99. Act Of Faith (Authorized For Use In Ireland)

O my God! 
I firmly believe that Thou art one only God, 
the Creator and Sovereign Lord of heaven and earth, 
infinitely great and infinitely good. 
I firmly believe that in Thee, 
one only God, 
there are three divine Persons, 
really distinct and equal in all things, 
the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Ghost. 
I firmly believe that God the Son, 
the second Person of the most Holy Trinity, became man: 
that He was conceived by the Holy Ghost, 
born of the Virgin Mary; 
that He suffered and died on a cross, 
to redeem and save us; 
that He rose the third day from the dead; 
that He ascended into heaven; 
that He will come at the end of the world to judge mankind; 
that He will reward the good with eternal happiness, 
and condemn the wicked to the everlasting pains of hell. 
I believe these and all other articles 
with the holy Roman Catholic Church proposes to our belief, 
because Thou, my God, 
the infallible Truth, as revealed them; 
and Thou hast commanded us to hear the Church, 
which is the pillar and the ground of truth. 
In this faith I am firmly resolved by Thy holy grace to live and die.

Amen.