Some Important Reminders

Each year prior to the beginning of a new season in a particular sport, there is a period of training, or, for some, retraining. This training period consists of exercises and activities that remind the players of the important, even vital, techniques that they must incorporate into their skillset for regular use. Without having this skillset well established into their makeup, the players would be at a serious disadvantage against their opponents.  What is true in sports is equally true in business and education; training is vital for success in any endeavor. Witness the extensive training and retraining that an airline pilot must incorporate into his regimen. Training and review of the fundamentals of an activity are mandatory in nearly all professions and activities of life. Would a professional athlete or a leading executive of a successful organization remain competitive and successful in his profession if he practiced his craft or studied important trends only once a week?  Of course not! Such an individual would rapidly tumble to the bottom of his profession.

What is true for a person’s daily secular life is equally true for one’s spiritual life. Listed below are just a few reminders of the “fundamentals” of the Catholic faith that a person needs to regularly review and contemplate.

• The world was created; it had a starting point and….eventually will have an end point. Every created thing has a creator; God is the creator of all things.
• God is a personal, loving, omnipotent being who loves mankind and wishes man to be united with Him in heaven. Man by his own actions chooses whether he will join God in heaven or not.
• Jesus Christ, the Son of God, entered the world to save man from his sins, providing man a way to salvation. Jesus also taught man about God’s nature (Trinitarian – The Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit) and God‘s love for man.
• All three persons in the Trinity continue to provide man with assistance in man’s journey to eternity.
• The Ten Commandments were given to man for his benefit and guidance. They must be reviewed regularly and applied to one’s daily life.
• The Catholic Church is the only Church founded and preserved in its teachings on faith and morals by Jesus Christ – God.
• God is man’s best friend; cultivate His friendship through frequent prayer.

If man ignores God, He will ignore man. Practice and train daily with God.