The summary of the “beauty” of The Catholic Church is found in the final lines of the Apostle creed…The Catholic church is ONE , HOLY ,CATHOLIC AND APOSTOLIC…
This then is the reason why the Catholic church has weathered and survived every trial(s) and tribulations that confronted it.

This is also the reason why the Catholic Church is also the most ORGANIZED HUMAN STRUCTURE in the world. In her ONENESS IS THE SOLIDARITY that gives us strength. In her CATHOLICITY is the universality that makes the uniformity awesome. In Her HOLINESS is the sanctity she bears from God and in her APOSTOLICITY is her rich roots in ORAL AND SACRED TRADITION. Little wonder then why Jesus Christ handed the keys over to Peter and assured him that “the gates of hell WILL never triumph over her”.

The responsibility then of keeping this beautiful gift now falls on not just the spiritual leaders of the church but on all of us who bear the identity CATHOLIC. But every time I go for mass I sometimes ask myself is this the same Catholic Church I have always known as a child…?

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