When my ten-month-old daughter began to form sounds into words. Among the first of these was “Eeee” when referring to her sister, and “ba-ba” while waving to someone who is leaving. For me, she ironically chose “Abba” (her version of ‘dada” at this point) – which ironically, is the same term Jesus used when speaking […]
YouCat: The Christian Profession of Faith
At Mass each Sunday, following the homily, we are invited to stand and profess the Creed. In Canada, it is customary to recite the Apostle’s Creed – the shorter, older form of the creed which is thought to be the summary of faith of the Apostles. This Creed is professed in many other Christian Churches […]
YouCat: We Respond to God
In the first few posts about YouCat, we saw that we have been created to exist in relationship with God, that He’s given us the ability to hear His voice, and He makes the first step towards us. The question is, how do we answer? Simply put, this response is what we call faith. “To respond to God […]
YouCat: God Approaches Us
Eight and a half years ago, as she stood by her car on a busy Edmonton street (politely waiting for me to say good-bye), I stammered to the woman who would someday become my wife “We should talk, sometime.” Gratefully, it was the last time I would ask a girl out on a first date […]
YouCat: Man is Receptive to God
It’s been a little more than twelve years since I got my first cell phone – the Motorola Microtac 650 (it was anything but micro.) I remember two things about this phone: first, that it was practically indestructible (it survived full submersion in a bucket of water and still worked well), and secondly that the […]
YouCat: Why Are We able to believe?
You have made us for Yourself, oh Lord, and our hearts are restless until they rest in you. -St. Augustine Very few people understand the idea of restlessness as we’ll as Augustine did. In addition to being a womanizer, he could drink and party with the best of them. But his pleasure-seeking, popularity, and comfortable […]