Includes bibliographical references (p. 184-185).

Part 1. God and revelation -- 1. Revelation: God's self-communication: excerpt from The experience of God / by Dermot Lane. Excerpt from Dei Filius / by the First Vatican Council. Excerpt from Dogmatic constitution on divine revelation (Dei verbum) / by the Second Vatican Council -- 2. The history of salvation: excerpts from The Roman missal / by the Congregation for Divine Worship -- 3. What is faith?: excerpt from Soul searching / by Christian Smith and Melinda Lundquist Denton. Excerpts from the Catechism of the Catholic Church -- 4. How do we put love for God into action?: excerpt from Words to love by / by Mother Teresa -- 5. The cost of being a disciple of Christ: excerpts from Franz Jägerstätter: letters and writings from prison / by Franz Jägerstätter -- 6. The role of suffering in discipleship: excerpts from The imitation of Christ / by Thomas à Kempis -- Part 2. Jesus Christ's revelation about God -- 7. I call you friends: excerpt from The good life / by Richard M. Gula -- 8. I believe in God--Father, Son, and Holy Spirit: excerpt from Rite of Christian initiation of adults. Excerpt from Renewing the baptismal promises / by William Reiser -- 9. Creeds: 1 Corinthians 15:3-4 / by Paul the Apostle. Excerpt from Apostolic traditions / by Hippolytus. Nicene creed. Apostles' creed. An African creed. Excerpts from the creed created at the Third Encuentro Nacional Hispano de Pastoral. Excerpt from Eucharistic prayer IV -- 10. Jesus Christ: true God and true man: excerpt from the Definition of Chalcedon / by the Council of Chalcedon -- 11. Life in the Spirit: excerpt from "Message of the Holy Father Benedict XVI to the young people of the world on the occasion of the XXIII World Youth Day, 2008" / by Pope Benedict XVI -- 12. Mary, Mother of God and model of discipleship: excerpt from Marialis cultus / by Pope Paul VI -- Part 3. The mystery of the incarnation -- 13. The infant lying in the manger: Luke 1:1-20. Excerpt from The Gospel of Luke / by Timothy Johnson -- 14. Jesus the woodworker: excerpt from A marginal Jew / by John P. Meier -- 15. The coming of Jesus Christ: sermons from The liturgy of hours / by Saint Leo the Great and Saint Bernard of Clairvaux -- 16. Jesus the bridegroom: "The incarnation" [and] "The birth" / by Saint John of the Cross -- 17. Jesus the sacrament: excerpt from Christ the sacrament of the encounter with God / by Edward Schillebeeckx -- 18. High and low christology: excerpt from The college student's introduction to christology / by William P. Loewe -- Part 4. Jesus Christ teaches us about ourselves -- 19. Living as our true selves: excerpt from New seeds of contemplation / by Thomas Merton -- 20. Jesus Christ reveals the mystery of humanity: excerpts from Pastoral constitution on the church in the modern world (Gaudium et spes) / by the Second Vatican Council -- 21. Everything is from God and for God: excerpt from Stewardship: a disciple's response / by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops -- 22. We have been created for God: excerpt from Confessions / by Saint Augustine -- 23. Confirmation and conforming to Christ: excerpt from Saying amen / by Kathleen Hughes -- 24. Young disciples proclaiming the gospel: excerpt from "8th World Youth Day, homily of his Holiness Pope John Paul II" / by Pope John Paul II -- 25. Do I need the church in order to love God?: excerpt from Is Christian life possible today? / by Karl Rahner -- 26. Heaven: a person or a place?: excerpt from Eschatology: death and eternal life / by Joseph Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI).