My earliest memories of talking about faith and God are from when I started first grade at Immaculate Conception School. Anyone who has attended Catholic school has studied the Baltimore Catechism, which attempted to answer the big questions like “Who is God?” with simplistic answers like “God is the Creator of Heaven and Earth.” 

I was taught that if I didn’t sin (which of course, I did, since only God is perfect), or if I asked forgiveness for my sins, God would protect me, and I would eventually get my eternal reward.