Mindful of this blog's mission, which is, in part, to avoid a misappropriation of authority properly belonging to our bishop, his presbyters and deacons, please forgive this blogger for statements that (unintentionally) assume too much and/or diminish another vital aspect of the Ordinariate experience. And, of course, this blogger will continue to dig for said treasure in the wide field of the internet and capture and redistribute knowledge as it presents itself on the lips of the informed. Minds alert to the needs at hand can fill in the gaps as the conversation expands to reveal aspects of the Patrimony that could or should be brought forward for inclusion. There is more than one kind of treasure to be shared. Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. The name of this blog site is, after all, A Treasure To Be Shared. Let us proceed with the happy task of uncovering buried treasure and sharing (Ordinariate) gifts with the wider Church. Question: Why did God make you? Answer: God made me to know Him, to love Him, and to serve Him in this world, and to be happy with Him forever in the next. The Baltimore Catechism sums up beautifully our reason for being: I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. Hearken also to the words of Jesus recorded in the Holy Gospel according to Saint John: That is, anyone and everyone seeking God. The Amen that concludes the Creed speaks to our confident hope that we offer to anyone seeking the True, the Good and the Beautiful. I believe in the Holy Ghost: The holy Catholic Church The Communion of Saints: The Forgiveness of sins: The Resurrection of the body: ✠ And the Life everlasting. I BELIEVE in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth: And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord: Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, Born of the Virgin Mary: Suffered under Pontius Pilate, Was crucified, dead, and buried: He descended into hell The third day he rose again from the dead: He ascended into heaven, And sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty: From thence he shall come to Judge the quick and the dead. In case you're wondering where that 'there' is, the shorter answer would be the Apostles' Creed, à la the Ordinariate, especially that bit about the Life everlasting.
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Knowing something about where Ordinariate Catholics are coming from can tell an interested visitor a great deal about where we, like all Catholics, hope on going and how we hope to get there.