Model Catechetical Activity Presented by James J. Bitting Jr.
M.A.
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Look at the Road to Emmaus through a catechetical lens Three
main points: 1) The Word of God is the Content of Catechesis 2) The
Word is living and active it has the power to bring about faith and
cause conversion (Heb 4:12) 3) The Goal of catechetical activity in
conjunction with liturgical activity is making the person new i.e.
re-creation.
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The Word is our food! And he humbled you and let you hunger and
fed you with manna, which you did not know, nor did your fathers
know; that he might make you know that man does not live by bread
alone, but that man lives by everything that proceeds out of the
mouth of the LORD (Deut 8:3). But he answered, It is written, `Man
shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from
the mouth of God' (Mt 4:4).
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The Shepherds are to feed the sheep I will give you shepherds
after my own heart, who will feed you with knowledge and
understanding (Jer 3:15).
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Divine Scripture is the feast of wisdom, and the individual
books are the various dishes St. Ambrose of Milan
