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"Fast Fridays" are a weekly gathering by videoconference for reminder that God is in our life -- even on a Friday evening!. We will take thirty minutes | "Fast Fridays" are a weekly gathering by videoconference for reminder that God is in our life -- even on a Friday evening!. We will take thirty minutes on early Friday evenings to refresh, enliven and re-dedicate ourselves to God. | ||
The discussions are not designed to catechize our group into the Catholic faith, but it will be led by my experience and point of view as a converted Catholic. | It is "fast" because we will spend no more than 30 minutes, and because your host fasts on Fridays. We fast on Fridays to recognize the absence of God on Good Friday. | ||
The discussions are not designed to catechize our group into the Catholic faith, but it will be led by my experience and point of view as a converted Catholic. | |||
Please join us! | Please join us! | ||
Revision as of 17:51, 26 July 2024
"Fast Fridays" are a weekly gathering by videoconference for reminder that God is in our life -- even on a Friday evening!. We will take thirty minutes on early Friday evenings to refresh, enliven and re-dedicate ourselves to God.
It is "fast" because we will spend no more than 30 minutes, and because your host fasts on Fridays. We fast on Fridays to recognize the absence of God on Good Friday.
The discussions are not designed to catechize our group into the Catholic faith, but it will be led by my experience and point of view as a converted Catholic.
Please join us!
Friday, July 26: the Living God
This week, Friday, July 26, we will discuss the "Our Father" prayer and the concept of the "Living God," which is a uniquely Christian insight.
The "Jesus prayer"
Lord Jesus Christ, son of the living God, have mercy on me, a sinner.
"The living God"
- what a "living God" is not:
- an object or statue
- idolatry?
- ritualism and superstition
- an object or statue
- what a "living God" is:
- present
- personal
Our Father
- contemplating "Our Father"
- the "Seven petitions"
Christ reveals the Father
At that time Jesus said in reply,* “I give praise to you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for although you have hidden these things from the wise and the learned you have revealed them to the childlike.
Yes, Father, such has been your gracious will.
All things have been handed over to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son wishes to reveal him.
At that very moment he rejoiced [in] the holy Spirit and said, “I give you praise, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for although you have hidden these things from the wise and the learned you have revealed them to the childlike. Yes, Father, such has been your gracious will. All things have been handed over to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and who the Father is except the Son and anyone to whom the Son wishes to reveal him."