St. John Vianney Catholic Church
Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults
A Journey of Faith
RCIA
WEEK 9:
Our Response to
God: Faith / The
Creeds
Catechism
of the Catholic Church 167:
"I believe" (Apostles' Creed) is the faith of the
Church professed personally by each believer, principally during Baptism.
"We believe" (Niceno-Constantinopolitan
Creed) is the faith of the Church confessed by the bishops assembled in council
or more generally by the liturgical assembly of believers. "I
believe" is also the Church, our mother, responding to God by faith as she
teaches us to say both "I believe" and "We believe."
Catechism
of the Catholic Church 176:
“Faith is a
personal adherence of the whole man to God who reveals himself. It involves an
assent of the intellect and will to the self-revelation God has made through
his deeds and words.”
Catechism
of the Catholic Church 179:
“Faith is a
supernatural gift from God. In order to believe, man needs the interior helps
of the Holy Spirit.”
MEDITATION: Why doesn’t God just show himself directly
and obviously to us so that we could more easily believe in him? Why does the modern culture often seem closed
to the possibility of faith in God?
“It is faith we want. Ask God to open the eyes of your heart.” -- St. John Vianney