Does everybody have faith?

Yes!
Everyone has NATURAL
FAITH: meaning
believing in something
and someone.
The way we
know, accept and
relate positively
to others.
It is the mutual
trust, love and
fidelity we
experience in
family and
friendship
Faith as a human
reality, therefore, is
central to our daily
lives.
What faith means in daily life?

Faith in general means the way

we know, accept, and relate
positively to others, especially
the mutual trust, love and
fidelity we experience in family
and friendship.
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Faith is necessary
to become our true
selves and thus
gain salvation with
God, the Father,
Son and Holy Spirit
Christian Faith is
centered on Jesus
Christ, who is himself
“the WAY, the TRUTH
and the LIFE.” Jn.14:6
Catholic Faith is to know,
love and follow Jesus in
his body the Church
How important faith is?

Faith is necessary to
become our true selves
and thus gain our
salvation, that is union
with God: Father, Son
and Holy Spirit.
Characteristics
of Christian
Faith
1. Total and Absolute

Jesus’ offering of Himself

especially in his passion,
death and resurrection is
the best example of total
and absolute
commitment to God.
2. Trinitarian

Faith is our adherence

to the Triune God
revealed through
Jesus our Lord.
3. Loving, Maturing
and Missionary
This means we are called
to share in Christ’s own
three-fold mission as
priest, prophet and king.
4. Informed and
Communitarian
Informed, means believing Jesus’
words and accepting His
teachings.
Communitarian means
transmission of the teaching of
Christ to others
5. Inculturated

Catholic faith in God and in

Jesus is never separated
from the typical Filipino
faith in family and friends
What does faith as committing
our entire selves to God
entails?
*minds, believing in God
*will, hands, doing Gods will
*hearts, entrusting ourselves to
God in prayer and worship.