Another piece I wrote for my class. This is our opening prayer on the last day of class – each student composes a Creed of their own, modeled (if wanted) on one of the Catholic-Christian creeds (the Apostle’s Creed or the Nicene-Constantinople Creed).
I believe in God our creator
in his undying and steadfast love
in her ready forgiveness
abounding generosity
and boundless mercy
in the goodness of a creation shaped and molded by his hands
in the vigilance and protection she has for us
I believe in Yeshua ben Joseph,
the Christ of God,
the sacrament of God
Redeemer of the Cosmos
I believe we can look to him as the center of our Church
as the model for our faith
as the bearer of the Good News of salvation
as the bridge between heaven and earth
I believe in the brotherhood and sisterhood of all humanity and all creation
one in Christ
brothers and sisters all
I believe in the goodness and holiness of all humanity
symbolized in Mary our Mother and Joseph her husband
I believe in the sanctity and holiness of the family
heaven’s presence here on Earth
I believe in the power and ever-presentness of the Great and Sacred spirit
our Sanctifier
God’s own life breathed into us at the moment of our conception
I believe in the animating and transforming power of this Spirit
and in the gentle and stormy ways it leads us closer to our Father and Creator
I believe in the inherent goodness of each and every person
I believe that Grace – God’s own life – is part and parcel of our Church
I believe in the sacramental reality of our faith and our lives
I believe God speaks and works through us . . . and that we are still very much connected to our loved ones that have passed away . . . and that God’s work is greater than any one of us
I believe because it’s akin to breathing – without my faith, I would surely die.