Category: The Way To Happiness

THE WAY TO HAPPINESS

2/2/2016

Woman at the Well by Carl Heinrich Bloch

"The good man is free, even if he is a slave. The evil man is a slave, even if he is a king." - St. Augustine

"For he alone is the way that is worth following, the light that is worth lighting, the life that is worth living, and the love that is worth living." - Mother Teresa

Read:
Romans 6:16-23
Psalm 1
John 8:31-36

Study:
1) Handouts:
Jesus the Way, the Truth, and the Life; Virtuous Living; The Beatitudes; Errors of Modern Culture; Natural Law; The Christian Meaning of Freedom; The Light of Conscience; Conversion to Jesus Christ

2) 3MC:
65 – What is man in the light of faith?
66 – Is everyone called to holiness?
67 – What are virtues?

3) CCC 1691-1845, 1949-1986 (YOUCAT 279-320, 333-336)

Meditate:
If Christ has come to set me free, what has He come to set me free from? What has He come to set me free for? What kind of responsibility comes with this freedom? What does it mean live a virtuous life? How do I know if my conscience is leading me in the right direction? In what ways can I form my conscience?

Pray:
Take, O Lord, and receive my entire liberty, my memory, my understanding and my whole will. All that I am and all that I possess you have given me: I surrender it all to you to be disposed of according to your will. Give me only your love and your grace; with these I will be rich enough and will desire nothing more. Amen.

Imitate:
St. Vincent de Paul

Apply:
Do I examine my conscience on a daily basis? Do I use the proper tools necessary to help me live the virtuous life?

Extra:
Prudence
Justice
Temperance
Fortitude
Humility
Chastity
Modesty
Bishop Robert Barron: What is Natural Law?
Tour of the Catechism #58 - Life in Christ
Tour of the Catechism #59 - The Dignity of the Human Person
Tour of the Catechism #60 - Our Vocation to Beatitude
Tour of the Catechism #61 - Man's Freedom
Tour of the Catechism #62 - Morality of Human Acts
Tour of the Catechism #63 - Morality of the Passions
Tour of the Catechism #64 - Moral Conscience
Tour of the Catechism #65 - The Virtues
Tour of the Catechism #66 - Theological Virtues
Tour of the Catechism #71 - Law and Grace
Tour of the Catechism #72 - Law of the Gospel

Hail, virgin of nobility
Unstained and shining
You pupil in the eye of chastity
You embodiment of holiness
Pleasing unto God

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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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