This book is for each person who wants to ignite and nurture their personal faith. The first part of the book essentially presents Christ as the centre of our faith. In the second part, the author shows that faith can grow and provides practical explanations on how to nourish it by offering various means for it to do so, all complementary and rooted in the Tradition of the Church. The last part in particular is specifically dedicated to the growth of faith. The wisdom and practical advice found in this book are presented in the simple form of “100 questions and answers,” making it very accessible at all levels. Faith is both a challenge and a great help for our lives. With this in mind we must face our doubts and put into practice the directions and ways offered in this book in order to see our faith ignite again and grow.

“Mary, you who have believed, make us participants in the purity of your Faith, your adherence to the Word of your Son, your commitment to follow Him to the end with the strength of the Holy Spirit.”

“May this Year of Faith [2012-2013] make the relationship with Christ, the Lord, ever stronger, for only in Him do we have the certainty to look to the future and the guarantee of an authentic and lasting love.” — Benedict XVI.

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Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

1. What is the purpose of this book?

2. How can we define faith?

3. Is it possible to please God without faith?

4. How can we approach God?

5. Is faith necessary for our salvation?

6. Can we speak of the beauty of faith?

7. What is the relationship between faith and eternal life?

8. Does faith disappear with death?

9. What do we believe in?

10. Is it necessary to deepen our faith?

11. Should we discover and explore faith?

12. What are the fruits of faith?

FIRST PART: THE HEART OF OUR FAITH

I- CHRIST, THE PRINCIPLE OF OUR FAITH

13- Who is the centre of our faith?

14- What is the practical consequence of faith in Christ?

15- What is the foundation of our faith?

16- How to believe in Christ?

II- MARY, MOTHER OF OUR FAITH

17- How is the act of faith structured?

18- Who believed?

19- Can we say that Mary belongs to us?

20- How to receive Mary’s capacity?

21- What is the relationship between “the faith of the Church” and “the faith of Mary”?

III- THE HOLY SPIRIT, THE SOUL OF OUR FAITH

22- Who is the soul (heart) of our faith?

23- What is the first grace? And to whom is it given?

24- What is the second grace of the Holy Spirit?

25- How to ask?

SECOND PART: NOURISHING OUR FAITH

26- What are the foods of faith?

I- LISTENING TO THE WORD OF GOD

27- What is the act of faith proper to listening to the Word?

28- What is the Word of Christ?

29- How to listen to the Word?

30- How to put the Word into practice?

31- What is the relationship between living faith and charity?

32- What is the relationship between faith and service?

33- What does it mean to be “moved by the Word”?

34- How does Christ speak to us and guide us?

II. RECEIVING CHRIST AND THE HOLY SPIRIT IN THE PRAYER OF THE HEART

35- What is the act of faith involved in the “immersion in Christ”?

36- Why does Christ give us His Body?

37- What is the relationship between “receiving Communion” and the “Prayer of the Heart”?

38- What is the purifying action of the Prayer of the Heart?

39- Why does Christ invite us to “dwell in Him”?

40- What does it mean to give oneself to Him?

41- What does it mean to “live under the influence of the Holy Spirit”?

42- What does it mean to be guided by the Lord Jesus?

III- LEARNING TO MAKE AN ACT OF FAITH

43- What is an “act of faith”? and what is its usefulness?

44- What is the relationship between the act of faith and the acts of hope and charity?

45- What is the relationship between the three theological acts and the act of “self-surrender to God”?

46- How to make an act of faith?

47- In the act of faith, what part depends on us and what part depends on God?

48- Can we cite a first practical example of the act of faith?

49- What would be a second example of the act of faith?

50- What would be a third example of an act of faith?

51- What does it mean to have “faith capable of moving mountains”?

52- What does it mean to “believe in the prolongation of the Incarnation”?

53- What is the virtue of faith?

IV- CLINGING TO MARY

54- Why turn to Mary? and How to do it?

55- How is our Faith formed in Mary?

56- How to protect and increase our Faith?

V- STUDYING AND DEEPENING ONE’S FAITH

57- How to deepen the intelligence of Faith?

58- What is the role of reading in our life? and What to read?

59- What is the role of study in our life? and What to study?

THIRD PART: WALKING AND GROWING IN FAITH

I- AVOIDING THE OBSTACLES OF FAITH

60- Why do we have doubts and what should we do with them?

61- What is the first obstacle of faith?

62- What is the meaning of “ups and downs” and what to do in each moment?

63- Where to seek God?

64- What does the love of creatures provoke in us?

65- What does temptation consist of?

66- What does it mean to believe in “one God”?

67- What are the temptations against faith?

68- The synergy between the Holy Spirit and us?

69- What is “negative passivity”?

70- What is “negative activism”?

71- What is “positive passivity”?

II- JOURNEYING THROUGH THE STAGES OF FAITH

72- What is the path of our Faith?

73- What is the transformation of our being in Christ?

74- What is the goal of the first part of our journey of faith?

75- What is the ultimate goal of our journey of faith?

76- What are the stages of purification and why?

77- What is purification of the senses?

78- What is purification of the emotions?

79- What is purification of the spirit?

80- What is the importance of Guides and Masters for our faith?

III- BELIEVING WITH OUR REASON

81- What is the relationship between reason and faith?

82- What are Rationalism and Fideism?

83- How to achieve the Catholic balance between reason and faith?

84- What does “believing to know” mean?

85- What does “understanding to believe” mean?

IV- PRAYING THE CREED

86- What is the Creed?

87- What are the articles of the Creed?

88- What is the relationship between the Creed and our spiritual life?

V- WALKING THE EXTRA MILE

89- Is it necessary to surpass ourselves?

90- How to delve deeper into our faith?

91- What is the Transfiguration? and What is its role in our faith?

92- What is Faith in St. John?

93- What is the role of the Cross in our Faith?

94- What does “blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed” mean?

95- What does it mean to witness the Divinity of Christ?

96- What does it mean to “confess the Mercy of Christ”?

97- What should our attitude towards Truth be?

CONCLUSION

I- COMMIT TO RENEWING YOUR FAITH

98- Whose responsibility is it to renew faith?

99- What is the importance of faith in everyday life?

II- GOD THE FATHER, END OF OUR FAITH

100- Who is the origin and end of our Faith?