What Catholics Believe

1. I, the Lord, am your God. You shall not have other gods besides me.

2. You shall not take the name of the Lord God in vain

3. Remember to keep holy the Lord's Day

4. Honor your father and your mother

5. You shall not kill

6. You shall not commit adultery

7. You shall not steal

8. You shall not bear false witness

9. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife

10. You shall not covet your neighbor's goods

1. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.

2. You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

1. You shall attend Mass on Sundays and on holy days of obligation and rest from servile labor

2. You shall confess your sins at least once a year

3. You shall receive the sacrament of the Eucharist at least during the Easter season

4. You shall observe the days of fasting and abstinence established by the Church

5. You shall help to provide for the needs of the Church

1. Pride: Unrestrained appreciation of our own worth.

2. Greed: Immoderate desire for earthly goods.

3. Lust: Hankering for impure pleasures.

4. Anger: Inordinate desire for revenge.

5. Gluttony: Unrestrained use of food and drink.

6. Envy: Sorrow over another's good fortune.

7. Sloth: Laxity in keeping the Faith and the practice of virtue, due to the effort involved.

1. Humility (overcomes pride)

2. Generosity (overcomes greed)

3. Chastity (overcomes lust)

4. Meekness (overcomes anger)

5. Temperance (overcomes gluttony)

6. Brotherly Love (overcomes envy)

7. Diligence (overcomes sloth)

1. To admonish the sinner (Lk. 15:7)

2. To instruct the ignorant (Mk. 16:1)

3. To counsel the doubtful (Jn. 14:27)

4. To comfort the sorrowful (Mt. 11:28)

5. To bear wrongs patiently (Lk. 6:27-28)

6. To forgive all injuries (Mt. 6:12)

7. To pray for the living and the dead (Jn. 17:24)

1. To feed the hungry (Mt. 25:35)

2. To give drink to the thirsty (Mt. 25:35)

3. To clothe the naked (Mt. 25:36)

4. To visit the imprisoned (Mt. 25:36)

5. To shelter the homeless (Mt. 25:35)

6. To visit the sick (Mt. 25:36)

7. To bury the dead (Mt. 25:40)

1. Baptism

2. Confirmation

3. Holy Communion

4. Confession

5. Marriage

6. Holy Orders

7. Anointing of the Sick

1. One (Romans 12:5)

2. Holy (Ephesians 5:25-27)

3. Catholic (Matthew 28:19-20)

4. Apostolic (Ephesians 2:19-20)

1. Wisdom

2. Understanding

3. Fortitude

4. Counsel

5. Knowledge

6. Piety

7. Fear of the Lord