Foundations of Faith Resources
General Resources:
1. What is faith?
Faith is our response to God’s revelation. Download the Handout
Formed.org resources:
2. Is God Real
The existence of a God is a conclusion we can reach by the light of reason alone. Download the handout
Formed.org resources:
Audio Book – Chance or Purpose by Cardinal Schönborn
Video – Science with Fr. Spitzer
Video - Is God Really Real? with Chris Stefanick
3. Revelation
God reveals Himself to us because He loves us and desires a relationship with us. Download the Handout
Formed.org resources:
eBook – By What Authority by Mark Shae
4. Who is Jesus
God enters into our humanity to save us, reveal to us the depth of the Father’s love, and to show us how to be holy.
Formed.org resources:
Video – Who Is Jesus? Just a Good Man or Lord of Our Lives? (34 minutes)
Video – Is Jesus Really Divine? with Julianne Miles (16m)
Video – Jesus: The Word Became Flesh (1h 36m)
5. Jesus Saves
In His Death, Christ frees us from Sin. In his Resurrection and Ascension, Christ opens to us a new life
Formed.org resources:
Video – The Paschal Mystery: The Mystery of Jesus's Death & Resurrection (34 minutes)
Video – Did Jesus Really Rise from the Dead? (56m)
Audio Book – Into Your Hands, Father: Abandoning Ourselves to the God Who Loves Us by Fr. Wilfrid Stinissen
6. The Last Things
In the end, we will all stand before God and give an account for our lives.
Formed.org resources:
Lecture – The Four Last Things: Death, Judgment, Heaven, Hell by Fr. Mike Schmitz
Lecture – Why Is There a Hell? What You Should Know about It by Scott Hahn
7. The Church
Jesus founded the Church and gave it authority to carry out His mission of calling all people to salvation.
Formed.org resources:
Video – Why Do I Need the Church? The Mystery of the Catholic Church
ebook – Rome Sweet Home: Our Journey to Catholicism by Scott & Kimberly Hahn
8. Mary and the Saints
God desires us to live with Him in a communion of Love.
Formed.org resources:
Video – A Biblical Introduction to Mary
Video – Mary & the Saints: Our Spiritual Mother & the Communion of Saints
Lecture – The Saints by Dr. Scott Hahn
Lecture – Contemporary Sainthood by Mark Hart
9. Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit is the third Person of the Blessed Trinity. He is coequal with the Father and the Son, in an eternal exchange of love.
Video – Gifts of the Holy Spirit
Audio book – Prayer for Beginners by Peter Kreeft
Video – Prayer: A Surge of the Heart
10. Life in Christ
True freedom is found only in the good. Living a good, moral life is the key to happiness.
Video – A Catholic Moral Vision: Virtue, Grace & the Path to Happiness (46 minutes)
Video – What is Truth? (22 minutes)
Video – The Four Levels of Happiness (22 minutes)
Audio book -- Happiness, God, and Man by Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn
11. Sacraments
Catholic life revolves around the relationship of prayer and outpouring of grace that comes from the liturgy and sacraments. Our hope of perfection in love and union with God is founded in the sacramental life.
Video – Sacraments: Baptism and Confirmation (40 minutes)
Video – Grace (34 minutes)
12. The Law
The entire Law is summed up in Love of God and Love of neighbor. Love is the fulfillment of the law. It is the mark of the follower of Christ. It is the way of perfection.
Multiple Videos in this series – Symbolon Season 2
Audio – Men and Women are from Eden by Dr. Mary Healy (1 hour)
13. Sacraments of Healing
Sin can destroy our spiritual life. Yet God is full of Mercy. Through the Sacraments of Healing, Jesus give us hope in our call to holiness.
Multiple videos in this series – Forgiven: The Transforming Power of Confession
Audio – Confession by Dr. Scott Hahn (1 hour)
14. The Eucharist
The Eucharist is the source and summit of all Christian life.
Multiple videos in this series – Presence: The Mystery of the Eucharist
Audio – The Holy Eucharist with Bishop Robert Barron (1 hour)
Audio – Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist by Dr. Brant Pitre (1 hour)
15. The Mass
The Mass is our central act of worship, a foretaste of Heaven. In the Mass, Jesus’ Paschal mystery is again made present/ With Christ we offer ourselves as a gift of love to the Father.
Multiple videos in this series – Presence: The Mystery of the Eucharist
Audio – A Scriptural Walk through the Mass by Dr. Edward Sri (1 hour)
Audio – The Lamb's Supper by Dr. Scott Hahn (1 hour)
16. Sacraments of Vocation
God Calls us into a life of Gift.
Multiple videos in this series: Beloved: Finding Happiness in Marriage
Video - Matrimony & Holy Orders: The Sacraments of Service & Communion
Audio – All Things are Possible for God by Fr. Joshua Waltz (1 hour)