I was raised Catholic. I admit I'm not a very good Catholic, but I still believe in the religion of my family and the God of the Old and New Testament, and hope to one day look upon the face of God.

Our creator's name must not be spoken, so we call him only Lord or God. He has three essences or ousia..."beingness," it means. There is the Father Creator; his son, Jesus, the essence of god made mortal; and the spiritus sanctus the Holy Ghost.

Those who receive the holy sacraments will be redeemed upon their death and ascend to Heaven to dwell in paradise until the time of the Resurrection, when all who died will be raised again and Jesus Christ will judge the living and the dead.