A Litany of Faith

(based on the writings of Pope Benedict XVI)

R/ Lord, increase my faith

• In faith something meets us that is greater than anything we can think up for ourselves. R/
• Faith is a new Yes that becomes possible when we are touched by God. R/
• Faith is the finding of a You who bears me up and gives me the promise of an indestructible love. R/
• Faith means union with him whose power holds us fast and carries us over the elements of death. R/
• Faith is a breaking out of the isolation of my "I," and a resurrection of my true self. R/
• Faith is reaching that point in which we recognize we need to be given something. R/
• Faith means opening our hand in trust and accepting a gift. R/
• Faith involves every domain of our existence: our mind, our will, our feelings, our love. R/
• Faith entails the shift from dependence on the visible and practicable to trust in the invisible. R/
• Faith is the opening up of the inner powers of understanding that await the light of Truth. R/
• Faith is a call to community. R/
• Faith has to do with forgiving - we can find ourselves only in the receiving and giving of forgiveness. R/
• Faith must mature by suffering anew, at every stage of life, the oppression and the power of unbelief. R/
• Faith expands our hearts in hope and enables us to bear life-giving witness. R/
• Faith makes us light - to be a believer means to escape our own gravity. R/

- Father Peter John Cameron, o.p.
(Magnificat)