Here are the readings from YouCat that go with the first enquiry session (June 26th 2025)
- #3 to #6 – the search for God [2 pages]
- #352 to #357 – the First Commandment (“I am the Lord your God”) [5 pages]
NB the numbers (#) refer to paragraph numbers in the YouCat and not to page numbers. The number in [square brackets] at the end tells you roughly how long this passage is in terms of the pages you need to read (excluding picture pages).
LONGER READINGS FROM THE CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
If you have more time, and if you want to go deeper into the topic of this session, you can follow up by exploring the longer Catechism of the Catholic Church. See the standard online version here, and a digital “flip-book” edition here. Here are the readings that go with this week’s Sycamore session:
- #27 to #49 – the search for God
- #2084 to #2128 – the First Commandment (“I am the Lord your God”)
NB the numbers (#) refer to paragraph numbers in the Catechism and not to page numbers. Click on the links themselves to read the paragraphs in the online version.
WISDOM FROM THE BIBLE
Jer 51:15
“It is the Lord who made the earth by his power, who established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding stretched out the heavens.”
Genesis 1:1-5
“In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters. Then God said, ‘Let there be light’; and there was light. And God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night.”
Job 12:7-10
“But ask the animals, and they will teach you; the birds of the air, and they will tell you; ask the plants of the earth, and they will teach you; and the fish of the sea will declare to you. Who among all these does not know that the hand of the Lord has done this? In his hand is the life of every living thing and the breath of every human being.”
Acts 17:22-24
“Then Paul stood in front of the Areopagus and said, ‘Athenians, I see how extremely religious you are in every way. For as I went through the city and looked carefully at the objects of your worship, I found among them an altar with the inscription, “To an unknown god.” What therefore you worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you. The God who made the world and everything in it, he who is Lord of heaven and earth…”
Romans 1:20
“Ever since the creation of the world God’s eternal power and divine nature, invisible though they are, have been understood and seen through the things he has made.”
Romans 11:33-36
“O the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgements and how inscrutable his ways! For who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counsellor? Or who has given a gift to him, to receive a gift in return? For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be the glory for ever. Amen.”
Revelation 4:11
“You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honour and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created.”