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The paramount command, the heart and soul of Torah, was: Dt 6:5 "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might. And these words which I command you this day shall be upon your heart; and you shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. And you shall bind them as a sign upon your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. And you shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates."

The awesome power of this command is expressed in God's words. "These words … shall be upon your heart." They are to be written into our very heart and soul, so that God is in us at every moment of our lives. "You shall teach them diligently to your children." We are to teach our children from a very early age that God loves them, and that they are to love Him in return. "Talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise." It is not enough to love God quietly in our heart and to teach this quiet love to our children; we are to proclaim God all day every day. "You shall bind them as a sign upon your hand." It is not enough to proclaim God in words, we must proclaim Him in the work of our hands as well. "They shall be as frontlets between your eyes." We are to concentrate on God's words to the exclusion of all else. "You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates." We should proclaim God's glory even to passing strangers. God gave us an example of how we are to know, love and serve Him by sending His Son to visit with us, to live a life focused constantly on His heavenly Father, to sacrifice His earthly life that God and man might be reconciled, and to nourish our souls with His own body, blood, soul and divinity.
.... Martin K. Barrack The Second Exodus

Good post and I also affirm my faith in Him, God through Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior.

One criticism though, reading the copyright notice to the Catechism is like an AA meeting saying 'Cheers, Bottoms-up!" at the conclusion of one of their AA meetings and chugging a pint of Ale.

If those who speak the Catechism sincerely offer it as their Creed, then why the heck do they give authority to another other than God in their footnote?