Objectives
4 Principal parts of catechism
The Profession of Faith (the Apostles Creed)
We need to practice what we profess in the Apostles Creed in liturgical celebrations. There are 12 truths we believe as the Creed.
The celebration of the Christian mystery (sacred liturgy and specially the sacraments)
The second part of the Catechism explains how God’s salvation, accomplished once for all through Christ Jesus and the Holy Spirit, is made present in the sacred actions of the Church’s liturgy (Section One), especially in the seven sacraments (Section Two)
Life in Christ (including the 10 commandments)
The third part of the Catechism deals with the final end of man created in the image of God: beatitude, and the ways of reaching it – through right conduct freely chosen, with the help of God’s law and grace (Section One), and through conduct that fulfils the twofold commandment of charity, specified in God’s Ten Commandments
Christian prayer (including the Lord’s prayer)
The last part of the Catechism deals with the meaning and importance of prayer in the life of believers (Section One). It concludes with a brief commentary on the seven petitions of the Lord’s Prayer (Section Two), for indeed we find in these the sum of all the good things which we must hope for, and which our heavenly Father wants to grant us