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St. JudeRite of Christian Initiation

for Adults

SIGN IN AT THE WELCOME TABLE AND ENJOY THE FOOD

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This evening’s meal is provided by:

Marriage Encounter and Young Marrieds Ministries

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PrayerSeminarian: Christian Corona

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SundayScripture Reading

Reading 1 2 MC 7:1-2, 9-14

Reading 2 2 THES 2:16 – 3:5

Gospel LK 20:27-38

Gospel Reflection

Seminarian: Jeremy Maness

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Last MeetingOctober 29

Saints

By: Dru GarzaJeremy Maness, Seminarian

Reference:This Is Our Faith: Ch 10, pp 125-128.

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Tonight’s MeetingNovember 5

Prayer

How We Communicatewith God

The Lord’s Prayer

By: Ken MelvinKevin Rohr

References:This Is Our Faith: Chapter 23 pp. 325-336

Chapter 24 pp. 337-344

Prayer

Ken Melvin

This is Our Faith: Chapter 23, pages 325 - 336

Ken MelvinCradle CatholicMother CatholicDad MethodistMarried & DivorcedElec. Engineer at TIAnnulledRemarried (30 Yrs)“Yours, Mine and Ours” Gift from God.

Prayer

Matthew 7:7-8

"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find: knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives and the one who seeks, finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened."

Talk to God and listen.

Prayer

Prayer is our natural response to God’s love.

How do you define prayer? I like:

In prayer we enter into a dialog with the Lord. We both listen to the Spirit and speak our own heartfelt prayers of Adoration,ContritionThanksgiving and Supplication.

Note the acronym: ACTS

Actively speakthen listen.

Jesus is our model in prayer.

Luke reported how Jesus prayed.

He prayed every Sabbath in the synagogueand at various Jewish religious festivals. He prayed in the morning, at noon and in the evening. He prayed before and after His meals.

Jesus is our Model

He prayed all night before

selecting His apostles.

He prayed the night before His

Passion.

He is our model in prayer as

He is in many things.

How does Jesus teach us to pray?

Prayer

How does Jesus teach us to pray?

First, He calls us to reconciliation with our brothers and

sisters.

"When you stand in prayer, forgive anyone against whom

you have a grievance, so that your heavenly Father may in

turn forgive you your transgressions." (Mark 11:25)

Prayer

He said, pray with child like simplicity

and faith:

“If you then, evil as you are, know how

to give your children what is good, how

much more will the heavenly Father give

the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”

(Luke 11:13)

Prayer

Jesus also teaches that we should persist in prayer.

Persistent Prayer

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Prayer

Jesus teaches us to pray with humility and sincerity.

From Luke 18:9-14:

"He then addressed this parable to those who were convinced of their own righteousness and disposed everyone else. 'Two people went up to the temple area to pray…’ ”

Prayer

Pray with attention to presence and future coming.

From Luke 21:34-36:

“Be vigilant at all times and pray that you have the strength to escape the tribulations that are imminent…”

Prayer

Pray with a sincere heart that is ready to do God’s will.

From Matthew 7:21:

“Not everyone who says to me ‘Lord, Lord’ will enter the kingdom of heaven.”

Prayer

Jesus teaches us to pray in His name.

From John 14:13

“And ask in my name, I will do, so that the Father may be glorifiwhatever you ed in the Son.”

Prayer

And finally when you pray to Jesus, He hears your prayers and answers.

The famous Jesus prayer is excellent:

“Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner.”

After the break Kevin will present the Lord’s Prayer.I love the Lord’s Prayer…

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Table Discussion

What struck you or touched you in this presentation?

Did anything puzzle you?

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Break

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Catholic Fun FactSeminarian: Isaiah Minke

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Tonight’s Presentations

Questions and Answers

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Next MeetingNovember 12

Christian Morality

By: Dale BrooksBrenda Steffens

Reference:This Is Our Faith: Chapters 18-22

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Announcements

• Saturday Make-up sessions are at 10 am – Please use the North Entrance to the Pastoral Center

(park in the Northeast Lot for closest access)

• Presentations are posted at: https://stjudeparish.com/rcia-presentations

• Mark your calendars – Service Project during class December 3.

• Rite of Acceptance – Sunday, November 10, 201

10:00 a.m. MassPlease arrive at 9:15 a.m. in room 401 to check in. This rite is for

unbaptized inquirers who are seeking full Christian initiation into the

Church. If possible, your sponsor should attend as well. If your sponsor

is unable to attend please let Della or Sharon know and they will arrange

for someone else to stand up with you during the rite. Also, please let

us know if you are UNABLE to attend.

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Q&AFr. Abraham ThomasFr. Joel Bako

Kevin Rohr

This is Our Faith: Chapter 24, pages 337-344

Praying the Our Father, knowing all he has done for us, and achieving the

strength we desire to be his servant with Love, is personal to each one of us.

In Jesus' on words on the Sermon on the Mount; the message of Jesus is

one of humility, charity, and brotherly love with the Beatitudes. He teaches

transformation of the inner person, and love becomes the motivation. St.

Francis’ Prayer was for the strength to achieve the gift of love by his prayer.

"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Blessed are they who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.

Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.

Blessed are the pure of heart, for they shall see God.

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God.

Blessed are they who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of

heaven."

Gospel of St. Matthew 5:3-10

10 Commandments

I am the Lord your God, you

shall worship the Lord your God

and him only shall you serve.

You shall not take the name of

the Lord your God in vain.

Remember to keep holy the

Sabbath.

Love the Lord your God with all

your whole heart and with all

your soul and with all your mind.

Love your neighbor as yourself.

(Matthew 22: 37-40)

2 Greatest Commandments

St. Teresa of Avila

Approach prayer with a humble

heart and full of Love to the Father.

Before this prayer God was

referenced as, “I AM”.

You received the Spirit of adoption,

through which we cry, “Abba,

Father”. (Romans 8:15)

In spite of the division among

Christians, this prayer to “our”

Father remains our common

patrimony. (CCC2791)

Jesus not only gives us the

words of our prayer, at the same

time He gives us the Spirit by

whom these words become in

us, “spirit and life.” (John 6:63,

CCC2766)

Our Father in Heaven

Hallowed be Thy Name

Thy Kingdom Come

Thy Will be done on

Earth as it is in Heaven

Give us this day our

daily bread

Forgive us our

trespasses

Lead us not into

temptation

Deliver us from evil

When we pray - we pray

“Our” (not my) Father, in

solidarity with the whole

Church. We are of one

body, we are in the

communion of God and

men. (CCC2790)

We pray with all the

saints and angels, the

“Great Cloud of

Witnesses”. (Hebrews

12:1)

The expression “God the Father” had

never been revealed to anyone before.

Jesus used “Father” consistently and

Jesus, “The Word of God”, knew the right

words.

“And the word became flesh and made his dwelling

among us, and we saw His glory, the glory as of the

Father’s only Son, full of grace and truth”. (John 1:14)

Thus through Jesus - God is our Father.

To call him Father, says we accept being

His child, and behave as His child, and

love our earthly father, to understand

how to love our Heavenly Father.

Thus Jesus is the perfect mirror of our

Father: loving, strong, patient, kind,

forgiving, and tender.

The biblical expression means

majestic, and he transcends

everything we can conceive.

CCC 2794

Heaven is a real place, it is our

home and Jesus is preparing a

place there especially for us.

(John 14:2-3)

If we can only imagine these first

6 thoughts in the prayer and how

much they mean:

Majestic

Holy

Wonderful

Emmanuel

Loving but stern

Forgiving and All-knowing

Hallowed means to “make

holy” and “holy” means set-

apart, sacred, special,

superior, worthy of worship.

We don’t make Him holy, but

His name becomes holy to

others, by us becoming

saints, as they cannot see

God, except through us.

Adoration - a time with Him

to light our fire within us for

Him, and let Him shine.

They cannot see our

faith except through our

works. (James 2:18)

Adoration enables us to

love him, adore him,

and turn our attention to

the God who is perfect

beauty, letting his light

shine into our darkness.

We stand facing the

light, because He

deserves our love.

“Thy Kingdom Come” refers primarily to the final coming of

the reign of God through Christ's return. But there is a

mission in this present world, this desire to commit ourselves

to it all the more strongly. (CCC 2818)

When asked why Jesus died – “to save us.”

When asked why Jesus lived?

“But who do you say that I am?” Simon Peter: “You are the

Messiah, the Son of the living God.” (Matthew 16:15-16)

“Peter upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of

the netherworld shall not prevail against it. I will give you the

keys to the kingdom of heaven...” (Matthew 16:18-19)

Jesus was setting up the new Kingdom on earth as it is in

heaven.

The key to the fulfillment of Thy Kingdom Come, is the fulfillment of

the “thy will be done”. We cannot achieve the kingdom without

reaching out to meet His will.

This is one of the easiest things in the world to understand, but the

hardest to fulfill. C.S. Lewis: “There are only two kinds of people in

the end, those who say to God, “Thy will be done”; and those to

whom God says, in the end, “Thy will be done.”

Sin is an absolute rebellion against God’s will.

God’s will: Two greatest commandments.

When God’s will is done on earth, we get a glimpse of heaven.

God’s will is both submissive and active - we submit to His will and

we reach out to love our neighbors, feed the poor, and so much more

- all with love.

Mother Teresa: “If you give - give with love, not with pity.”

The shortest prayer that gives God full

control of what we really need.

Does God have the wisdom, knowledge,

and love to answer this prayer?

His will is not always easy.

We must believe it will be answered, as He

promises He will answer the prayer to meet

our needs, not our wants.

What is our greatest need? Christ

“Man does not live on bread alone, but by

every word that proceeds from the mouth

of God.” (Matt 4:4)

Notice the prayer is for today only.

References spiritual food, wisdom, and the

Eucharist, The Body of Christ.

“Whoever eats this flesh, and drinks my

blood remains in me and I in him. This is

the bread that came down from heaven.”

(John 6:56)

“The words I have spoken to you are spirit

and life.” (John 6:63)

This petition is joined by one word “as”.

(CCC 2838)

Christ is commanding us to pray for our

own judgment based on our forgiveness to

others. We set the end result.

Is it impossible for us to receive God’s

forgiveness if we do not forgive others? It is

a choice of the loving heart, or cold heart.

Forgiveness allows love to overcome hurt,

and bears witness that in our world, love is

stronger than sin. (CC2846)

Jesus dying on the cross, sees his Mom,

Roman solders, Jews, and two of his

disciples, as the others have fled, is in

extreme pain, broken heart, and He says,

“Forgive them for they know not what they

are doing.”

He gave the extreme example of love.

Temptation = Trials

Request is tied to the preceding

forgiveness - Greek word “lead”

means both: “do not allow us to

enter into temptation, and do not

let us yield to temptation”.

We humbly confess our

weaknesses, and ask God to be

gentle to us as promised.

God is faithful and will not let you

be tempted beyond your strength.

(1 Cor 10:13)

In Christianity deliverance is not

an abstraction.

Deliverer is the Savior who died

for us on the cross to save us.

Evil refers to a person “Satan”, the

Evil One, the angel who opposes

God. (CC2851)

This is our last petition. “God help

us” to overcome the worldly

desires, and the corruption of sin

and death, and the evil desires of

the present, past and future.

We are promised deliverance!!

This was Christ's last petition; we tend to put our needs first, but Christ teaches us to humbly

love the Father, care for his people first, and do His will; and He will deliver us from the evil of

this world. Christ himself ended with the Cross to defeat evil.

Connecting with our Lord with a

penitent, loving, humble heart

Our Father who art in Heaven,

hallowed be Thy name.

Thy Kingdom come, thy will be

done on Earth as it is in Heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread.

And forgive us our trespasses,

as we forgive those who

trespass against us.

Lead us not into temptation and

deliver us from evil.

Amen

Mass Order - Attending Mass because

we love him

Penitential Prayer

Gloria

Readings Old and New testament,

presenting the wine and bread

Transubstantiation – The Eucharist

Lords Prayer, Lord have Mercy, and

forgiveness

Communion - receiving his body for

strength and oneness with our Lord

Going forth to serve Him, the

deliverer, and standing against evil

Amen

John 4:34 “My food is to do the will of the one who sent me and to finish his

work. Do you not say, “In four months the harvest will be here’? I tell you, look

up and see the fields ripe for the harvest.”

John 14:20 “Whoever loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him

and reveal myself to him.”

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One Bread One Body. - YouTube

“For the Kingdom, the Power and the Glory

are yours now and forever.”

'Lord, has the time come for you to restore the kingdom to Israel?'7 He replied, 'It is not for you to know times or dates that the Father has decided by

his own authority,8 but you will receive the power of the Holy Spirit which will come on you, and then

you will be my witnesses not only in Jerusalem but throughout Judaea and Samaria, and indeed to earth's remotest end.'

Our Father, Who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy name; Thy Kingdom

come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day

our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those

who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver

us from evil. Amen.

“My food,” said Jesus, “is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work.