April 2, 2010 – Catechism 185-197

I didn’t know Creed came from the Latin meaning Believe.  That is interesting. 

I was thinking about the age of the prayers we say in Church and where the Nicene Creed fits in.  If it is from the 300’s, then it is old, but not quite as old as the Our Father, from the Gospel so 1st Century, along with other prayers that are directly Biblical.  But it is still very old and has been used for 1700 years.  Think about that next time you are just going through the motions and saying it like a robot at Mass.  How many have said it before you, how many saints have said those words.