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GOD IS ONE

1/24/2016

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Death of Moses by Alexandre Cabanel
"Something incomprehensible is not for that reason less real." - Blaise Pascal

Read:
Acts 17:22-28
Psalm 18

John 1:1-4


Study:
1) Handouts:
Attributes of God; Does God Exist?; God’s Justice, God’s Love; Creed


2) 3MC:
05 – Is there proof for the existence of God?
06 – What are miracles?
Bonus 1 – Why are Atheists wrong?
Bonus 2 – Does Atheism lead to a better world?
12 – Who is God?
13 – Is God really all-powerful?
14 – Is God really unchanging?
15 – Is God a man with a long beard?

3) CCC 27-43, 198-226, 239, 268-272 (YOUCAT 1-6)

Meditate:
Believing in existence of God has what implications for the way I live? Meditate on the attributes of the Divine Nature, ask yourself: How does the nature of God affect my understanding of the world, of my circumstances, of myself? Knowing that God is so much greater than I could ever think or imagine, what will it be like to actually see Him in heaven "face to face"?

Pray:
God, though I don't see you, you see me. Though I do not know you, you know me even more than I know myself. Help me to believe and trust that your existence means that there is no one else who knows me more and still loves me. Amen.

Imitate:
St. Thomas the Apostle

Apply:
In what ways can I help others believe that God exists and help those who struggle with doubt?

Extra:
Kalam Cosmological Argument
Leibniz' Contingency Argument
Fine Tuning of the Universe Argument
The Moral Argument
The Argument from Desire

God's Existence
The Father's Splendor
William Lane Craig website
Catholic Encyclopedia: The Attributes and Nature of God

No Apologies #21 - Prime Mover
No Apologies #22 - "Uncreated Being"
No Apologies #23 - Intelligent Design
Tour of the Catechism #7 - Creeds, God the Father
O the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways! "For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been his counselor?" "Or who has given a gift to him that he might be repaid?" For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory for ever. Amen.

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    Welcome

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

    Resources used for this forum include:

    Bible
    
    3 Minute Catechism (3MC)
    Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC)

    YOUCAT
    ACM Lesson Handouts
    

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    Angelic Warfare
    Born Again
    Companions On The Way
    Conformed To Christ
    Divine Intimacy
    Effective Signs
    Equipped For Battle
    Food For The Journey
    Fruitful Love
    God Is Love
    God Is One
    Go Forth You Are Sent
    Grace Works
    In The End
    Into The Wilderness
    Mercy And Justice
    Our Divine Physician
    Our Wounded Nature
    Real Presence
    The City Of God
    The Joy Of Being
    The Keys Of The Kingdom
    The New Adam
    The New Eve
    The Way To Happiness
    To Be Human
    To Know God
    To Love God
    To Love Your Neighbor As Yourself
    Where Heaven Meets Earth

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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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