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The religious  man  is  better  off  than  the  ungodly. A good boy,  his  father’s  darling,  was  very  ill  and given over  by  the  doctors. His father,  who  had  often told the  boy  that  there  was  nothing  after  death,  came to his  bedside  as  he  lay  dying. The boy  said  to  him: “ Tell me,  father,  am  I to  believe  what  you  taught me, or  am  I to  believe  what  mother  taught  me?” On hearing  his  son  say  this,  the  father’s  eyes  filled with tears. ‘‘My dear  boy,”  he  replied,  “believe what your  mother  taught  you. What I said  is  not as certain  as  that  which  she  told  you.”  The  loyal child of  the  Church,  who  believes  all  that  the  Church proposes to  him  to  be  believed,  enjoys  far  more security than  the  man  who  does  not  care  about  religion and  has  no  beliefs.

An unbeliever  said  once  to  a good  and  faithful Catholic; “ O unhappy Christian! How terribly you will  find  you  have  been  deceived,  if  heaven  is only  a fable!” The  Catholic  answered: “ O unhappy atheist! How terribly  you  will  find  you have been  deceived,  when  you  discover  that  hell  is no fictitious  place.”

''Q. Where shall  we  find  the  chief  truths  which  the Church  teaches? ''

''A. We  shall  find  the  chief  truths  which  the  Church teaches  in  the  Apostles'  Creed. ''