The Christian Faith
This section of the website provides more extended teaching on larger content areas, such as the Creed and the Sacraments. It begins with Introduction·to the Christian Faith. More content will be added in due course.
The section entitled Short Talks comprises stand-alone talks and articles on different aspects of the Christian Faith, including the teaching of Jesus, the seasons of the Church’s Year and Feasts and Festivals.·
Worship and Sacraments
This section in Holy Faith begins by explaining grace and the sacramental principle, before going on to consider the worship and Sacraments of the Church. It forms part of Introduction to the Christian Faith which was originally written as a three-year Catechism course for children; the style and language reflect this fact.
Grace
Original sin
One of the first things we notice in this life is that it is much easier to do wrong than to do right. It is easier to say one’s prayers badly than to say them well, and easier still not to say them at all. It is easier to lose one’s temper than to keep it, to tell a lie sometimes than to speak the truth, and so on. Don’t think that, as we grow up, it becomes any easier to do what is right. If anything, it becomes even more difficult because the older one gets the more opportunities one has of doing wrong and of committing sins.
The sacramental principle
Our Lord’s Ministry
Jesus spent much of his Ministry in doing two things – teaching, and healing sick people. And, just as huge crowds used to follow him in order to listen to his teaching, so wherever he went there were almost always sick people waiting for him as they lay on mattresses by the roadside, or else trying to catch him up in the crowds.