Basic Catechism FAQs

by Mary Hill, Susan Wallace

Overview

Questions about the Catholic faith? Basic Catechism has answers! Structured around the four pillars of the Catechism of the Catholic Church--creed, sacraments, morality, and prayer--this guide presents the fundamentals of the Catholic faith in a handy Q&A format. This 8th edition of a perennial best-seller is updated to reflect the revised Roman Missal and expanded to incorporate Church teaching on challenges facing the faithful Catholic in today's society.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780819812056
Publisher:	Pauline Books & Media
Publication date:	10/28/2013
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	5.20(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Sister Mary Lea Hill has been sharing her dry wit and offbeat wisdom with the Daughters of St. Paul since 1964. An experienced writer and editor, she has written a number of books including Prayer and You: Wit and Wisdom from a Crabby Mystic and Blest are the Stressed Secrets to a Happy Heart from the Crabby Mystic. Sister Lea currently carries out the Pauline mission in St. Louis, Missouri, and shares her signature humor with the rest of the world on Twitter @crabbymystic.

Sr. Susan Helen Wallace, FSP, (1940-2013) was a Daughter of St. Paul for fifty years. She held master's degrees in theology and journalism and was a prolific writer. Sister Susan Helen had a particular love for the saints and considered Saint Thérèse of Lisieux a personal heavenly friend and intercessor.

Table of Contents

Introductory Note xi

The Profession of Faith 1

How We Know About God 3

What Is God Like? 12

God Our Creator 16

Why Are We on This Earth? 25

God Sends His Son 28

Belief in the Holy Spirit 45

Belief in the Holy Catholic Church 48

The Mystery of the Church 48

Christ's Faithful: Hierarchy, Laity, Consecrated Life 52

Life Everlasting 55

The Celebration of the Christian Mystery 73

The Liturgy 75

The Sacraments: Actions of Jesus 79

Sacraments of Christian Initiation 83

Baptism 83

Confirmation 92

Eucharist 96

Sacraments of Healing 117

Penance and Reconciliation 117

Indulgences 127

Anointing of the Sick 130

Sacraments at the Service of Communion 134

Holy Orders 134

Matrimony 139

Sacramentals 150

Life in Christ 155

The Dignity of the Human Person 157

Conscience 163

Virtue 167

Personal Sin 175

The Ten Commandments 181

First Commandment 183

Second Commandment 190

Third Commandment 194

Fourth Commandment 197

Fifth Commandment 201

Sixth Commandment 211

Seventh Commandment 218

Eighth Commandment 225

Ninth Commandment 231

Tenth Commandment 234

Some Special Duties of Catholic Christians 235

Christian Prayer 241

Prayer: Communication with God 243

The Lord's Prayer 249

The Hail Mary and the Rosary 253

Appendices 255

1 Prayers 257

2 Guidelines for Christian Living 264

3 The Books of the Bible 268

Index 271