Posts with the category “the-gospel-series”

Click below to listen to the audio recording from the evening with Rafael's awesome teaching on the Incarnation and the Trinity.   Below is Episode 5 of "The Search" -- Rafa showed parts of this during his teaching.  You can watch the entire episode (and even all previous episodes of this amazing, highly recommended series) for FREE.  If you follow these instructions to set up your account through...  Read More

There is a you difference between Catholic Bibles and Protestant Bibles, so if you are in OCIA we suggest you find yourself a nice Catholic Bible. There are many versions of the Catholic Bible --- some are more close to the Greek/Hebrew exact translation, and some are more colloquial and reader friendly.  As Jeff Cavins says, the best Bible to get is the one that you will read!Catholic Bibles have...  Read More

Click below to listen to the audio recording from last night's teaching from Peggy.  It is also highly recommended to read Fr. Alex's paper linked below as a PDF. 1) Now that you've heard what the Good News is for the past four weeks (even if it's for the 100th time in your life, treat it as if it's the first), why not write a letter to Jesus in response.  Here's a suggested structure:Dear Jesus,I...  Read More

Click below to listen to the audio recording of Fr. Alex's teaching -- Part 3 of the Gospel series.  Includes Q & A at the end and personal testimony from Fr. Alex, as well as prayer to receive Jesus.  If you prayed a prayer in your heart to Jesus when Fr. Alex invited us to accept His gift, to make Him Lord of our life, to go deeper with Him, or to just show us who He is, spend some time in a fol...  Read More

Click below to listen to the audio recording of Fr. Alex's teaching -- Part 2 of the Gospel series.  Includes some great Q & A at the end!  Scripture Reading and Daily Prayer Time Suggestion:If you are used to not having a quality prayer time with Jesus set up daily, a good starter increment is to set a timer for 10 or 15 minutes, all distractions set aside, in a quiet place where you can talk and...  Read More

Click below to listen to the audio recording of Fr. Alex's teaching -- Part 1 of the Gospel series, the kick off to our OCIA inquirey/pre-catechumenate period! Read Fr. Alex's papers in the above PDFs.  It would be a great idea to read them over slowly and ask the Holy Spirit to lead you to deeper understanding as you go.  When you hit a line that strikes you, or makes you curious or even skeptica...  Read More