |
401 |
29 THE FIFTH COMMANDMENT: PROMOTE THE CULTURE OF LIFE |
415 |
30 THE SIXTH COMMANDMENT: MARITAL FIDELITY |
431 |
31 THE SEVENTH: DO NOT STEAL—ACT JUSTLY |
445 |
32 THE EIGHTH COMMANDMENT: TELL THE TRUTH |
457 |
33 THE NINTH COMMANDMENT: PRACTICE PURITY OF HEART |
467 |
34 THE TENTH COMMANDMENT: EMBRACE POVERTY OF SPIRIT |
475 |
35 GOD CALLS US TO PRAY |
489 |
36 JESUS TAUGHT US TO PRAY |
509 |
CONCLUSION: A SOURCE OF MEANING AND HOPE |
527 |
APPENDIX A. GLOSSARY |
531 |
APPENDIX B. TRADITIONAL CATHOLIC PRAYERS |
560 |
APPENDIX C. FOR FURTHER READING |
568 |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS |
571 |
SCRIPTURAL INDEX |
574 |
INDEX |
581 |
TABLE OF CONTENTS |
11 |
ABBREVIATIONS |
15 |
INTRODUCTION |
17 |
1 MY SOUL LONGS FOR YOU, O GOD (Ps 42:2) |
29 |
2 GOD COMES TO MEET US |
39 |
3 PROCLAIM THE GOSPEL TO EVERY CREATURE (Mk 16:15) |
49 |
4 BRING ABOUT THE OBEDIENCE OF FAITH |
63 |
5 I BELIEVE IN GOD |
77 |
6 MAN AND WOMAN IN THE BEGINNING |
93 |
7 THE GOOD NEWS: GOD HAS SENT HIS SON |
105 |
8 THE SAVING DEATH AND RESURRECTION OF CHRIST |
117 |
9 RECEIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT (Jn 20:22) |
129 |
10 THE CHURCH:REFLECTING THE LIGHT OF CHRIST |
139 |
11 THE FOUR MARKS OF THE CHURCH |
153 |
12 MARY: THE CHURCH’S FIRST AND MOST PERFECT MEMBER |
169 |
13 OUR ETERNAL DESTINY |
179 |
14 THE CELEBRATION OF THE PASCHAL MYSTERY OF CHRIST |
193 |
15 BAPTISM: BECOMING A CHRISTIAN |
209 |
16 CONFIRMATION: CONSECRATED FOR MISSION |
229 |
17 THE EUCHARIST: SOURCE AND SUMMITOF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE |
241 |
18 SACRAMENT OF PENANCE AND RECONCILIATION: GOD IS RICH IN MERCY |
261 |
19 ANOINTING THE SICK AND THE DYING |
277 |
20 HOLY ORDERS |
289 |
21 THE SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE |
305 |
22 SACRAMENTALS AND POPULAR DEVOTIONS |
321 |
23 LIFE IN CHRIST—PART ONE |
335 |
24 LIFE IN CHRIST—PART TWO |
351 |
25 THE FIRST COMMANDMENT: BELIEVE IN THE TRUE GOD |
367 |
26 THE SECOND COMMANDMENT: REVERENCEGOD’S NAME |
379 |
27 THE THIRD COMMANDMENT: LOVE THE LORD’S DAY |
389 |
28 THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT: STRENGTHEN YOUR FAMILY |
401 |
29 THE FIFTH COMMANDMENT: PROMOTE THE CULTURE OF LIFE |
415 |
30 THE SIXTH COMMANDMENT: MARITAL FIDELITY |
431 |
31 THE SEVENTH: DO NOT STEAL—ACT JUSTLY |
445 |
32 THE EIGHTH COMMANDMENT: TELL THE TRUTH |
457 |
33 THE NINTH COMMANDMENT: PRACTICE PURITY OF HEART |
467 |
34 THE TENTH COMMANDMENT: EMBRACE POVERTY OF SPIRIT |
475 |
35 GOD CALLS US TO PRAY |
489 |
36 JESUS TAUGHT US TO PRAY |
509 |
CONCLUSION: A SOURCE OF MEANING AND HOPE |
527 |
APPENDIX A. GLOSSARY |
531 |
APPENDIX B. TRADITIONAL CATHOLIC PRAYERS |
560 |
APPENDIX C. FOR FURTHER READING |
568 |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS |
571 |
SCRIPTURAL INDEX |
574 |
INDEX |
581 |