30 November 2011

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.  

November 23

We will NOT be meeting on Wednesday, November 23.  Happy Thanksgiving everyone.  God Bless!

9 November 2011

Wednesday night we continued working on Acts chapter 15.  We talked about the first Ecumenical Church Council, the Council of Jerusalem.  We finished questions 5-9 in the workbook on pages 78-79.  Next week we will pick up with question 10.

2 November 2011

Tonight we started working on the questions for Acts chapter 15.  Last week we read the chapter in the bible, then the commentary including the pages discussing the councils that have been held in the Catholic church.  Tonight we made it through questions 1-4 on page 78 of the commentary.

21 September 2011

On Wednesday night we started on chapter 13 of Acts, again.  We read the bible, the commentary, and started answering the questions on page 69.  We answered questions 1-3 so next week we will begin with question 4.

14 Sept. 2011

Last night we read chapter 13 in Acts, as well as the commentary pages 65-68.  We had enough discussion that we didn't get to any of the questions on page 69, so that is where we will start next week.

7 September 2011

On our first session back since our August break, we finished discussing Acts chapter 12. We finished all the questions on page 64 of the commentary and learned about several Jameses found in the New Testament. Next week we will start working on Acts chapter 13 featuring Paul and Barnabus.