Catechism of the Catholic Church, Simplified

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Table of Contents (Short Version)

Prologue

• Three Truths (1-25)
• God Comes Close to Man in Jesus (1-3)
• Catechesis - The Making of Disciples (4-5)
• Previous Catechisms (6-10)
• Presenting an Organic Synthesis (11-12)
• The Four Pillars (13)
• PART ONE: THE PROFESSION OF FAITH (14)
• PART TWO: THE SACRAMENTS OF FAITH (15)
• PART THREE: THE LIFE OF FAITH (16)
• PART FOUR: PRAYER IN THE LIFE OF FAITH (17)
• Practical Directions for Using This Simplified Version (18-22)
• Need for Adaptations (23-25)

Part One: the Profession of Faith (26-1065)

Man's Capacity for God

• I Believe (26)
• Called to Search for God (27-28)
• Inhibiting Factors (29-30)
• Proofs for God's Existence (31-32)
• Proofs from within the Person (33)
• The Power of Reason (35)
• Reason's Power and Limits (36-38)
• The Limits of Human Language (39-40)
• Describing God (41-43)

God Comes to Man

• Beyond Human Knowledge (50)
• God Wants Man to Come Near in Jesus (51-53)
• Revelation Not Destroyed by Sin (54-55)
• Salvation to People Groups (56-58)
• Gathered Together in Abraham (59-61)
• From Moses to the Prophets (62-64)

Christ Jesus - Fullness of All Revelation

• God's Final and Complete Word (65-66)
• Private Revelations (67)
• Intact and Transmitted (74-75)
• Two Forms (76)
• The Bishops and Tradition (77-79)
• Same Source and Goal (80)
• Two Modes - Scripture and Tradition (81-82)
• What the Apostles Learned (83)

Interpretation of the Faith Heritage

• Faithful to the Teaching (84)
• An Authentic in terpretation (85-87)
• Dogmas - Proposed Truths (88-90)
• Inability to Err (91-93)
• Ways of Growing in Faith (94-95)
• God Uses Words to Speak (101-104)
• Written by God (105)
• Who Used Human Authors (106-108)

The Holy Spirit - Interpreter of Scripture

• Attentiveness and Study Needed (109-110)
• Three Criteria (111-114)
• Three Spiritual Senses (115-119)

The Canon of Scripture

• Seventy-Three Inspired Books (120)
• Permanent Value of Old Testament (121-123)
• Gospels - The Heart of the New Testament (124-125)
• Three Stages of Formation (126-127)
• Old and New - Light for Each Other (128-130)
• Life in God's Word (131-133)

Man's Response to God

• Faith and Obedience (142-144)
• Abraham (145-146)
• Jesus - The Perfecter (147)
• Mary - The Purest Realization (148-149)
• A Unique, Personal Adherence (150)

Characteristics of Faith

• To the Beloved Son (151)
• And to the Spirit (152)
• A Free Gift (153)
• Intellect Assenting to Truth (154-155)
• God Supplies Motives (156)
• Greater Than Human Light (157)
• Seeking to Understand (158)
• Faith and Science (159)
• Freely Chosen Yet Required (160-161)
• Can Be Lost (162)
• Will Be Tested (163-165)

We Believe

• Receiving Faith from Others (166-167)
• The Church's Faith (168-169)
• The Need for Formulas (170-171)
• Transmitting the One Faith (172-175)

The Creeds

The Apostles Creed

The Nicene Creed

• The Need for Creeds (185-186)
• Various Names (187-190)
• Articles of Faith (191)
• Numerous Creeds (192-193)
• The Two Special Creeds (194-197)

God the Father Almighty

• God - Father - Creation (198)
• First Truth - God (199)
• God is One (200-201)
• No Division (202)
• The Name Revealed (203-204)

The Living God

• The God of History (205)
• The Mysterious Name (206-207)
• Awe and Respect (208-209)
• God - Forgiving and Merciful (210-211)
• No Beginning or End (212-213)

"He Who Is"

• God is Love (214)
• God is Truth (215-217)
• God's Motive is Love (218-221)
• Our Duties (222-227)
• Faith in the Trinity (232-233)
• The Central Mystery (234)
• Three Aspects (235)
• Inner Life and Exterior Work (236-237)

Revealed as Trinity

• Two Meanings of Father (238-239)
• Jesus' Unique Revealing (240-242)
• The Revealing of the Spirit (243-245)
• Relationship to Father and Son (246)
• Different Formulas (247-248)

Teaching of the Faith

• Root of Faith (249)
• Three Important Terms (250-252)
• One God (253)
• Distinct Persons (254)
• Based on Relationships (255-256)

The Trinitarian Missions

• God's Plan Unfolds (257)
• The Work of All Three (258)
• Revealing Each Person (259)
• Inviting All (260)

Almighty

• His Almighty Power (268-269)
• A Fatherly Care (270-271)
• God's Mysterious Ways (272-274)

Creation of Heaven and Earth

• The First Act of Creation (279-281)

Catechesis on Creation

• Finding Our Origins (282-283)
• Questions Beyond Science (284)
• Challenges to Faith (285)
• Responses (286)
• Need for Revelation (287-288)
• First Three Chapters (289)

The Work of the Trinity

• Three Truths (290)
• The Work of Three Persons (291-292)
• Manifesting and Communicating the Glory (293-294)

The Mystery of Creation

• Freely Willed by God (295)
• Starting from Nothing (296-297)
• Beyond Bodily Life (298)
• Sharing in God's Goodness (299)
• Above Yet Present (300)
• Bringing to Completion (301)

Divine Providence

• Creation's Destiny (302-305)
• Inviting Us to Cooperate (306-308)
• Why is There Evil? (309)
• A World "In a State of Journeying" (310)
• Moral Evil (311)
• Good from Evil (312-314)
• Heaven and Earth (325-327)
• Angels (328-330)
• With Christ (331)
• Activity in Scripture (332-333)
• Their Work Now (334-336)

The Visible World

• Six Days of Work (337-338)
• Dependent and Diverse (339-341)
• Man at the Summit (342-343)
• Day of Rest (344-348)
• Eighth Day (349)

Man in God's Image

• The Four Aspects of Man (355)
• The Dignity of God's Image - The Human Person (356-357)
• All for Man (358)
• United in Christ (359-361)

Body and Soul - Truly One

• Man - Body and Soul (362-363)
• In God's Image (364)
• Only One Nature (365-368)

Male and Female

• Equality of Man and Woman (369-370)
• Made for Each Other (371-373)
• Created in Original Harmony (374-376)
• In Control and in the Garden (377-379)
• The Source of Evil (385)

Sin and Grace

• Understanding Sin (386-387)
• Adam and Christ (388-389)
• Human History and the Fall (390)
• A Prior Fall - Satan (391)
• A Free Irrevocable Choice (392-393)
• Disastrous Influence (394-395)

Original Sin

• Man's Need to Be Tested (396)
• The First Sin (397)
• What They Lost (398-399)
• A History of Sin (400-401)
• Everyone Affected (402-403)
• Transmission of Effects (404)
• Deprived of Our Heritage (405)
• Two Errors (406)
• Today's Battle (407)
• A Battlefield Due to Sin (408-409)
• A Promised Victory (410-411)
• Why Was Sin Permitted? (412)

Jesus Christ, His Only Son Born of Mary

• Jesus - God's Gift in Time's Fullness (422-424)
• Preached by Eyewitnesses (425)
• Seeing God's Plan in Christ (426-428)
• Four Parts (429)

His Only Son - Our Lord

• The Name Jesus (430-431)
• Invoking the Name (432-433)
• The Power of the Name (434-435)
• The Name "Christ" (436-437)
• The Anointed Messiah (438-440)

Only Son of God

• "Son of God" - a Human Title (441)
• A Divine Sonship (442-443)
• The Father's Voice (444-445)
• The Name "Lord" (446)
• During His Lifetime (447)
• The Post-Resurrection Meaning (448-451)
• Why Did Jesus Come? (456-459)
• Our Gift (460)
• Becoming Flesh - The Incarnation (461-462)
• The Unique Christian Belief (463)

True God and True Man

• Heresies about Jesus (464)
• Gnostic Docetism (465)
• Jesus is Not a Human Person (466)
• Jesus Had a True Human Nature (467)
• Overstressing His Humanity (468-469)

Son of God - Yet Man

• How Did Jesus Become Man? (470)
• Jesus' Human Knowledge (471-472)
• Knowing God's Plan (473-474)
• Having Two Wills (475)
• Seeing God Through Jesus' Body (476-477)
• Importance of the Sacred Heart (478)

Conceived by the Holy Spirit

• Mary Conceives by the Spirit (484-486)

Mary's Prerogatives

• Mary and Jesus (487-488)
• Holy Women (489)
• Conceived Without Sin (490-491)
• Redeemed by Christ's Merits (492-493)
• Total Gift of Self (494)
• Truly - The Mother of God (495)
• Conceiving Yet Remaining a Virgin (496-498)
• Always a Virgin (499-501)

God's Plan for Mary

• Why Born of a Virgin? (502-504)
• A New Era Begins (505-507)

Mysteries of Christ's Life

• The Stories (512-513)
• Stories That Reveal the Mystery (514-515)
• The Mystery at Work in the Stories (516-518)
• We Share His Riches (519-521)

Jesus' Infancy and Hidden Life

• The Prophets and John the Baptist (522-524)
• Our Christmas Mystery (525-526)
• The Circumcision (527)
• The Three Wise Men (528)
• Encounter in the Temple (529)
• Fleeing to Egypt (530)
• Thirty Years of Obedience (531-533)
• Consecrated to the Father (534)

Jesus' Public Life

• Getting Baptized (535)
• Anointed for His Mission (536)
• Buried with Him (537)
• Faithful in the Desert (538-540)
• Preaching the Kingdom (541-542)
• Everyone's Kingdom - Especially for the Poor and Sinful (543-545)
• Need for a Choice (546)
• Miracle Power (547-548)
• Setting People Free (549-550)

Forming the Apostles

• Choosing the Twelve (551)
• Placing Peter at the Head (552-553)
• Transfigured Before Them (554)
• Disclosing His Glory (555-556)
• Toward Death in Jerusalem (557-558)
• Entering Jerusalem (559-560)

Suffered, Crucified, Died and Buried

• Accomplishing God's Plan (571-573)
• Reasons for the Accusations (574-575)
• The Four Objections (576)

Jesus, the Law, and the Temple

• Fulfilling the Law (577)
• Keeping the Law (578-580)
• Offending Some Teachers (581-582)
• Respect for the Temple (583-584)
• The Temple's Destruction (585-586)

The Claims of Jesus

• The Real Stumbling Block - Forgiving Sins (587-589)
• Believing His Claims (590-591)

The Trial

• Varied Jewish Opinions (595-596)
• Jews are Not Collectively Responsible for Jesus' Death (597)
• We Sinners are Responsible (598)
• Not a Coincidence (599-600)
• Foretold by Scripture (601)
• Jesus in Solidarity with Sinners (602-603)
• God's Initiative in Christ (604-605)

For Our Sins

• Jesus Embraced Plan of Salvation (606-607)
• The Suffering Lamb (608-609)
• Perpetuating His Sacrifice (610-611)
• Accepting the Cup (612)
• Surpassing All Other Sacrifices (613-615)
• Becoming the Source of Salvation (616-617)
• Invited to Drink His Cup (618)

A True Death

• Mystery of the Tomb (624)
• The Link Between Mortal and Immortal State (625-626)
• A Unique Corpse (627)
• Our Burial in Baptism (628)

Descended into Hell and Rose on the Third Day

• Descent and Ascent (631-632)
• Declaring the Just (633-634)
• Preaching to the Dead (635)
• The Crowning Truth - He is Risen (638)

Historical and Transcendent

• A Real Event (639)
• Discovering the Tomb Empty (640)
• Appearing to the Disciples (641)
• Making Them Witnesses (642)
• Experiencing the Risen Jesus (643-644)
• Having a Real Body (645)
• A Life Beyond Time and Space (646)
• A Historical Event Surpassing History (647)
• A Work of Three Persons (648-649)
• Body and Soul United to Divine Person (650)

The Meaning and Saving Significance

• Confirming His Own Teaching and Promise (651-653)
• Our Freeing and Our Receiving (654-655)
• The Ascension - His Irreversible Entry into Glory (659-661)
• His Descending and Ascending (662-663)
• Seated in Glory (664)

Coming in Glory

• All Power in Heaven and Earth (668-669)
• The Last Hour (670)
• Waiting for the King (671-672)
• Awaiting Israel's Conversion (673-674)
• The Final Deception - The Antichrist (675-676)
• Triumph after Trials (677)
• Then - All Gathered for Judgment (678-679)

The Holy Spirit

• Saying "Jesus is Lord" (683)
• The Spirit - The Last Person Revealed (684)
• The Spirit Works in Our Midst (685-686)

Believing in the Spirit

• Hidden - Yet Known by His Works (687-688)
• The Son and Spirit Working Together (689-690)

Name, Titles and Symbols

• Both Spirit and Holy (691)
• Seven Other Names (692-693)
• Eight Symbols of the Holy Spirit (694-701)

The Time of the Promises

• The Spirit's Words about Christ (702)
• Creation - Both at Work (703-704)
• The Promised Progeny (705-706)
• The Spirit Revealing Yet Concealing (707-708)
• God Amidst Israel's Infidelity (709-710)
• The Spirit Prophesying the Messiah (711-713)
• The Spirit and Jesus (714-716)

The Time of Fulfillment

• John - Elijah in the Power of the Spirit (717-720)
• Mary - The Spirit's Masterpiece (721-723)
• The Spirit Uniting Others in Mary (724-726)
• Jesus - Anointed by the Spirit (727)
• Revealing the Spirit (728-729)
• Giving the Spirit (730)

The Final Days

• Pentecost - The Spirit's Continual Coming (731-732)
• Forgiving Sins and Bearing Fruit (733-736)
• Bringing All into God's Communion (737)
• Sending the Church (738)
• Three Other Parts of This Catechism (739-741)

The Catholic Church

• The Spirit and the Church (748-750)

God's Plan for the Church

• The Church - Names and Images (751)
• Three Meanings (752)
• The Symbols of Church (753-757)

Origin - Foundation - Mission

• The Trinity's Plan for the Church (758)
• The Father's Family (759)
• The Goal of Creation (760)
• Preparing for the Church (761-762)
• Jesus Ushers in the Kingdom (763-764)
• Gives the Church a Structure (765-766)
• The Spirit Displays the Church (767-768)

Mystery of the Church

• On Pilgrimage until the Glory (769-770)
• Visible and Spiritual (771)
• Where God and Man are One (772-773)
• A Visible Sign of Salvation (774)
• Sign of Man's Unity (775-776)

The People of God

• Jew and Gentile Formed by the Spirit (781)
• Seven Characteristics of God's People (782)
• The Three Offices of Christ (783-786)

The Body of Christ

• Abiding in Jesus' Body (787-788)
• Three Qualities (789)
• Unity and Diversity in the Church (790-791)
• Growth in Christ (792-794)
• The Whole Christ (795)
• Bride and Bridegroom (796)
• The Temple of the Spirit (797-798)
• The Spirit's Gifts for the Church (799-801)

The Church is One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic

• The Four Essential Features (811-812)

The Church is One

• Unity from the Trinity (813)
• Diversity within the Unity (814)
• Three Bonds of Unity (815)
• Entrusted to Peter and the Apostles (816)
• Ruptures of Unity (817-818)
• Outside the Church (819)
• Recovering Our Lost Unity (820-822)

The Church is Holy

• Made Holy by the Bridegroom (823-824)
• All Called to Be Holy (825-826)
• Gathering up Sinners (827)
• Canonizing Saints (828-829)

The Church is Catholic

• Catholic (Universal) in Means and in Mission (830-831)
• Catholic Even When Local (832-833)
• Unity in Rome (834)
• In a Variety of Cultures (835)
• All are Called (836)
• Some are Incorporated (837-838)
• The Jews - Awaiting an Unknown Messiah (839-840)
• Muslims (841)
• A Common Origin (842)
• Other Religions (843)
• Possible Mistakes in Religious Behavior (844)
• The Church as Noah's Ark (845)
• "Outside the Church There is No Salvation" (846)
• Refusing to Enter (847)
• Just Not Knowing (848)

The Church on Mission

• Sent to the Whole World (849-850)
• To Save All (851)
• Led by the Spirit (852)
• Failures and Patience (853-854)
• The Obstacle of Divisions (855)
• The Truths in Each Culture (856)

The Church is Apostolic

• Apostolic in Three Ways (857)
• The Original Twelve and Their Successors (858-860)
• The Duty to Pass on the Office (861-862)
• Sharing in the Mission (863-864)
• The Kingdom Fully Revealed (865)

Christ's Faithful and the Communion of Saints

• Sharing in the Threefold Office (871-872)

The Church's Hierarchy

• Diversity of Ministries (873-874)
• Receiving a Mandate - Holy Orders (875)
• A Service (876)
• A College of Service (877)
• A Personal Quality (878-879)
• The Apostolic College (880-881)
• Foundation of Unity (882)
• The College of Bishops (883-885)
• Unity in the Diocese and the Province (886-887)

Teaching - Sanctifying - Governing

• Infallibility in Faith and Morals (888-890)
• Pope and Bishops (891)
• Non-Infallible Definitions (892)
• Sanctifying the Church (893)
• The Bishop and His Diocese (894-896)

The Laity

• The Mission of the Lay Faithful (897-899)
• Right to Preach the Gospel (900)
• Consecrating the World and the Family (901-902)
• Permanent and Other Ministries (903)
• Witness of Life and Word (904-905)
• Bringing Their Special Competence (906-907)
• Changing the World (908-909)
• Helping Their Pastors (910-911)
• Church and Society (912-913)

Consecrated Life

• Evangelical Counsels (914)
• Poverty, Chastity, and Obedience (915-916)
• Many Religious Families (917-919)
• The Hermit in Solitude (920-921)
• The Consecrated Virgin (922-924)
• Consecrated in Canonical in stitutes (925-926)
• United with the Bishop (927)
• Consecrated Life in the World (928-929)
• Apostolic Life in Common (930)
• Consecrated and Serving (931-932)
• While Awaiting Jesus' Return (933)

The Communion of Saints

• Forming One Body (946-948)
• Five Communions (949-953)
• Three States of the Church (954-956)
• Saints in Heaven (957-958)
• Souls in Purgatory (959)
• Mary (963)

Mother of the Church

• From Conception to Cross to Ascension (964-965)
• Being Assumed into Heaven (966)
• A Unique Member (967-968)
• Annunciation to Assumption (969-970)
• Devotion to Mary (971)
• Mary - What We Will Be (972)

Forgiveness of Sins

• Forgive or Retain (976)
• Through Baptism (977-978)
• Forgiveness after Baptism (979-980)
• The Keys of Forgiveness (981)
• Power over All Sins (982-983)

Resurrection of the Body and Life Everlasting

• Rising Like Christ Did (988-991)
• Progressively Revealed (992)
• Pharisees and Sadducees (993)
• Promises and Signs (994-996)

How This Happens

• Reunited with the Soul (997-998)
• Those Blessed in Christ (999)
• By the Eucharist (1000)
• At the End of Time (1001)
• A Hidden Gift (1002-1003)
• Respect for the Body (1004)

Dying with Christ

• Physical Death (1005)
• The Mystery of Death (1006-1007)
• Jesus Transforms Death (1008-1009)
• Death in Christ's Grace (1010-1011)
• No Reincarnation (1012-1013)
• Providing for Death (1014)

Particular Judgment

• Returning to the Creator (1020)
• Judged Immediately (1021-1022)
• Going to Heaven (1023-1025)
• Doors Opened by Jesus (1026)
• Images of Heaven (1027)
• Seeing God (1028-1029)

Purgatory and Hell

• Those Purified (1030-1032)
• Hell - Final Separation from God (1033)
• Jesus' Teaching (1034)
• The Church Teaching (1035-1036)
• No One Predestined to Hell (1037)

Final Judgment

• For All (1038-1040)
• A Help to Conversion (1041)
• The Renewal of All Creation (1042-1044)
• The Unity of the Human Race (1045)
• Unity with Creation (1046)
• How or When? (1047-1050)
• The Meaning of "Amen" (1061-1062)
• "Amen" and "I Believe" (1063-1065)

Part Two: The Celebration of the Christian Mystery (1066-1690)

Liturgy and Sacraments

• Accomplishing the Father's Plan (1066-1067)

Why the Liturgy

• Proclaiming These Mysteries (1068)
• Sharing in God's Work (1069)
• Actions of Christ (1070)
• Actions of the Church (1071-1072)
• Summit of Prayer and Activity (1073-1074)
• From Visible to Invisible (1075)
• Dispensing Christ's Gifts (1076)

The Father

• Blessed by the Father (1077-1079)
• Old Testament Blessings (1080-1081)
• Two Dimensions of Liturgy (1082-1083)

Christ

• Making the Events Present (1084-1085)
• Set in Motion (1086)
• Structured by Liturgy (1087)
• Always Present (1088-1089)
• Sharing in Heaven's Liturgy (1090)
• The Spirit and the Church (1091-1092)

The Spirit

• Retaining Old Testament Images (1093-1095)
• Jewish Source but Christian Faith (1096)
• Preconditions for the Encounter (1097-1098)
• The Spirit and God's Word (1099-1102)
• Making a Remembrance (1103)
• Making the Mystery Present (1104-1105)
• Spirit's Transforming Power (1106-1107)
• Fruits of the Liturgy (1108-1109)

The Sacraments

• The Seven Sacraments (1113)
• All Initiated by Christ (1114-1116)
• The Church's Treasures (1117-1118)
• The Baptized and the Ordained (1119-1120)
• The Seal of Three Sacraments (1121)

Sacraments of Faith and Salvation

• Evangelizing Implies Sacraments (1122)
• Instructed in Faith (1123-1124)
• Not to Be Changed (1125-1126)
• Sending the Spirit "Ex Opere Operato" (1127-1129)
• Prefiguring Eternal Glory (1130)
• Four Questions (1135)

Celebrating Liturgy

• The Whole Christ (1136)
• Celebrants in Heaven (1137-1139)
• Celebrants on Earth (1140)
• Various Functions (1143-1144)
• Meanings of the Signs (1145)
• Signs from the Human World (1146-1149)
• Signs of the Covenant (1150)
• Signs Taken up by Christ (1151-1152)
• A Dialogue with the Father (1153)
• Liturgy's Word and Action (1154-1155)
• Pre-eminence of Music (1156)
• Three Criteria (1157-1158)
• Icons of Christ (1159-1160)
• Icon of Mary (1161-1162)
• Feasts Throughout the Year (1163-1164)
• Today (1165)
• Sunday - The First and Eighth Day (1166-1167)
• Easter - "The Feast of Feasts" (1168-1169)
• When Celebrated (1170)
• The Beginning of Salvation (1171)
• Honoring the Saints (1172-1173)
• Sanctifying the Whole Day (1174)
• All Should Participate (1175-1176)
• Meditating on the Word (1177-1178)
• Celebrated Anywhere (1179)
• Constructing Churches (1180)
• Church Furnishings (1181-1184)
• Places for Sacraments (1185)
• Crossing the Threshold (1186)

Unity and Diversity

• Diverse Traditions (1200-1201)
• Diverse Geographical Areas (1202-1203)
• Redeeming the Culture (1204)
• Diversity Not to Damage Unity (1205-1206)

Grouping the Sacraments

• Seven Sacraments (1210)
• Three Groups (1211)
• Three Initiation Sacraments (1212)

Baptism

• Baptism - Door to the Spirit (1213)
• Various Names (1214-1216)

History of Salvation

• Events Prefiguring Baptism (1217-1222)
• Fulfilled in Jesus (1223)
• John's Baptism (1224)
• The Cross (1225)
• Baptizing after Pentecost (1226)
• Entering Christ's Death (1227-1228)
• Six Essential Elements of Conversion (1229)
• The Rite Has Varied (1230-1231)
• Restored Catechumenate (1232-1233)
• Ten Parts of the Rite (1234-1245)
• Not Yet Baptized? (1246)
• The Catechumenate (1247-1249)
• Infant Baptism (1250-1252)
• Need for Beginning Faith (1253-1255)
• Who Can Baptize? (1256)

Necessity of Baptism

• The Only Door We Know (1257)
• Death before Baptism (1258)
• Salvation of Those Not Baptized (1259-1261)

The Graces of Baptism

• Two Main Effects (1262)
• Forgiving Sin/Removing Punishment (1263)
• Consequences Remain (1264)
• Effects of Baptism (1265-1266)
• Joined with Others (1267-1268)
• Duties of Baptized (1269-1270)
• One with All the Baptized (1271)
• Effects of Baptismal Seal (1272-1273)
• Sealed Forever (1274)

Confirmation

• Completes Baptism (1285)

In the History of Salvation

• The Spirit and the Messiah (1286)
• Given Now to All (1287)
• Laying on of Hands (1288)
• Chrism (1289)
• Joined or Separated? (1290)
• Double Anointing (1291)
• Different Stress (1292)

The Signs and Rite

• What Anointing Expresses (1293-1294)
• Seal of Christ's Ownership (1295-1296)
• Consecration of Oil (1297)
• Need for Renewing Baptismal Vows (1298)
• Involving the Spirit (1299)
• Essential Rite (1300)
• Communion with Bishop (1301)
• Six Effects (1302-1303)
• Indelible Mark (1304-1305)

Who Can Receive

• The Baptized (1306)
• When Received (1307-1308)
• Preparing (1309)
• State of Grace (1310-1311)
• Who Can Confirm? (1312-1314)
• Danger of Death (1315)

The Eucharist

• Full Initiation (1322-1323)

Source and Summit of Church Life

• All Oriented to the Eucharist (1324)
• Culmination of God's Saving Acts (1325-1327)
• Ten Names (1328-1332)

The History of Salvation

• Becoming Christ's Body and Blood (1333)
• Jewish Bread and Wine (1334)
• Gospel Miracles (1335-1336)
• Instituting the Eucharist (1337)
• Four Accounts (1338)
• Luke's Account (1339)
• The New Passover (1340)

Liturgical Celebration

• Until He Comes (1341)
• Celebrated from Beginning (1342-1344)
• St. Justin's Outline (1345)
• Two Parts (1346-1347)
• Christ Presides Invisibly (1348)
• Reading, Homily, and Intercessions (1349)
• Presentation of the Gifts (1350-1351)
• Six Parts of Eucharistic Prayer (1352-1355)

Thanksgiving-Memorial-Presence

• Celebrating for Centuries (1356-1357)
• Three Aspects (1358)
• Thanksgiving and Praise to the Father (1359-1361)
• A Living Memorial (1362-1364)
• Also a Sacrifice (1365-1366)
• The Cross and the Eucharist (1367-1368)
• The Whole Church on Earth (1369)
• The Church in Heaven and Purgatory (1370-1372)

The Presence of Christ

• The Risen Christ - Especially Present (1373)
• The Real Presence (1374)
• Power of Priest's Words (1375)
• Declaration of Trent (1376)
• Continuing Presence (1377)
• Signs of Adoration (1378)
• Importance of Tabernacle (1379)
• Love Until the End (1380-1381)

The Paschal Banquet

• Sacrifice and Sacrament (1382-1383)
• Preparing for Communion (1384-1385)
• A Worthy Reception (1386-1387)
• Need to Receive (1388-1389)
• Under One Species (1390)

The Fruits

• The Seven Effects of Holy Communion (1391-1398)

Christian Unity

• Intercommunion with Orthodox (1399)
• With Other Churches (1400)
• In Grave Necessity (1401)
• Anticipating Heavenly Glory (1402-1403)
• Our Sign of Hope (1404-1405)

Penance and Reconciliation

• Two Sacraments Confronting Sin and Death (1420-1421)
• Two Effects of Penance (1422)
• The Five Names (1423-1424)
• Need for Post-Baptismal Forgiveness (1425-1426)

Conversion and Penance

• First and Second Conversion (1427-1429)
• A Radical Reorientation (1430-1431)
• A Gift from God (1432-1433)
• Forms of Penance (1434)
• Many Means (1435)
• Source and Times of Conversion (1436-1438)
• Process of Conversion (1439)

The Sacrament

• Reconciliation with God and the Church (1440)
• Only God Forgives Sins (1441-1442)
• Power Given to Apostles (1443-1445)
• Recovering Baptismal Grace (1446)
• Two Different Forms (1447)
• Two Unchanging Elements (1448)
• The Absolution (1449)

Acts of the Penitent

• Three Acts (1450)
• Two Types of Contrition (1451-1454)
• Telling All Mortal Sins (1455-1456)
• Necessary Confession (1457)
• Devotional Confession (1458)
• Need to Repair (1459)
• Imposing a Penance (1460)

Minister of the Sacrament

• Who Has the Power? (1461-1462)
• Forgiving Excommunication (1463)
• Encouraging Frequent Confession (1464-1466)
• Seal of Confession (1467)

Effects

• Restores to God's Friendship (1468)
• Reconciles to the Church (1469)
• Anticipates Particular Judgment (1470)

Indulgences

• Plenary and Partial (1471)
• Hell and Purgatory (1472-1473)
• The Church's Treasury (1474-1477)
• Opening the Church Treasury (1478-1479)

Celebration of the Sacrament

• Aspects of the Sacrament of Penance (1480)
• The Byzantine Absolution (1481)
• Communal Celebration (1482)
• General Confession in Grave Necessity (1483)
• Personal Confession (1484)

Anointing of the Sick

• To Raise up the Sick (1499)

Basis for the Sacrament

• Man's Gravest Problem (1500-1501)
• Sin and Redemption (1502)
• Jesus' Love for the Sick (1503-1505)
• The Power to Heal (1506-1508)
• Sacraments of Healing (1509-1510)
• Healing as a Sacrament (1511-1513)

Who Receives and Who Administers

• In Danger of Death (1514-1515)
• Ministers of the Sacrament (1516)

Celebration and Effects

• Three Sacraments (1517-1519)
• Three Effects - Peace, Healing and Forgiveness (1520)
• Consecrated to Christ's Sufferings (1521-1523)
• Sacraments for the Journey (1524-1525)

Holy Orders

• Two Sacraments of Service to Others (1533-1535)
• Bishop - Priest - Deacon (1536)

Holy Orders in Economy of Salvation

• Placing in an Order (1537-1538)
• The Old Testament Priesthood (1539-1540)
• Prefiguring Christ's Priesthood (1541-1543)
• Christ's Single Offering (1544-1545)
• Two Priesthoods - Hierarchical and Common (1546-1547)
• Acting in the Person of Christ (1548-1549)
• The Sins of the Minister (1550-1551)
• Representing Christ and the Church (1552-1553)

Three Degrees of Order

• Bishop - Priest - Deacon (1554)
• Bishop - The Fullness of Sacred Orders (1555-1557)
• Three Powers (1558)
• The Episcopal Body (1559)
• The Local Church (1560-1561)
• Ordaining Priests as Co-Workers (1562-1564)
• For the Whole World (1565-1566)
• The Brotherhood of the Priests (1567-1568)
• Deacons, a Ministry for the Bishop (1569-1571)

Celebrating the Sacrament

• Essential Rite (1572-1573)
• Rites - Signs of the Effects (1574)
• Who Confers? (1575-1576)
• Who Receives? (1577-1578)
• Celibacy (1579-1580)

The Effects

• The Seal of an Indelible Character (1581-1584)
• Each Configured to Christ (1585-1589)

Matrimony

• Definition of Matrimony (1601)

God's Plan

• Marriage - At the Beginning and the End (1602)
• God's Laws for Marriage (1603)
• All Called to Love (1604)
• Leaving All (1605)
• Disorder within Marriage (1606)
• Source of the Disorder (1607-1608)
• Dual Punishment (1609)

Marriage in the Scriptures

• Old Testament Divorce (1610-1611)
• Jesus Reviews the Marriage Covenant (1612-1615)
• Christ's Love for His Church (1616-1617)
• Virgins - Bonded to Christ (1618-1620)

Celebrating the Sacrament

• Eucharist and Penance (1621-1622)
• Rule of the Spouses (1623-1624)
• A Free, Human Consent (1625-1628)
• Church Tribunal (1629)
• Before a Priest and Two Witnesses (1630-1631)
• Marriage Preparation (1632)
• Problems in a Mixed Marriage (1633-1634)
• Duty of the Catholic (1635-1637)

Effects of Marriage Bond

• A Perpetual and Exclusive Bond (1638)
• Never to Be Broken (1639-1640)
• Christ's Graces (1641-1642)

Conjugal Love

• Three Requirements (1643)
• No Longer Two (1644-1645)
• Polygamy (1645)
• Fidelity and Indissolubility (1646-1648)
• Separated but Still Married (1649)
• New Civil Marriage (1650-1651)
• Open to Children (1652-1654)

The Domestic Church

• The Home as the First Church (1655-1657)
• Single Persons (1658)

Sacramentals and Christian Funerals

• Signs Resembling Sacraments (1667)

Characteristics of Sacramentals

• Sanctifying Persons, Places and Things 1668-1669)
• Preparing for Grace (1670)
• Blessings (1671-1672)
• Exorcism (1693)
• Popular Forms of Piety (1674-1675)
• An Answer to Problems (1676)

Christian Funerals

• The Life to Come (1680)
• From Sacraments to Eternal Life (1681-1683)
• Celebration of Funerals (1684-1685)
• Three Places of Celebration (1686-1690)

Part Three: Life in Christ (1691-2550)

Dignity in Christ

• God's Greatest Work (1691-1692)
• Called to Be Perfect (1693-1695)
• The Seven Catechetical Needs (1696-1698)
• Aspects of Man's Call (1699)
• Man's Vocation (1700)

The Beatitudes

• Blessed (1716)
• Paradoxical Blessings (1717)
• Goal of Man's Existence (1718-1719)
• Entering the Kingdom (1720-1722)
• Confronted with Moral Choices (1723-1724)

Man's Freedom

• Free to Choose (1730)
• Good or Evil (1731-1733)
• Responsible for Acts (1734-1735)
• God's Confrontations (1736-1737)
• Respecting Freedom (1738)
• Abuse of Freedom (1739-1740)
• Grace and Freedom (1741-1742)

Morality

• "Father of His Acts" (1749-1750)

Sources of Morality

• Three Sources (1750)
• The Object Chosen (1751)
• The Intention (1752-1753)
• The Circumstances (1754)
• Determining Good and Evil Acts (1755-1756)

Morality of the Passions

• Their Help (1762)
• Passageway from Senses to Mind (1763-1764)
• Loving Good or Evil (1765-1766)
• Passions to Good and Evil (1767-1768)
• The Holy Spirit and Feeling (1769-1770)

Moral Conscience

• An Inner Law (1776)
• Conscience - Judge of Individual Acts (1777-1779)
• An Upright Conscience Assumes Responsibility (1780-1782)
• Man's Duty - To Have a Right Conscience (1783-1785)
• Difficulties in Judging (1786-1789)
• Sources of Errors in Judgment (1790-1792)
• Unable to Overcome (1793-1794)

The Virtues

• Always Strong to the Good (1803)
• The Human Moral Virtues (1804)
• The Four Cardinal Virtues (1805-1809)
• The Virtues Need Grace (1810-1811)

Faith-Hope-Charity

• The Three Theological Virtues (1812-1813)
• Believing What God Revealed (1814-1816)
• Hoping and Searching for the Kingdom (1817-1818)
• Abraham's Hope (1819)
• Our Hope of Heaven Through Jesus (1820-1821)
• Loving God and Neighbor (1822-1824)
• Paul's Description (1825-1826)
• Love Animates the Moral Life (1827-1829)

Gifts and Fruits of the Spirit

• Gifts Which Complete the Virtues (1830-1832)

Sin and Mercy

• Revealing His Mercy (1846)
• Receiving His Mercy (1847-1848)
• Defining Sin (1849-1850)
• Sin Manifested in Christ's Passion (1851)
• Works of the Flesh (1852)
• Sin of Various Kinds (1853)

Mortal and Venial

• Distinguishing Mortal and Venial Sins (1854-1855)
• Explaining Mortal Sin (1856)
• Three Conditions (1857)
• Grave Matter (1858)
• Knowledge and Consent (1859-1860)
• Need for Repentance (1861)
• Venial Sins (1862-1863)
• Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit (1864)

Proliferation of Sins

• Effects of Repeated Sins (1865)
• The Seven Capital Sins (1866)
• Sins That Cry to Heaven (1867)
• Accomplices in Sin (1868-1869)

The Human Community (1877-1948))

• Individual Persons and Human Community (1877)

The Person and Society

• Life in Society (1878-1881)
• Family and State Communities (1882)
• The State and Subsidiarity (1883-1885)
• Hierarchy of Value (1886-1887)
• Man - Called to Conversion (1888-1889)
• Need for Authority (1897-1898)
• Subject to Authority (1899-1900)
• Diverse Political Structures (1901)
• Legitimate Authority (1902-1904)
• Good of Person and Society (1905)
• Three Elements of Common Good (1906-1910)
• Community of Nations (1911-1912)

Personal Responsibility

• Duty to Participate (1913-1915)
• Conversion (1916)
• Inspiration (1917)

Social Justice

• Ensuring Human Rights (1928-1930)
• Respecting Other's Rights (1931-1933)
• Removing Discrimination (1934-1935)
• Unequal Distribution (1936-1937)
• Sinful Inequalities (1938)
• Need for Solidarity (1939)
• Requirements of Solidarity (1940-1942)

Law, Grace and the Church

• Saved by God's Law (1949)

The Moral Law

• Law - God's Instructions (1950-1951)
• Expressions of God's Law (1952-1953)
• A Law Engraved on Man's Heart (1954)
• Expressed in the Ten Commandments (1955)
• Over All Men (1956)
• Immutable (1957-1958)
• Basis of Society (1959)

The Old and New Law

• A Need for Revelation (1960)
• Law Revealed to Israel (1961-1962)
• Imperfect - Yet Preparing for the Gospel (1963-1964)
• A New Law Given by the Spirit (1965-1966)
• Surpassing but Not Abolishing (1967-1968)
• Practices of the New Law (1969-1971)
• Many New Names (1972)
• Precepts and Counsels (1973-1974)

Justification

• Explaining Justification (1987-1988)
• Conversion (1989)
• A Free Gift (1990-1991)
• Gained by the Cross (1992)
• Man's Free Response (1993)
• God's Greatest Work (1994-1995)

Grace

• The Grace of God's Call (1996-1998)
• Sanctifying and Actual Grace (1999-2000)
• Making Us Collaborators (2001-2002)
• The Spirit and His Gifts (2003-2004)
• By Faith and by Fruits (2005)

Merit

• Right to Recompense (2006-2007)
• Yet True Merit (2008-2010)
• Totally a Gift (2011)

Christian Holiness

• God's Three Steps (2012-2013)
• Mystical Union (2014-2015)
• Final Perseverance (2016)

The Church - Mother and Teacher

• A Moral Life in the Church (2030-2031)
• The Church's Right to Teach (2032-2033)
• The Church's Teachers (2034-2037)
• All Can Instruct (2038)
• Making Decisions with the Church (2039-2040)
• The Church's Six Precepts (2041-2043)
• Witnessing by Goodness of Life (2044-2046)

The Ten Commandments

Two Texts

• The Rich Young Man (2052-2053)
• A Greater Righteousness (2054)
• Two Parts (2055)

In Sacred Scripture

• Written by God's Finger (2056)
• Conditions Needed to Be Free (2057)
• Ten Words (2058-2059)
• Part of a Covenant (2060-2061)
• Our Response to the Covenant (2062-2063)

In Church Tradition

• Core of Church's Moral Teaching (2064-2065)
• The Numbering (2066-2067)
• Obligatory for All (2068)
• Their Unity (2069)

Natural Law

• Already Written on Man's Heart (2070-2071)
• Obliging Everyone Everywhere (2072-2073)
• Jesus' Power within (2074)

The First Commandment

• Moses and Jesus (2083)

Worship the Lord, Your God

• Our Hope in His Faithfulness (2086)

Faith-Hope-Charity

• Our Owed Obedience (2087)
• Sins against Faith (2088-2089)
• Need for Hope (2090)
• Sins against Hope (2091-2092)
• Sins against Charity (2093-2094)

Serving God Alone

• Religion (2095)
• Adoring by Acknowledging (2096-2097)
• Need for Prayer (2098)
• Adoring God by Sacrifices (2099-2100)
• Promises and Vows (2101-2102)
• Evangelical Counsels (2103)

Social Duty and Religious Freedom

• Seeking Truth (2104)
• Offering Genuine Worship (2105)
• Engaging Religious Freedom (2106-2107)
• Limits to Liberty (2108-2109)

No Other Gods

• Superstition and Irreligion (2110-2111)
• Idolatry (2112-2114)
• Seven Forms of Divination (2115-2116)
• Magic, Sorcery and Spiritism (2117)
• Three Forms of Irreligion (2118)
• Tempting God (2119)
• Sacrilege (2120)
• Simony (2121)
• Money and Sacraments (2122)

Atheism and Agnosticism

• Three Forms of Atheism (2123-2124)
• Sources of Atheism (2125-2126)
• Forms of Agnosticism (2127-2128)
• God is Greater Than Images (2129-2130)
• Christ - A New Era (2131-2132)

The Second Commandment

Holy is His Name

• Uniqueness of God's Name (2142-2143)
• The Mystery of God (2144-2146)
• Promises (2147)
• Five Forms of Blasphemy (2148)
• Other Sins (2149)
• Rejecting False Oaths (2150-2151)
• Types of Perjury (2152)
• Jesus' Teaching (2153-2154)
• Other Circumstances of Refusing an Oath (2155)

The Christian Name

• The Holiness of a Christian Name (2156-2158)
• Jesus and Your New Name (2159)

The Third Commandment

• The Sabbath - Rest and Liberation (2168-2170)
• Sign of the Covenant (2171-2172)
• Jesus' Interpretation (2173)

The Lord'S Day

• The First and the Eighth (2174)
• A New Hope - a New Day (2175-2176)
• Six Holy Days of Obligation (2177)
• The Weekly Parish Gathering (2178-2179)
• A Grave Obligation (2180-2182)
• When No Priest (2183)

Grace and Rest

• Sunday Priorities (2184)
• A Common Effort Needed (2187-2188)

The Fourth Commandment

• Fulfilling the Two Commands (2196)
• Positive Duties in Correct Order (2197-2198)
• To Children and to Others (2199)
• A Promised Reward (2200)

The Family in God'S Plan

• Goals of the Family (2201-2203)
• The Family of Singular Importance (2204-2206)
• The Basic Cell of Society (2207-2208)
• Obligations Towards Families (2209-2210)
• Duties of the Political Community (2211)
• Touching All Relationships (2212-2213)

Duties of Family Members

• Honor Coming from Gratitude (2214-2215)
• Respect by Obedience (2216)
• Role of Grown Children (2217-2218)
• Other Family Members (2219-2220)
• The Primordial Parental Responsibility (2221-2222)
• How They Fulfill (2223-2224)
• Grace from the Sacrament (2225-2226)
• Contribution by the Children (2227-2228)
• Rights of Parents (2229)
• Rights of Grown Children (2230-2231)
• A Person's First Responsibility (2231-2233)

Authorities in Civil Society

• Public Authority (2234)
• Three Duties of Government (2235-2237)
• Duties of Citizens (2238-2240)
• Accepting Immigrants (2241)
• Times to Refuse Obedience (2242)

Armed Resistance

• Conditions for Armed Resistance to Oppression (2243)

The Church'S Vision

• A Society with God's Vision (2244)
• The Church and the Political Community (2245-2246)

The Fifth Commandment

• Why Life is Sacred (2258)

Respecting Human Life

• A History of Violence (2259-2260)
• Biblical Directive (2261-2262)
• Self Defense - The Principle of Double Effect (2263-2264)
• The Duty of Self-Defense (2265-2266)

Other Issues

• The Death Penalty (2267)
• Direct Killing (2268)
• Other Forbidden Acts (2269)

Abortion

• Respect for Life from Moment of Conception (2270)
• First Century Teaching (2271)
• Excommunication for Formal Cooperation (2272)
• Right to Life - Inherent in the Person (2773)
• Care for Embryo (2274-2275)
• Euthanasia (2276-2277)
• Legitimate Practices (2278-2279)
• Suicide (2280-2281)
• Other Issues (2282-2283)

Respect for Others and Self

• Scandal - Harm Done to Others (2284-2285)
• Scandals from Society (2286-2287)
• Caring for Our Health (2288-2289)
• Alcohol and Tobacco (2290)
• Drugs (2291)

Science

• Scientific Research and the Dignity of the Person (2292-2293)
• Incorrect Sources of Morality (2294-2295)
• Proportionate Risks (2296)
• Sins against Bodily Integrity (2297-2298)
• Care for the Deceased Body (2299-2301)

Safeguarding Peace

• Anger - Revenge - Hatred (2302-2303)
• Varied Aspects of Peace (2304-2305)
• Special Witness to Gospel (2306)
• Avoiding War (2307-2308)
• Four Conditions for a Just War (2309-2310)
• Conscientious Objectors (2311)
• Moral Law in Waging War (2312-2313)
• Modern Means of Mass Destruction (2314)
• Deterrence and the Arms Race (2315)
• Arms Sales (2316)
• Overcoming the Causes of War (2317)

The Sixth Commandment

• Male and Female - a Capacity for Oneness (2331)
• Accepting Identity and Dignity (2333-2335)
• Jesus' Correct Interpretation (2336)

Called to Chastity

• Integration of Sexuality into the Personal (2337)
• Self-Mastery or Being Dominated (2338-2339)
• Means to Chastity (2340-2342)
• Growing in Chastity (2343-2345)
• Chastity Expressed in Friendship (2346-2347)
• Various States of Chastity (2348-2349)
• Chastity of the Engaged (2350)
• Six Sins against Chastity (2351-2356)

Homosexuality

• Catholic Tradition (2357)
• Called to Chastity (2358-2359)

Marital Love

• Correct Ordering of Sexuality (2360-2362)
• Two Goals of the Sexual Act (2363)
• Fidelity to Each Other (2364)
• Faithful to Christ (2365)
• Open to Transmitting Life (2366-2367)
• Regulation of Births (2368-2369)
• Periodic Continence (2370)
• Contraception (2371)
• Wrong Demographic Regulation (2372)

The Gift of a Child

• Large Families (2373-2375)
• Gravely Immoral Techniques (2376-2377)
• No "Right" to a Child (2378-2379)

Sins against Marriage

• Adultery (2380-2381)
• Divorce (2382)
• Separation (2383)
• Contracting Another Marriage (2384)
• Reasons Why Wrong (2385)
• Other Offenses against Marriage (2386-2391)

The Seventh Commandment

• Unjust Taking or Keeping (2401)

Meant for All - Yet Private Ownership

• Creation is for Everyone (2402-2403)
• Benefiting the Greatest Number (2404-2406)

Respecting Persons and Their Goods

• Three Virtues (2407)
• Theft and Unjust Taking (2408)
• Eight Other Sins (2409)
• Promises and Contracts (2410-2411)
• Need to Restore (2412)
• Chance and Gambling (2413)
• Enslaving for Profit (2414)
• Stewardship for the Animals (2415-2416)
• Right and Wrong Use (2417-2418)

The Church'S Social Doctrine

• Moral Teachings on Social Matters (2419-2420)
• Catholic Social Teaching (2421-2422)
• Three Doctrines (2423-2424)
• Law of the Marketplace (2425)

Economy and Social Justice

• Economy within God's Moral Order (2426)
• Work as a Duty (2427-2428)
• Needed Regulations (2429-2430)
• Importance of Public Authority (2431)
• Duties of Owners (2432)
• Just Wage (2433-2434)
• Some Moral Questions (2435-2436)

Solidarity Among Nations

• International Inequality (2437)
• Serious International Problems (2438)
• International Financial Reform (2439-2441)

The Poor

• Duty of Lay Faithful (2442)
• Blessing the Poor (2443-2444)
• Selfish Use of Riches (2445-2446)
• Almsgiving - Pleasing to God (2447)
• Measures to Help the Poor (2449)

The Eighth Commandment

• Witness to the Truth (2464)

Living in the Truth

• The Scriptures (2465-2466)
• Seeking the Truth (2467-2468)
• Discretion and Honesty (2469-2470)
• Christian Witness (2471-2472)
• Martyrs for the Truth (2473-2474)

Sins against the Truth

• Public Statements against Truth (2475-2476)
• Inflicting Unjust Injury (2477-2479)
• Offenses against the Truth (2480-2481)
• The Lie - Direct Offense against Truth (2482-2484)
• Effects of Lying (2485-2486)
• Reparation for Lying (2487)
• Truth - A Correct Response (2488-2489)
• Special Cases (2490-2491)

Means of Social Communications

• Media and Peoples' Private Lives (2492)
• Media - Serving Society (2493-2494)
• News Media - Justice, Yet Charity (2495-2497)
• Manipulating Public Opinion (2498-2499)
• Truth in the Beauty of Art (2500)
• The Mystery of God (2501-2503)

The Ninth Commandment

• Three Types of Illicit Desires (2514)
• Defining "Concupiscence" (2515)
• The Flesh Wars against the Spirit (2516)

Purifying the Heart

• Jesus Stresses the Heart (2517-2519)
• Four Victories in the Struggle (2520)
• Modesty Protects the Mystery (2521-2524)
• Purifying Our Society (2525-2527)

The Tenth Commandment

• Relationship to Ninth (2534)

Covetous Desires

• A Disordered Seeking (2535)
• Sins (2536)
• Difficult Struggle (2537)
• Envy (2538-2540)

Desires of the Holy Spirit

• Failure of Israel's Law (2541-2542)
• Now - God's Righteousness (2543)
• Jesus' Teaching (2544-2545)
• Poor and Rich (2546-2547)
• Seeking God (2548-2550)

Part Four: Christian Prayer (2558-2865)

Prayer in the Christian Life

• A Personal Relationship with God (2558)
• Begging Before God (2559)
• God's Thirst for Us (2560-2561)
• The Prayer of the Whole Person (2562-2563)
• From the Covenant with the Trinity (2564-2565)
• God Tirelessly Calls All to Prayer (2566-2567)

The Old Testament

• Meeting God in History (2568)
• Abel - Noah - Abraham (2569)
• Abraham's Tested Faith (2570-2572)
• Jacob (2573)
• Intercession of Moses (2574-2575)
• Face to Face (2576)
• Bold in Intercession (2577)
• Samuel - David - Solomon (2578-2580)
• Temple Ritualism (2581)
• Elijah (2582-2584)
• A Deepening - The Psalms (2585-2586)
• God's Words (2587-2588)
• Blessings on Our Lips (2589)
• The Fullness of Jesus' Prayer (2598)

The Prayer of Jesus

• A Filial Prayer (2599)
• Prayer at Three Decisive Moments (2600)
• Jesus at Prayer (2601-2602)
• Two Special Moments (2603-2604)
• Selfless Prayer (2605)
• Conclusion of the Prayer Drama (2606)

The Teaching of Jesus

• Conversion and Faith (2607-2609)
• Boldness and Watchfulness (2610-2612)
• Three Parables (2613)
• Prayer after Jesus' Ascension (2614-2615)
• Jesus Responds to Prayer (2616)

The Prayer of Mary

• Mary's Cooperative Prayer (2617)
• Her Prayer of Intercession (2618)
• Her Maternal Prayer (2619)

Prayer in the Age of the Church

• Prayer after Pentecost (2623-2624)
• Spirit-Led Formulations (2625)
• Ascent and Descent (2626-2628)

Petition and Intercession

• Types of Petition (2629-2630)
• Three Kinds of Petition (2631-2633)
• Interceding for Others (2634-2636)

Thanksgiving and Praise

• Always Giving Thanks (2637-2638)
• Praise of God (2639)
• Praise of Early Church (2640-2641)
• Heavenly Praise (2642-2643)

The Tradition of Prayer

• Having a Will to Learn (2650-2651)

The Wellsprings of Prayer

• The Living Water (2652)
• Praying the Scriptures (2653-2654)
• Assimilating Liturgical Prayer (2655)
• Faith, Hope and Love (2656-2658)
• Praying for Today (2659-2660)

The Way of Prayer

• Prayer of the Local Church (2663)
• Access to the Father (2664)
• Praying to Jesus (2665)
• Jesus - The Special Name (2666-2669)
• Invoking the Holy Spirit (2670-2672)

Prayer with Mary

• Mary's Universal Motherhood (2673-2674)
• Two Distinct Movements (2675)
• Elizabeth's Words (2676)
• "Holy Mary, Mother of God" (2677)
• The Rosary (2678-2679)

Guides for Prayer

• The Saints (2683)
• Various Spiritualities (2684)
• Helpers in Prayer (2685-2686)
• Consecrated to Prayer (2687)
• Personal Prayer (2688)
• Prayer Groups (2689)
• Spiritual Directors (2690)
• Five Places of Prayer (2691)

The Life of Prayer

• Forgetting to Pray (2697-2698)

Expressions of Prayer

• Three Major Expressions (2699)
• Need for Words (2700-2702)
• Words - Beginning of Contemplation (2703-2704)
• Meditation (2705-2706)
• The Fruits of Meditation (2707-2708)
• Contemplative Prayer (2709-2719)
• Determination to Pray (2711-2712)
• The Child and the Sinner (2713-2714)
• The Gaze of Contemplation (2715-2716)
• Various Aspects (2717-2718)
• Night of Faith (2719)

The Battle of Prayer

• Responding to the Gift (2725)
• Four False Ideas (2726)
• Four Wrong Attitudes (2727)
• Four Problems in Failure (2728)
• Distractions (2729-2730)
• Dryness in Prayer (2731)
• Lack of Faith (2732)
• Spiritual Sloth (2733)

Why Prayer is Not Heard

• Need for Trust (2734)
• Not Being Heard (2735-2736)
• Problems Listed by James (2737)
• Basing Our Prayer on Jesus' Gift (2738-2739)
• Jesus - Praying in and for Us (2740-2741)
• Praying Always (2742)
• Three Truths from Tireless Fervor (2743-2745)
• Jesus' Priestly Prayer (2746-2748)
• Until the End of Time (2749)
• Fulfills the Our Father (2750-2751)

The Lord's Prayer - "Our Father"

• Luke and Matthew's Texts (2759)
• Added Later (2760)

A Summary of the Gospels

• Summarizing the Gospels (2761)
• At the Heart of the Scriptures (2762-2763)
• The Sermon on the Mount (2764)
• Meaning of "Lord's Prayer" (2765-2766)

The Prayer of the Church

• In the Early Church (2767)
• In the Liturgy (2768-2769)
• At Eucharist (2770-2771)
• The Seven Groanings (2772)

Our Father Who Art in Heaven

• We Dare to Say (2777-2778)
• A Purified Idea of Father (2779)
• The Spirit's Help (2780)
• Adoring the Father (2781-2782)
• Self-Revelation (2783)
• Two Dispositions (2784-2785)
• Meaning of "Our" (2786-2788)
• Communion Not Division (2789-2790)
• Our Division and Individualism (2791-2793)
• Who Art in Heaven" (2794)
• Our Homeland and Our Goal (2795-2796)

The Seven Petitions

• Seven Petitions (2803)
• First Three (2804)
• Last Four (2805-2806)

Hallowed Be Thy Name

• Immersion into the Mystery (2807-2808)
• Glory of Holiness (2809)
• Revealing His Name (2810-2812)
• The Nations Called to Holiness (2813-2815)

Thy Kingdom Come

• The New Testament (2816)
• The Final Coming (2817-2819)
• Earthly Progress (2820-2821)

Thy Will Be Done

• Thy Will Be Done on Earth as It is in Heaven" (2822-2823)
• Fulfilled in Jesus' Will (2824)
• Surrendering Our Will (2825)
• Learning God's Will (2826-2827)

Our Daily Bread

• "Give Us This Day" (2828-2829)
• Our Daily Bread (2830)
• The World's Hungry (2831-2834)
• Hunger for God's Word (2835)
• "This Day" (2836)
• The Daily Eucharist (2837)

Forgive Us Our Trespasses

• Forgiving and Being Forgiven (2838)
• "And Forgive Us Our Trespasses..." (2839)
• Forgiving Hearts (2840-2841)
• Jesus' Use of "As" (2842)
• Jesus' Parable (2843)
• To Enemies (2844)
• To Everything (2845)

Lead Us Not into Temptation

• Blocking Our Way (2846-2847)
• Serving Which Master? (2848)
• Victory by Prayer (2849)

Deliver Us from Evil

• Delivering All (2850)
• Satan (2851-2852)
• Cast Out (2853)
• From All Evils (2854)
• "For the Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory are Yours, Now and Forever" (2855)

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