I Am a Catholic

I am a Catholic

I believe in our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.  He was conceived through the power of the Holy Spirit, and born of the Virgin Mary, our Blessed Mother.  He suffered and died on the cross, for the redemption of all the sins of mankind.

I am a Catholic

I believe in the Holy Catholic Church, the Mother Church, instituted by Christ himself.  Upon Peter, the rock, He built His Church, and through his Church, and his priests, deacons and bishops, he exercises his authority.

I am a Catholic

I believe in the forgiveness of sins, through the shed blood of Jesus.  His forgiveness is given to us through the Sacrament of Reconciliation, where we confess our wrongdoings to Christ through his priest, and receive His forgiveness through his priest.

I am a Catholic

I believe in Christ's presence in the Holy Eucharist.  At the Last Supper, He commanded his disciples to "Take this, all of you, and eat it.  This is my body, which shall be given up for you" and to "Take this, all of you, and drink from it.  This is a cup of my blood, the blood of the new and everlasting covenant.  It will be shed for you and for all mankind, for the forgiveness of sins."  I believe the bread and wine are His Body and Blood, transubstantiated from the eternal presence of His sacrifice on Calvary, in accordance with His command to eat his flesh and drink his blood, that I may have life within me (John 6:53-56).

I am a Catholic

Because I love Christ with all my heart, and strive to live as he commands me to and to believe in Him with every fiber of my being.

I am a Catholic