This video expressed the idea behind the "I Believe" statements featured in the Apostles' and Nicene Creeds. These repeated statements represent our unending acceptance of God and His teachings. Just as we find comfort in our acceptance of God, so the young woman in the video finds comfort in her acceptance of the figure who has been pursuing her throughout the video. In the end, God wants us to accept Him and have a relationship with him.
This is the first video in the VCAT series. The VCAT is a Video Catechism for Teens produced by Outside da Box Productions in collaboration with the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston. This video is based on "The Hound of Heaven" by Francis Thompson, a poem which describes God's pursuit of mankind to a hound pursuing a hare. This metaphor is used to describe God's unending love and pursuit of His people. Often, we go through life looking for something but not necessarily knowing what it is we are looking for. It is only when turn to God that we realize He is what we were searching for. This video expressed the idea behind the "I Believe" statements featured in the Apostles' and Nicene Creeds. These repeated statements represent our unending acceptance of God and His teachings. Just as we find comfort in our acceptance of God, so the young woman in the video finds comfort in her acceptance of the figure who has been pursuing her throughout the video. In the end, God wants us to accept Him and have a relationship with him. To check out more VCAT videos, visit www.vcat.org.
Every April 22, millions around the world celebrate Earth Day. Earth Day began in 1970 as a way to advocate for the environment and environmental protection. From its humble beginnings, Earth Day has grown to be what has been called the largest secular holiday, celebrated by billions worldwide every year. As Catholics, we know that we are called to care for God's creation. In Genesis, we read that, in reference to the first humans, "God blessed them and God said to them: Be fertile and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and all the living things that crawl on the earth" (Genesis 1:28). Implicit in this command to subdue the Earth and have dominion over the animals is a command to care for God's creation. Just as parents are called to care for their children, humans are called to care for the gift of creation they have been given. |
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