Wednesday night we continued working on Acts chapter 15. We worked through question 16 in the book on page 81.
One of the things we discussed was the Pope's weekly Wednesday address. The following is what he said on the 30th:
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
In our catechesis on prayer, we now turn to Jesus, who by his own example most
fully reveals the mystery of Christian prayer. A significant moment in
this regard is Jesus’ prayer following his Baptism, which expresses his both his
deepest identity as the Son of God and his solidarity with the sinful humanity
whom he came to save. Jesus’ prayer reflects his complete, filial
obedience to the Father’s will, an obedience which would lead him to death on
the Cross for the redemption of our sins. With his human heart, Jesus
learned to pray from his Mother and from the Jewish tradition, yet the source of
his prayer is his eternal communion with the Father; as the incarnate Son, he
shows us perfectly how to pray as children of the heavenly Father. Jesus’
example of fidelity to prayer challenges us to examine the time and effort we
devote to our own prayer. While prayer is a gift of God, it is also an art
learned through constant practice. Jesus teaches us to pray constantly, but also
to bear witness before others of the beauty of prayer, self-surrender and
complete openness to God.
And this is a link to the video that Liz mentioned of Stephen Clobert doing "liturgical dance" and singing the King of Glory.
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