3. Faith in People
• Our f irst experience of f ait h is
wit h our par ent s. They ar e t he
people who brought us int o t his
wor ld and who raised us t o
become who we arenow.
4. Faith in People
• We also learn what it means t o
have f ait h t hrough our f riends.
Next t o our parent s and loved
ones; it is t o t hese people t hat
we f ully ent rust ourselves.
5. Faith in People
• Fait h is also exercised in our
everyday dealings wit h ot her
people. We go t o schools because
we believe t hat our t eachers will
impart t he lessons we ought t o
learn f or our educat ion.
6. Faith in God
• Fait h is our personal and loving
response t o God’s self -revelat ion.
According t o t he Cat echism f or
Filipino Cat holics, Fait h is
essent ially Trinitarian. I t is our
adherence t o t he Triune God as
revealed t o us by J esus Christ .
7. Faith in God
• This Fait h- relat ionship wit h Christ is
bot h a gif t and t ask. I t is a gif t f rom
God f or t wo reasons.
• First , f ait h is grounded on t he Fat her’s
init iat ive t o reveal Himself t o us.
• Second, f ait h as our response t o
Christ ’s call t o love and f riendship is
always a graced-response f or it is
sust ained by t he power of t he Holy
Spirit .
