The Creed: 20 Years Ago

At every Sunday Mass, we recite the Nicene Creed.  As part of preparing to complete my initiation into the Catholic Church, it was only fitting that I would spend time studying this statement of faith.

It was the subject of the monthly COnfirmation meeting 20 years ago this evening.

There was great value in studying these words we recite as a community at Mass.  The history of it offers so much context.

Many questions arose in the early Church about Who Christ is.  The Council at Nicaea in 325 helped answer those questions definitively.  We realize that God is our Father, and Jesus Christ is the Son Who made God known to us through His actions on Earth, especially the Paschal Mystery.  The Holy Spirit continues to sustain that work in us, bringing us alive as the Church.