Jeanie Hannaman

By Jack Rigert, Catholic Exchange - God created man in his image, in the divine image he created them; male and female he created them: “Be fertile and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it” (Gen 1: 28).... This is the very first thing that God chooses to say about us in the Bible! That He created us in His own divine image. Man and woman were created as the crown of creation, invited to become one flesh, joined together to bring forth new life and love in a sacramental, visible sign of Trinitarian communion and to transfer this love throughout creation.

By Francis X. Maier, The Catholic Thing - Words matter.  They express but also shape our thoughts, which in turn frame the way we live.  Here’s an example:  The words of the Nicene Creed are crucial to Christian belief.  They’ve summarized and guided the Christian faith for 1,700 years.  We recite them routinely every Sunday at Mass, but there was nothing routine in their origin.  Good people argued, fought, and died in formulating them, and their influence over the centuries has been massive.  Simply put, words matter for two reasons.