I’m doing the Catechism in a year with Fr. Mike. And instead of keeping a notebook, I’m just going to jot down my thoughts here. I’ll be using the online catechism, will print each section for the day, and will use ‘Lectio Divina’ to go deeper into the daily readings. Let me know if you are doing this study and if you’ll be blogging it too… I’d love to follow you.
I. The life of man- to know and love God
1.…at every time and place, God draws close to man. He calls man to seek him, to know him, to love him with all his strength. He calls together all men, scattered and divided by sin, into the unity of his family, the Church…
We were created to be part of God’s family, which is the Church. It is sin that scatters and divides us. But He never tires of drawing us close to Him and invites us to search for Him, to desire to know Him and thereby come to love Him with our entire strength.
3. Those who with God’s help have welcomed Christ’s call and freely responded to it are urged on by love of Christ to proclaim the Good News everywhere in the world… All Christ’s faithful are called to hand it on from generation to generation, by professing the faith, by living it in fraternal sharing, and by celebrating it in liturgy and prayer.
Once we love Him with our entire being, His love compels us to spread this good news. We do this in word and deed, not merely by claiming our faith but by living it fully as well.
Word of the Year : I got HEAR! 🙌