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In this Issue

June 1 , 2003

Online Resources:

The Lord's Prayer -The Lord's Prayer in the CCC
Grab Bag: Interesting Sites to Explore

Meditations/Prayers: Listening to the Lord's Prayer - Compassion
Articles: Evangelization, Catechesis and Conversion in the RCIA Process
RCIA: Information vs. Formation
Addition to The Resources for Catholic Educators web site Sprituality: Links to off-site resources on spirituality
And more: Upcoming Conferences & Forums - Catholic Humour
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Readings

June 1

Seventh Sunday
of Easter

The Ascension
of the Lord

June 8
Pentecost Sunday

June 15
The Solemnity
of the Most
Holy Trinity

June 22
The Solemnity
of the
Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ

June 29, 2003
Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles

 
The Lord's Prayer
Online Resources

Here are a few online resources on the Lord's Prayer.

 
The Lord's Prayer in the
Catechism of the Catholic Church

SECTION TWO: THE LORD'S PRAYER: "OUR FATHER!"

ARTICLE 1: "THE SUMMARY OF THE WHOLE GOSPEL"

I. At the Center of the Scriptures
II. "The Lord's Prayer"
III. The Prayer of the Church
IN BRIEF

ARTICLE 2: "OUR FATHER WHO ART IN HEAVEN"

I. "We Dare to Say"
II. "Father!"
III. "Our" Father
IV. "Who Art in Heaven"
IN BRIEF

ARTICLE 3: "THE SEVEN PETITIONS"

I. "Hallowed Be Thy Name"
II. "Thy Kingdom Come"
III. "The Will Be Done on Earth as It Is in Heaven"
IV. "Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread"
V. "And Forgive us Our Trespasses, as We Forgive Those Who Trespass against Us"
VI. "And Lead Us Not into Temptation"
VII. "But Deliver Us From Evil"

ARTICLE 4: THE FINAL DOXOLOGY

IN BRIEF


bullet Lord's Prayer in Aramaic - the prayer in the language that Jesus and the apostles spoke with a few interesting background notes.

bullet Prayer - The Lord's Prayer - based on the New Catholic Catechism 2759-2865 this reflection by Father Victor Hoagland, C.P. is a good clear explanation of each of the sections of the Lord's Prayer.

bullet The Lord's Prayer by Leonard Doohan - Scripture From Scratch March©2003 - Simply and clearly written article that could be used for adult reflection groups, for RCIA, or CCD and religious education teachers teachers as background information.

bullet Catholic Community NET - Simple Catechism - The Lord's Prayer - A simple concise explanation of each of the parts of the Lord's Prayer.

bullet U.S. Catholic Bishops - Office for the Catechism - Two quizzes on the Lord's Prayer with 10 multiple choice questions or true or false questions in each quiz: Quiz One and Quiz Two.

bullet Catholic Encyclopedia: Lord's Prayer - the article from the 1910 edition is still useful to consult.

 
                         

bullet The Lord's Prayer Flash Movie - A beautiful animated presentation of the Lord's Prayer with exquisite images and gentle background music.

bullet The Nazareth Master Catechism - This web page provides links to the sections of 5 different Catechism that deal with the Lord's Prayer: Aquinas, Trent, Baltimore, Pius X, and the CCC.

bullet St. Francis Paraphrase of the Lord's Prayer - the great Saint meditates on each part of the prayer.

bullet Reweaving the Lord's Prayer by Carole Goodwin - Youth Update ©2000 - this is a summary on a good article written for teens. Information is provided on how to order copies of the article.

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Grab Bag: Interesting Sites to Explore

bullet Catholic Communications - Video Streaming Index - This website contains seventeen 5 to 15 minutes quality videos on various interesting topics.

bullet Interviews with Jesus - In Flash movies with gorgeous photos and background music. There are two available; Interview 1, Interview 2. This site also offers other Flash videos of interest: 23rd Psalm and God is Light . These are on the same web site as the Flash movie of the Lord's Prayer mentioned above.

bullet Postmodern Bible Dictionary - Definitions and short articles with pictures of people, places and technical terms form biblical study.

bullet Thérèse: the Story of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux - The official web site of a movie that is scheduled for release this fall. Contains video clips of the movie, audio clips of several of the musical pieces on the soundtrack, brief notes on the life of the saint and the society in which she lived. You can also e-mail some e-cards with beautiful photos from the movie and sayings of Saint Thérèse.

bullet Meditations - Ottawa Innercity Ministries - This is a small anthology of meditations from various Christian sources that includes excerpts from the writngs of various authors from different denominations, but also from many Catholics such as Mother Teresa, Jean Vanier, Dorothy Day, Pope Paul VI. I also invite you to explore the other sections in this beautiful web site.

 

 

 

 

Breaking bread

 

 

 

 



Compassion

Lord when I am hungry
give me someone to feed
when I am thirsty
give water for their thirst
when i am sad
someone to lift from sorrow
when burdens weigh upon me
lay upon my shoulders
the burden of my fellows
Lord when I stand
greatly in need of tenderness
give me someone who yearns
for love

May your will
be my bread
may your grace
be my strength
may your love
be my resting place

author unknown - used with permission from Ottawa Innercity Ministries

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Catholic Humor

The Lord's Prayer

A mother was teaching her three-year-old daughter The Lord's Prayer. For several evenings at bedtime, she repeated it after her mother. One night she said she was ready to solo. The mother listened with pride, as she carefully enunciated each word right up to the end.

"And lead us not into temptation", she prayed, "but deliver us some e-mail, Amen."

Genesis, computer version

A doctor, an architect, and a computer scientist were arguing about whose profession was the oldest. In the course of their arguments, they got all the way back to the Garden of Eden.

Whereupon the doctor said, "The medical profession is clearly the oldest, because Eve was made from Adam's rib, as the story goes, and that was a simply incredible surgical feat."

The architect did not agree. He said, "But if you look at the Garden itself, in the beginning there was chaos and void, and out of that, the Garden and the world were created. So God must have been an architect."

The computer scientist, who had listened to all of this said, "Yes, but where do you think the chaos came from?"

-- From Catholic Jokes


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