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GOD IS LOVE

1/26/2016

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The Baptism of Christ, Guido Reni 1622
"Wherever there is love, there is a trinity: a lover, a beloved, and a fountain of love." - St. Augustine

Read:
1 John 4:6-16
Psalm 136
John 14:1-26

Study:
1) Handouts:
The Blessed Trinity; The Sign of the Cross; God the Father

2) 3MC:
16 – What does it mean that God is Triune?  
17 – How can we summarize belief in the Trinity?
18 – How can we understand the Trinity?
19 – What pictures do we have of the Holy Trinity?
20 – What does it mean that God is Love?


3) CCC 42, 202, 232-279, 2779-2793, 2822-2827 (YOUCAT 30-39, 516)

Meditate:
How does knowing that God is a communion of love, a Blessed Trinity, change the way I view God, others, and my purpose in life? What does it mean to love like God loves? In what ways do I acknowledge God as Father?

Pray:
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Imitate:
St. Hilary of Poitiers

Apply:
Being made in the image of God, how can I model my life and actions in light of the love of God?

Extra:
The Trinity
Can you explain the Trinity in plain language?
God in Three Persons

Where's that in the Bible? The Holy Trinity
Bishop Robert Barron: What is the Trinity?
St. Hilary of Poitiers: On the Trinity
St. Augustine: On the Trinity
Novatian: On the Trinity
Catholic Encyclopedia: The Blessed Trinity
Tour of the Catechism #8 - The Father
Tour of the Catechism #9 - The Holy Trinity
Ubi Caritas et amor,
Deus ibi est -
Where charity and love are,
God is there.

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    This forum is for participants of St. Mary's Living The Faith Series and RCIA.

    Resources used for this forum include:

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    Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC)

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    ACM Lesson Handouts
    

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    AUTHOR:
    Caleb Payne

    Caleb began his journey with Christ in 1997. He worked as a Protestant missionary for 8 years in China. It was soon after that he was challenged to consider the Catholic Church. After much prayer and study, he realized he had nothing to protest anymore and was received into full communion with Christ and His Church at the Easter Vigil Mass of 2011. For him the joy and peace that comes with receiving Christ in the Eucharist has turned into an insatiable desire to lead others to this same banquet. Caleb is first a husband, a father of three, and works in the Cortland area as a Registered Nurse. Caleb is a member of the Lay Fraternities of St. Dominic, the Angelic Warfare Confraternity, the Confraternity of the Most Holy Rosary, and is an Evangelist for Saint Paul Street Evangelization. He has Certifications in Thomistic/Catholic Philosophy, Catholic Theology, and Catholic Apologetics through the New Saint Thomas Institute. He is also currently in the Formation for Ministry Program of the Syracuse Diocese. 
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