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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