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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
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