Ignited by Truth
I wanted to share some of the wisdom from the "Ignited by Truth" conference I attended in Raleigh this past weekend. Below are notes, quotes, and paraphrases from two of the talks that most resonated with me.
Contractual: this is yours, this is mine...
Convenantal: I am yours, you are mine...
A child is an incarnation of spousal love; inherently the family mirrors the Holy Trinity: the Holy Spirit is love exchanged between the Father and the Son. "God is a Family: the Holy Spirit is not a power but a person."
Our crises of faith parallel and manifest themselves within the challenges of contemporary family life.
Marriage is the Gospel itself. (Ponder that one...)
The New Evangelization isn't so much about reaching those who haven't heard the Gospel; much of the Church's efforts ought to be directed at re-evangelizing the de-christianized.
Sacraments are divine mysteries God performs for us. (The priest acts in the person of Christ...but Jesus is the one who baptizes, who reconciles, who offers his real flesh and blood...)
If marriage is a covenant then it must be a sacrament; the very invocation of the name of God identifies the necessity of Christ's action and presence in affecting the spousal union.
Relationships are seasonal...hills and valleys, summertimes, springtimes, cold winters...
The sacramental grace given to a married couple doesn't make the vocation easy, it makes it possible.
The most basic human right is to come into this life, then to have this life be sustained, nurtured, protected; all other rights are precedented by this.
We must live out our faith in joy, the world must be shown the joy of truly living a Catholic life: pushing to Nehemiah 8:10: "the joy of the Lord is your strength."
This joy sustains. The world offers joy but does not deliver; we leave jaded...
As Catholics, at Mass we know our lines so well. We need to know the lines of the "Domestic Liturgy of the Domestic Church." (I love you, I'm sorry, I'd be glad...)
Humanity passes by way of the family.
Christians are saved from sin for sonship, redeemed from hellfire for Heaven.
So often we see the cross but we forget about the body that hung, hangs, upon it.
Jesus would rather die than risk spending eternity without you.
If God could have given us something greater than the Eucharist he would have...
Our faith is not about formation but transformation. When our Catholic faith is only about the rules we seek out the loopholes...
God wills all things for us... if we still have breath, God's not done with us yet.
Rejoice at who we are in God's name, not what we do in God's name. (Reflecting on Luke 10:17-20 where the apostles drive out demons in the name of Jesus; He cautions them not rejoice because the spirits are subject to them but to rejoice because their names are written in heaven.)
"The First Society: The Sacrament of Matrimony and the Restoration of the Social Order" by Dr. Scott Hahn
The nature of our relationship with God: covenant or contract?Contractual: this is yours, this is mine...
Convenantal: I am yours, you are mine...
A child is an incarnation of spousal love; inherently the family mirrors the Holy Trinity: the Holy Spirit is love exchanged between the Father and the Son. "God is a Family: the Holy Spirit is not a power but a person."
Our crises of faith parallel and manifest themselves within the challenges of contemporary family life.
Marriage is the Gospel itself. (Ponder that one...)
The New Evangelization isn't so much about reaching those who haven't heard the Gospel; much of the Church's efforts ought to be directed at re-evangelizing the de-christianized.
Sacraments are divine mysteries God performs for us. (The priest acts in the person of Christ...but Jesus is the one who baptizes, who reconciles, who offers his real flesh and blood...)
If marriage is a covenant then it must be a sacrament; the very invocation of the name of God identifies the necessity of Christ's action and presence in affecting the spousal union.
Relationships are seasonal...hills and valleys, summertimes, springtimes, cold winters...
The sacramental grace given to a married couple doesn't make the vocation easy, it makes it possible.
The most basic human right is to come into this life, then to have this life be sustained, nurtured, protected; all other rights are precedented by this.
We must live out our faith in joy, the world must be shown the joy of truly living a Catholic life: pushing to Nehemiah 8:10: "the joy of the Lord is your strength."
This joy sustains. The world offers joy but does not deliver; we leave jaded...
As Catholics, at Mass we know our lines so well. We need to know the lines of the "Domestic Liturgy of the Domestic Church." (I love you, I'm sorry, I'd be glad...)
Humanity passes by way of the family.
Christians are saved from sin for sonship, redeemed from hellfire for Heaven.
"Laughing Matters: The Secret to a Joy-filled Catholic Life" by Mark Hart
The Holy Spirit isn't in us to make us happy but holy.So often we see the cross but we forget about the body that hung, hangs, upon it.
Jesus would rather die than risk spending eternity without you.
If God could have given us something greater than the Eucharist he would have...
Our faith is not about formation but transformation. When our Catholic faith is only about the rules we seek out the loopholes...
God wills all things for us... if we still have breath, God's not done with us yet.
Rejoice at who we are in God's name, not what we do in God's name. (Reflecting on Luke 10:17-20 where the apostles drive out demons in the name of Jesus; He cautions them not rejoice because the spirits are subject to them but to rejoice because their names are written in heaven.)
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