What Does Being Catholic REALLY Mean? | Catholicism for Catholics with Blessed is She
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🗓️ 1 November 2025
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What does it really mean to be Catholic?Fr. Matt Lowry walks us through the Nicene Creed and the four marks of the Church — one, holy, Catholic, and apostolic — in a way that’s both simple and profound.His reflection invites us to see not just what we profess, but who we belong to: a Church united in love, holiness, and truth. 🌿#BlessedIsShe #CatholicFaith #NiceneCreedNew here? We're SO glad you're here! Hit that *subscribe* button and the bell to be notified when we upload!SUBSCRIBE to our free daily devotions: https://blessedisshe.net/subscribe/Check our our FREE RESOURCES for you: https://blessedisshe.net/free-resources/Catholic Resources + How To Guides: https://blessedisshe.net/catholic-resources-how-to-guides/Download our FREE study guide: https://blessedisshe.net/study-guide/Find out more: https://blessedisshe.net/about/Check out our Shop: https://blessedisshe.net/shopShop our Amazon favs: https://www.amazon.com/shop/blessedissheBlessed is She exists for any woman who wants to radically follow Jesus through a vibrantly Catholic life every single day. We create beautiful and accessible resources, products, and experiences to foster community and deepen faith, both online and in person. We invite you into this community, no matter where you are on your walk with Christ.You belong here.
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| 0:00.0 | What does it mean to say that you're Catholic? |
| 0:10.0 | I'm Father Matt Lowry in the Diocese of Phoenix at Northern Arizona University, and we're |
| 0:15.0 | going to talk today about what does it mean when we say that we're Catholic? |
| 0:18.0 | To start from, we're going to look at the Nicene Creed that |
| 0:22.0 | Catholics say every single Mass. We say we are one holy Catholic and apostolic church. |
| 0:28.9 | And something that's interesting is other Christians will actually profess the Nicene |
| 0:33.4 | Creed also, but they're not Catholic. So there's like Catholic Christians who say |
| 0:37.2 | that and who say that |
| 0:37.5 | and they say that. And so it's important to actually look at what those words mean. First, |
| 0:43.6 | one. To say that the Catholic Church is one means that there's a unity. You might have experienced |
| 0:49.9 | this when you've been on vacation, out of town, and you go to Mass, that you're hearing the same |
| 0:55.8 | readings, the same prayers that people back home are also praying. That we are united in prayer. |
| 1:04.3 | We are united in beliefs. That we have, you know, the catechism is a summary of our beliefs, |
| 1:10.3 | that, and the beliefs are |
| 1:12.1 | fixed, if you will, coming down to us from the apostles, and they don't change based on |
| 1:18.4 | the leadership or whatnot. They're only deepened in our understanding of those things. And so there's |
| 1:23.9 | this unity, when someone says, I'm a Roman Catholic, I'm a Catholic Christian, |
| 1:29.9 | that we know what that means, that there's a unity. |
| 1:32.9 | We feel a connection with each of our brothers and sisters. |
| 1:36.6 | You know, St. Paul says in Ephesians 4 that there is one Lord, one faith, one baptism. |
| 1:43.0 | That what Jesus wanted in John 17, he prays to the Father, Father, |
| 1:48.0 | that we may be one, that they may be one as we are one. And so that's Jesus' prayer from the |
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