So, how do we know that the Catholic Church is right?  How do we know that what the Catholic Church teaches is in fact true.

You may be surprised to learn that it’s right there in the Mass. It’s something we all say every Sunday or Saturday evening. It’s the Creed.

I BELIEVE IN GOD

This is the first key to our beliefs. You must believe in God. This often involves a four step process.

First, someone tells you about God, often your parents. As a child, that’s all it takes at that point. Tooth Fairy, Easter Bunny, Santa Clause and God… got it. Anything else dad? What about monsters in the basement?

Second, we learn about God. That He loves us and will always be with us. That He made us and want’s us to go to Heaven.

Third, as you grow older, we can reason out that the existence of God makes sense. There is an order to the world. There are oxygen breathing animals who breath out carbon dioxide which plants (who give off oxygen) need to live. Convenient. There is the unexplainable force of gravity. Very convenient. There is morality, love and beauty. Impossible to explain without a God. I could go on, but suffice it to say, our reason leads us to know that God exists.

Fourth, we encounter God. Through prayer we come to have a personal relationship with Him, so that we not only know God exists because it makes sense, but we also have personal experience of Him.