Posts with the category “prayer-series”

Here is the audio from class last night including our best news report of the news from Nazareth, the Hill Country and Bethlehem based on our readings of all the Scriptures surrounding Advent and Christmas!  All of the following  wonderful Advent Resources for your enrichment at home can be found on formed.org (make sure you are signed into your free account from St. Vincent's for the links to wor...  Read More

Try praying with the method Fr. Alex taught for 15 minutes each day.  You can use the questions He suggested, follow up ones and/or other questions you want to ask God.  Journal your responses.  (Re-listening to the teaching and be coached again 1 time before you do it on your own may be helpful...find that on the resource page linked below).Basic Questions for God:Jesus, do You love me?Father, ho...  Read More

How to Hear God's Voice with Fr. Alex.  Here is the audio recording of the teaching from Fr. Alex.  *It's in two parts -- Part 1 is 3 minutes because the recording got cut off by an alarm on my phone.  The Second Part is 1 hour.  4 Keys to Hearing God's Voice from Mark Virkler.  Fr. Alex mentioned him last night as one of the teacher's on hearing God's voice that he learned from.  This is Mark's t...  Read More

Try praying a rosary or a decade of the rosary each day this week! In your regular prayer time...Choose one of the following BIBLE READING METHODS to implement and into your life and do it every day this week:Choose a short verse from the Bible & read out loud (or in your head) 3-7 times (however many words it is), emphasizing a different word each time (could do a different one each day or stick ...  Read More

Leigh Kicked us off with an amazing testimony and exhortation to pray without ceasing--hear it (again) below! We watched the last ten minutes of the Alpha Video on Bible Reading and the full 7 min video from Fr. Mike on Lectio Divina We watched  Intro to Bible in a Year with Fr. Mike Schmitz and Jeff Cavins.  Great background on how to approach Bible reading as a Catholic.  50 plus minutes but ver...  Read More

Leigh Kicked us off with an amazing testimony and exhortation to pray without ceasing--hear it (again) below! We watched the last ten minutes of the Alpha Video on Bible Reading and the full 7 min video from Fr. Mike on Lectio Divina Using this PowerPoint We walked through some different Bible reading Methods.  Intro to Bible in a Year with Fr. Mike Schmitz and Jeff Cavins.  Great background on ho...  Read More

Continue with or Start the following from last week's first coal:Use this form to take the John 15 Challenge.  Pray with the Holy Spirit and ask Him how He wants you to commit to a deeper quality prayer time than you currently have. Write your commitment down and tell a friend about it.  Choose one of the following BIBLE READING METHODS to implement and into your life and do it every day this week...  Read More

Lots of options! Your Discipleship Homework involves picking one to watch this week and journaling about it.  Feel free to watch more though! Various lengths, topics and speakers! Don't let prayer become "just as important as cleaning your toilet"...as Fr. Mike says.  8 minutes of some pretty great keys to help you cultivate a consistent prayer life! 6 Minutes from Fr. Mark Mary -- how to talk to...  Read More

Use this form to take the John 15 Challenge.  Pray with the Holy Spirit and ask Him how He wants you to commit to a deeper quality prayer time than you currently have. Write your commitment down and tell a friend about it.  Choose one of the extra resources on prayer from the Resources Page (Linked below) to watch.  Journal with God about it.  For instance, you could write in letter form to God an...  Read More