Growing in Love through SCRIPTURE

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Growing in Love through Scripture
The Emmaus Young Adult Catholic Charismatic Prayer Group Saturday 7.30pm-9.30pm, Room 2
Vision: ‡ A community of Christ's disciples who are passionately in love with the Lord, and whose love is reflected in their ordinary lives. Mission: ‡ to be disciples of Christ according to His heart, through ongoing conversion, sanctification, and mission. ‡ to journey with the young people and to encounter Christ in each other. ‡ to help the young people put the Eucharist as the source and summit of their Christian lives. ‡ to help the young people build their lives upon the rock which is Jesus, the Word of God, and to live in the power of the Holy Spirit. ‡ to build community of believers who is charismatic and missionary in nature.
Testimony
ABC's of Testimony A: Audible B: Brief C: Christ's Centered
A community of Christ's disciples who are passionately in love with the Lord, and whose love is reflected in their ordinary lives.
Luke 24: 13 - 35
Why ?
1 Peter 3: 15 ‡ To Know what (WHO) is the ³reason of our hope´
‡ To know God¶s salvation plan, centered in Jesus
‡ To defend the reason of our hope
‡ To be effective witnesses
Why: To know God¶s Salvation Plan
CCC 102 ± Through all the words of Sacred Scripture, God speaks only one single Word, his one Utterance in whom he expresses himself completely Ignorance of Scripture is Ignorance of Christ St. Jerome The Bible is a letter from Almighty God to His creatures. St. Gregory the Great Learn the heart of God from the word of God. St. Gregory the Great
A community of Christ's disciples who are passionately in love with the Lord, and whose love is reflected in their ordinary lives.
Why: To know God¶s Salvation Plan
‡ To understand the Scripture, we need the help of
‡ The Author of the Scripture, the Holy Spirit ‡ The sacred Tradition and the Magisterium of the Church
CCC 95 ± in the supremely wise arrangement of God, sacred Tradition, sacred Scripture and the Magisterium of the Church are so connected and associated that one of them cannot stand without the others. Working together, each in its own way, under the action of the one Holy Spirit, they all contribute effectively to the salvation of souls
A community of Christ's disciples who are passionately in love with the Lord, and whose love is reflected in their ordinary lives.
Why: To be effective witnesses
‡ Everybody is called to be witnesses ‡ Your life may be the only bible some of your acquaintances ever read
A community of Christ's disciples who are passionately in love with the Lord, and whose love is reflected in their ordinary lives.
How: Join a Bible Study Group
‡ Study the Bible together in a good Catholic Bible Study group
‡ E.g. ‡ LOGOS, Tuesdays , 8 pm, Classroom 2/ 3, St Mary of the Angels ‡ Contact Person: Andy Prima (andyprima.k@gmail.com )
A community of Christ's disciples who are passionately in love with the Lord, and whose love is reflected in their ordinary lives.
How: Pray the Scripture
‡ Find (make!!!) fixed dedicated time and place ‡ Quiet down, don¶t be in a rush, open the passage to read, ask the guidance of the Holy Spirit. Compose yourself, you are about to meet God in His Word ‡ Read the passage SLOWLY, if necessary, several times ‡ Observe your feelings and emotion when reading the passage, highlight any verses that are speaking to you personally ‡ Pray about those verses, if they demand u to take some actions, pray for the necessary graces u need ‡ Live up your day according to your newly made commitment
A community of Christ's disciples who are passionately in love with the Lord, and whose love is reflected in their ordinary lives.
Sacramentalized and Evangelized
Living a Eucharistic Life: - Being fed on the Body of Christ - Nourished by the Word of God - Incarnated in our action and life daily as holy offerings to God
Prayer for Evangelization (1)
Loving God, You called us each by name and gave Your only Son to redeem us. In Your faithfulness, You sent the Holy Spirit to complete the mission of Jesus among us.
A community of Christ's disciples who are passionately in love with the Lord, and whose love is reflected in their ordinary lives.
Prayer for Evangelization (2)
Open our hearts to Jesus. Give us the courage to speak His name to those who are close to us and the generosity to share His love with those who are far away.
A community of Christ's disciples who are passionately in love with the Lord, and whose love is reflected in their ordinary lives.
Prayer for Evangelization (3)
We pray that every person throughout the world be invited to know and love Jesus, as Saviour and Redeemer. May they come to know His unsurpassing love. May that love transform every element of our society.
A community of Christ's disciples who are passionately in love with the Lord, and whose love is reflected in their ordinary lives.
Prayer for Evangelization (4)
We make this prayer through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, One God, forever and ever, Amen. Mary, Mother of the Church, pray for us.
A community of Christ's disciples who are passionately in love with the Lord, and whose love is reflected in their ordinary lives.
Announcement
‡ Next Session Date: 12h September 2009 Please come by 7.45pm Matthew 6:19-24
A community of Christ's disciples who are passionately in love with the Lord, and whose love is reflected in their ordinary lives.
Announcement
‡ Love jar and prayer box
A community of Christ's disciples who are passionately in love with the Lord, and whose love is reflected in their ordinary lives.