St Brendan Family Faith Formation: Recent Episodes
St Brendan Family Faith Formation
April Topic: On Mission
Hallow Meditation: St. John Vianney on the Eucharist
John Chapter 6 - The Bread of Life Discourse
"He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him. As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so he who eats me will live because of me."
John 6:56-57
- Each sacrament gives a characteristic grace to the one who receives it.
- In Communion, Jesus teaches and strengthens us by nourishing our souls
- Communion allows us to receive the fruits of Jesus' self-sacrifice on the Cross: salvation (Heaven) and sanctification (holiness).
- We are sent (Missa) to put into practice what we have learned and use the graces we have received.
Summer goals
- Family Relationships
- Family Rituals
- Reaching Out
"Be a reservoir rather than a canal"
St. Bernard of Clairvoux
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March topic: Forgiveness and Reconciliation
Hallow meditation: Who do we need to forgive?
Fr. Brown: The Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation
- Confession restores the graces of Baptism.
- Jesus gave the Apostles His authority to forgive sins.
- Essential parts of the Sacrament:
- Being truly sorry (Contrition)
- Confession to a priest
- Intention to not sin again
- Intention to do penance (Satisfaction)
- "I absolve you of your sins"
- In Sacraments, we encounter through our senses what is actually happening in our souls.
Christ's Teachings on forgiveness
- The Our Father - Matthew 6:9-15
- Christ on the Cross - Luke 24:34
- The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant - Matthew 18:21-35
- The Beatitudes - Matthew 5:3-12
- The New Covenant - Matthew 26:28
- Saying on Forgiveness - Luke 17:3-4
Discipleship Discipline
https://catholiccounselors.com/
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- Domestic Church - a household of persons, united through sacramental grace, and committed to living out the Christian vision of love in their relationships with each other and the world.
- Priestly role of Baptism - Through this every activity a family is involved with—in and out of the home--is consecrated to Christ. We serve our children as bridges to God.
- Respect role of parent as “primary educator.”
- Virtue/Good Behavior doesn’t spontaneously happen when bad behavior is stopped.
- Reason, Religion, and Lovingkindness
- Challenges parent to grow in self-control, compassion, joy
Train the young in the way they should go; even when old, they will not swerve from it. Proverbs 22:6
St. Brendan Confession Times
Wednesdays 6pm-7pm
Saturdays 9am until all are heard
March 28: Penance Service 7pm-9pm
April 11: Reconciliation Monday 4pm-9pm
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Pray | Fast | Give
Repentance & Conversion
- From beginning to end, Scripture calls us to repentance & conversion
- Mark 1:15
- Isaiah 1:16-17
- Joel 2:12-13
- Ezekiel 36:26-27
- Lamentations 5:21
- Repentance & conversion are a response to God's grace
- External acts display our response - these can be public or private
Pray
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- Rosary
- Sorrowful Mysteries
- Stations of the Cross
- Scripture
- Penitential Psalms
- Songs of the Suffering Servant
- Daily reflection & meditation
- Eucharistic Adoration
- Spiritual Reading
- Daily Mass
- Confession
Fast
- No meat Fridays (abstinence)
- Ash Wednesday and Good Friday fast & abstinence
- Sin was a result of breaking a fast
- Grow in dependence on God
- Break from attachments
- Social media
- Sweets & alcohol
- Screen time
Give
- Almsgiving
- Tithing
- Giving as a sacrifice, not from excess
- Time & talent
- Works of mercy
- "Not to enable the poor to share in our goods is to steal from them and deprive them of life. The goods we possess are not ours, but theirs." -St. John Chrysostom
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- The Greatest Commandment: Luke 10:27
- “You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your being, with all your strength, and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself."
- The Ten Commandments
- Commandments 1-3 tell how to love God
- Commandments 4-10 tell how to love others
- The Good Samaritan: Luke 10:29-37
- "Which of these three, in your opinion, was neighbor to the robber's victim?" He answered, "The one who treated him with mercy." Jesus said to him, "Go and do likewise."
- The Judgement of the Nations
- "Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me."
- Corporal Works
- Feed the hungry
- Give drink to the thirsty
- Shelter the homeless
- Visit the sick
- Visit the imprisoned
- Bury the dead
- Give alms to the poor
- Spiritual Works
- Counseling the doubtful
- Instructing the ignorant
- Admonishing the sinner
- Comforting the sorrowful
- Forgiving injuries
- Bearing wrongs patiently
- Praying for the living and the dead
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