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• Most of us sense that there is more to life that meets the eye.
• deep within us there is a particular longing, a search for something more
• today the younger generation is bombarded with so many voices and so much information through the internet and the mass media that this longing for something beyond us
• the sensitivity to the presence of god-is in danger of being "drowned out"
• our christian religion is religion of hope
• Christian hope is our passionate longing for a more complete way of living our lives - where we all seek the peace, love, and justice that should reign.
• Heaven is the ultimate language of hope.
• Prayer can become routine or taken for granted, especially when things are going well.
• prayer is not only for priest and the religious, but for all for christians who are committed to follow christ
• adolescence is a critical stage - an opportune time for you to grow in your faith life and develop a sound christian spirituality.
• There is a sacred space in our heart that is only for god
• Personal(private)- Personal Experience of God (PEG)
• COMMUNAL(community) - Community Experience of God ( CEG) (Ex. Eucharistic celebration)
• Adoration - We adore God as our creator and Lord, on whom we depend for our very existence.
• Contrition - We ask for God's forgiveness through our Lord Jesus Christ, for the sins through which we rejected God and His love.
• Thanksgiving - we give thanks to God for all that He has bostowed upon us, especially the incredible gift of his self-giving love.
• SUPPLICATION or PETITION - we present our needs to God, asking his divine help
• Authentic catholic prayer is grounded in the eucharist celebration
• Eucharist is the core of a truly effective catholic prayer.
• at the last supper, on the night he was betrayed, our savior instituted the eucharistic sacrifice of his body and blood
• A sacrament of love, a sign of unity, a bond of charity, a Paschal banquet 'in which christ is consumed
• The only minister allowed to dispense this sacrament is a validity ordained priest
• He is entitled to offer Mass both for the living and the dead
• The primary effect of the eucharist is the unity of the recipient with jesus in communion
• The body and blood of Christ in the form of bread and wine as food for our souls increase the soul's supernatural life
• The holy Eucharist is the richest source of grace
• Community : when there are two or three gathered together in my name, I am there in their midst
• Minister : The priest acts as "another christ", doing all the actions of christ in the sacrament of the eucharist
• Bread and Wine : We receive jesus himself in the form of bread and wine in the eucharist through communion