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“Gold is tested by fire, diamonds by divine providence

friction” 3. Satan will take advantage of
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success itself  With this in mind, we need to
remember one of the evil
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Lessons we can learn from the
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5. We need to keep our spiritual
1. We need to be full of the Holy
sword sharp
Spirit
 We read that the Word of God is
 The Holy Spirit is the power of
likened to a sword (Ephesians
God. It is given to us upon
6:17). In the spiritual battle
baptism. With God’s power
between Christ and Satan, we
living in us, we can have the
can see how important it is for
spiritual help that we
us to keep our spiritual sword in
desperately need to overcome
good condition.
our human nature
6. We need to obtain our spiritual
2. Fasting is an important
food daily
spiritual tool for our growth
 We do this by regular Bible
 Though not popularly done by
study and meditation on God’s
most Christians today, fasting is
word. Christ said that man shall
a highly powerful tool that we
not live by bread alone.
can use to strengthen our
 Not only that, but Jesus said we
relationship with God. Fasting,
must live by “every word that
abstaining from food and drink,
proceeds out from the mouth of
demonstrates our nothingness
God.” If we really want to
without God and how we are
submit to God’s will, then we

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and live by it.
7. Satan uses the food to bring
bad results
 Indeed, Satan can use the
spiritual sword to counteract
our spiritual sword. That’s the
reason we must be skilled in
using our spiritual sword to
defeat Satan.
 We must also recognize that
Satan shows us the pleasure of
sins but not its dire
consequences.
8. Satan perverts the truth
 One of the most common
strategies of Satan to deceive
people is to pervert the truth.
Throughout the history, Satan
tried to destroy God’s word, but
he failed. Since he can’t
completely destroy God’s word,
he made a counterfeit truth and
corrupted the Bible.
9. We must not tempt God
 “Jesus said unto him, it is
written again, Thou shalt not
tempt the Lord thy God”. We
must not foolishly tempt God. In
this case, we must not
voluntarily throw ourselves into
danger and then appeal for
God’s help
10. We must not exchange out
spiritual reward for physical
reward
 Satan shows all the glory of this
world, including all the
pleasures that it can give. In the
same way, Satan can show us
the pleasure of sin and tempt us
to disobey God.
 Satan is cunning and horribly
wise. He has a lot of evil
schemes to try and tempt us.
For us to defeat our enemies,
we need to know our enemies
and part of that is
understanding their strategies
11. Satan is the current god of the
world
 Notice how Satan offered all the
kingdoms of the world to Jesus.
Now, you can’t give something
that you don’t have. Jesus didn’t
even try to contradict Satan’s
statement. Jesus understood
that Satan is the real ruler of
this earth.
 This explains why this world is
full of sadness, confusion,
suffering, pain, and death.
Satan is the god of this world.
However, time will come when
God will directly intervene and
overthrow Satan’s rule. He will
send Jesus and establish God’s
kingdom here on earth
12. We must only worship God
and Jesus Christ
 Our allegiance should only be to
God. Our loyalty is only for him.
We can’t serve God and Satan
at the same time. If we put
something between God and us,
we are committing the sin of
idolatry.
 Worshiping God is good for us.
It directs us to the right path of
living this life. It shows us how
to live a life of happiness and
blessedness
Pope Francis
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  Declared person of the year in
2013 by Time Magazine
Why is he declared?
 He reportedly sneaks out of the
Vatican to hang out with
homeless Romans
 He is committed to ending
corruption and isn’t afraid of
mafia
 He cares about the victims of
typhoon Haiyan
 He gave individual hugs to 100
wheelchair bound visitors
 He’s got a sense of humor
 He will embrace you no matter
what you look like
 He told Catholic leaders to stop
being so swaggy and be modest
 He drives himself around in a 20
-year old Renault 4
 He will wash your feet even if
you are a prisoner or a woman
 He is reaching out to other
faiths
Lesson 5- Authentic Prayer
 The Gospel of Matthew shows
us what authentic prayer
means, authentic prayer can
come only from a heart that
knows and obeys God
 “Authentic Prayer is always
rooted from the heart, and
related to the neighbor in loving
compassion and service.”
(CFC 1480)
How to pray
Our prayer should be:
 Grounded in the Sacred
Scripture and the great
prayers of the liturgy and of
Christian Tradition
 Actively related to others in
the concrete human context
 Consciously seeking to
discern and follow the Spirit’s
movements
 Open to personal growth
through a constant “letting go”
which allows to “tie you fast and
carry you off against your will:
(JN 21:18)
 To be authentic means to be
true to one’s self and to the
commitments one has made
 Pope Francis is a model of
authenticity because he lives
what he teaches. The love and
compassion he teaches us he
shows in his actions
 To be authentic in our prayer
means being true with our
words. we speak from the heart
where we find our deepest
longings.
 CFC tells us that prayer should
be grounded in the Sacred
Scripture
 Almost all the prayers we recite
today at mass are taken from
the sacred scripture
 Other sources are the
Liturgy and Christian
Tradition
 Authentic prayer is actively
related to others in concrete
human context. Jesus prays for
others and matches them with
concrete acts of service. Shows
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face of hardships and
temptations
 Our prayer becomes authentic
when we open our eyes to the
sufferings of others and help
them overcome their pains
 Authentic prayer is conscious of
the movements of the Spirit
 The spirit’s action is
shown in Jesus’ own
prayer. ‘Full of the Holy
Spirit’ (Lk 4:1)
 Jesus prays before every
major act of his public life
 Every time we begin to
pray to Jesus it is the
Holy Spirit who draws us
on the way of prayer by
his grace – CCC1670
 We need to be full of the
Holy Spirit so that we can
sincerely pray to God
 The Holy Spirit came down on
Pentecost animating and
empowering tha apostles to
proclaim the Good News of
Salvation
 CFC tells us that authentic
prayer opens us to personal
growth. Jesus was able to
accomplish the mission given to
him by prayer
 “Father in your hands I
commend my spirit” (LK
23:34;36)
 Saints are people who were able
to bravely witness to their faith
even in the face of death
because of prayer
True Worship
John 4: 21-24
 Jesus said to the Samaritan
woman, “Believe me, the hour
is coming when you will worship
the Father neither on this
mountain nor in Jerusalem. You
people worship what you do not
understand; we worship what
we understand, because
salvation is from the Jews. But
the hour is coming, and is now
here, when true worshippers
will worship the Father in Spirit
and truth; and indeed the
Father seeks such people to
worship him. God is Spirit, and
those who worship him must
worship Spirit and truth.
Mt 7: 21
 Not everyone who says to me,
‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the
kingdom of heaven, but only the
one who does the will of my
Father in heaven.
CFC 1496- 1497
 The fundamental sense of
worship comes natural to us
Filipinos. It flows from our
inborn gratitude for the gift of
life. We spontaneously adore
God, our Father- Creator; Jesus
Christ, his son and Savior; and
the Holy Spirit who sanctifies us
by his presence within us
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 Authentic worship necessarily
includes both an inner attitude
of reverence and homage
before the Divine Majesty, and
an outward expression in signs
of words, actions, songs,
dances, usually enacted in
public ritual
 Our worship of God comes from
our inborn gratitude for the gift
of life (CFC 1496)
 We must have a grateful heart
when we want to worship God
 When we have a grateful heart,
we will look at what we have
and not at what we do not have;
we will count our blessings and
be thankful for them
 Worship if it is authentic must
come from within us, from a
grateful heart, and must be
expressed externally
 In the mass we express through
a song this heartfelt gratitude
and homage to God when we
sing the Gloria:
 How we should worship God=
1st commandment
 “I the Lord, am your God
who brought you out of
the land of Egypt, that
place of slavery, you shall
not have other gods
besides me… you shall
not bow down before
them or worship them”
(Dt 5:6-7,9)
 Worship is therefore due
to God alone
 God told Israel through the
prophets that true worship
consists not in words on the lips
but deeds from the heart. True
worship entails doing good and
rendering justice to the poor,
the widow and the orphan
 Jesus said that God is a Spirit
and they who worship him must
worship him in spirit and truth
 Jesus wants that our words and
actions must come within us,
from a heart that loves and
praises God
 Our worship must not be
separate from our daily moral
living
 Worship is a time when we pay
deep, sincere, awesome
respect, love and fear to God
who created us
 “God who made the world and
everything in it, since he is the
Lord of heaven and earth, does
not dwell in temples made with
hands. Nor is he worshipped
with men’s hands as though he
needed anything, since he gives
life, breath and all things.”
 Worship should cause us to
reflect on the majesty and
graciousness of God and Christ,
contrasted to our own
unworthiness
 God does not have to have our
worship, but we must worship
him to please him
 Our worship not only honors
and magnifies God, but it is also
for our own edification and
strength
 Worship helps us develop
a God- like and Christ like
character
 We become those who
we worship
 We tend to value what
God values and gradually
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characteristics and
qualities of God
 When we worship God we
develop traits such as
forgiveness, tenderness, justice,
righteousness, purity, kindness
and love thus preparing us for
eternal life in heaven with God
and Christ
 Set your mind on things above,
and not on things on Earth
(Colossians 3:2)
 We must put God first in
our life and also those
spiritual activities that
move us closer to him
 We give priorities to
activities that make us
reach our final destiny,
God
 Giving worship to God
through prayer and
active participation in
liturgical celebrations
 Authentic worship of God is
characterized by the purity of
our love for him and our desire
to be with him
 True worship consists not in
words on the lips but in deeds
from the heart. It entails doing
good, rendering justice to the
poor, and allowing oneself to be
of service to God and neighbor.
The highest form of worship
that we give to God is the
Eucharist
 While we know that our other
activities are also important in
our physical, mental, social, and
intellectual growth, we believe
that our growth in our love for
God and for others is the most
important goal we should set
our heart on
Liturgy
Liturgy is the prayer of the
Chuch gathered in assembly, an
ecclesial activity, celebrated by the
whole church, head, members. That is,
the action of Jesus Christ, The Priest,
and at the same time an activity of the
community, a gathering together in an
ordered assembly and communion of
the baptised. Moreover, the liturgical
assembly is arranged according to
different roles: priest, deacon, readers,
ministers of music, andd of
communion etc. while we all share the
one Holy Spirit of love, different
spiritual gifts or charisms are given to
community members for the good of
all. Thus the power of salvation is
mediated through various
relationships in the Church
The center of the Church’s
liturgy is the Eucharist which
commemorates the Paschal Mystery of
our Lord Jesus Christ. Through this
Mystery, the power of God’s salvific
love is offered to all. Since this
salvation touches all of creation in its
entirety, liturgy in its broadcast ,
deepest sense is the proclamation,
manifestation and celebration, not
only of Christ and His Paschal Mystery,
but also of the Church’s own mystery
and mission as universal sacrament of
salvation, and of the whole world and
the temporal order, consecrated and
ordered to its Creator and Final Goal
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 God’s creation is a blessing,
through his creation we feel his
presence, love and care for us
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  Blessing is a divine action, the
source of which is God, our
Father (CCC 1078)
 His blessing is revealed and
fully shown to us in Liturgy
 We acknowledge and adore Gos
as the source and goal of
blesssing in same Liturgy
 Liturgy as a response of faith
and love to the spiritual
blesssings of creation and
salvation (CCC 1083)
 Breaking of the bread- Eucharist
 We come to experience the
presence of Christ
 Christ is present in his word
ssince it is himself who sepaks
and proclaims the good news in
the mass.
 Christ is also present in the
community that prayss, sings,
and receives his body
 Liturgy is something that
Filipinos do not know about. Our
churches are packed with
celebrators during the different
seasons in the Liturgical
Calendar
PCP II
 Second Plenary Council of the
Philippines
 Stresses need for liturgical
renewal
Renewal ( PCP II, 178- 179)
1. Pre sacramental catechesis
 PCP II stresses that before the
sacraments are received, the
recipients must be properly
instructed on the meaning and
significance of the sacraments
in the life of the faithful
2. The Renewal of the Sacrament
of Penance
 Both priest and lay people must
be educated in such a way that
the sacrament is seen as real
encounter with a merciful God
who reconciles us with himself
3. The Sunday celebration of the
Eucharist
 Eucharist must be seen and
appreciated ass the summit and
source of all Christian life. This
means that we place the
Eucharist at the center of our
life and not simply as something
we mechanically attend for an
hour every Sunday
 Celebration of the liturgy
requires our full, concscious,
and active participation
Parts of the Liturgy
Liturgy of the Word
1. Entrance
 the minister and others such as
priests, deacons, will
accompany the priest in the
procession together with
opening hymn
2. Greeting of the altar and of the
people gathered together
 when the priesst kisses the
sacrificial table
3. The Act of Penitence
 when we acknowledge our sins
“I confess…”
4. Kyrie Eleison
 greek of Lord have mercy
5. Gloria
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  an ancient and venerable hym  For the kingdom
in which the Church glorify God 10. Rite of peace
the Father, The Son, Holy Spirit 11. Log/ agnus dei
6. The Collect/ Opening prayer  Lamb of God
 to direct us to the celebration, 12. Fraction
what the celebration of the  breaking of the bread
mass is 13. Communion
7. First Reading 14. Post Communion Prayer
 always taken from Old 15. Final blessing
Testament 16. Dismissal
8. Responsorial Psalm
 taken from the book of Psalms GIRM
9. Second Reading  General Instruction of the
 taken from the New Testament Roman Missal
10. Gospel Acclamation Lit Urgy
 it can be sang- Alleluia Laos Ergon
11. Gospel Reading People Work
Laity Energy
 taken from matthew, mark,
luke, john
1st nuance- liturgy is the work of the
12. Homily
people
 for nurturing Christian lives
2nd nuance- work of Christ is done on
13. Profession of Faith
behalf of the people
 I believe 3rd nuance- Work of God in which the
14. Prayers of the Faithful people participate

6 Essential Qualities of Liturgy

1. Trinitarian
 one God 3 persona
2. Paschal
 commemoration of passion,
Liturgy of the Eucharist
death, resurrrection ascension
1. Preparation of the gifts
 Great sacrifice on the cross
2. Prayer ove the offerings
3. Eclessial
3. Eucharistic prayer
 different responsibility
4. Sanctus
 gathered together in an
 Holy
assembly
5. Consecration
 Not one man show
 Most sacred part-
transubstantation  Everybody has a part
6. Memorial acclamation  Special ministry of the word
7. Great amen  Music ministry
8. Lord’s Prayer  Extraordinary Ministries of Holy
9. Doxology Communion

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  MBG- Mother Butler Guild
 Altar Servers
 Greeters and Collectors
4. Sacramental
 aid in the celebration that
enhances the celebration
 symbols, movements, gestures
5. Ethically Oriented
 linked to our relationship with
neighbors
6. Eschatological
foretaste of God’s kingdom

God Bless 😊

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