Could you explain your faith in a minute?

A work colleague, a friend who doesn't believe or your own child might ask you: "So what exactly do you believe?" Many Christians go blank or come out with a jumbled list of rules. The essentials fit into a few sentences: that there is one God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit; that he created us out of love; that the Son became man, died and rose again to save us; that in the Church he gives us his life through the sacraments; and that eternal life with him awaits us. That's what the Creed prayed every Sunday at Mass sums up. Being able to say it in your own words isn't a matter for experts. It's knowing what you love well enough to tell it simply.