December 2017
Phase 2: Transition to deeper relationship with Jesus
Speaker: Ralph Setter (Science Teacher, Basketball Coach)
Helps for prayer this month. AGENDA for Monthly Meeting
1. Grace:
We ask for the grace to experience and to respond to God's great love for each one of us as we contemplate the life of Jesus.
2. Daily Readings / Scriptures (Fr. Link's Challenge Book)
14: How did Jesus differ from the other leaders? pages 150-159
15: Why did Jesus embrace the lifestyle he did? pages 160-169
16: How free am I to follow Jesus? pages 170-179
17: Why did Jesus submit to baptism and temptation? pages 180-189
3. Ignatian Meditations and Contemplations
The Kingdom
Contemplate the Incarnation
The Birth of Jesus
Two Standards & Two value systems
Three Couples
a. Triple Colloquy
b. The Jesus Prayer
4. Understanting Ignatian Spirituality (Primary Educational Piece)
Ignatian Spirituality and Why we should pray for others
5. Prayers and Petitions:
Papal Prayers
Prep Prayers
Other Jesuit Prayers:
Prayer for what I need
Eternal Lord of All Things
Prayer before reading Scripture
The Prayer of a First Jesuit
Prep Parent's Prayer for Teachers, Administrators and Staff
6. Educational & Prayer Guides
What are these weeks of the spiritual exercises?
See the presence of God in all things
General Confession
Review of Prayer
Three Little Ways of Praying
7. Devotions
The Great "O" Antiphons
We ask for the grace to experience and to respond to God's great love for each one of us as we contemplate the life of Jesus.
2. Daily Readings / Scriptures (Fr. Link's Challenge Book)
14: How did Jesus differ from the other leaders? pages 150-159
15: Why did Jesus embrace the lifestyle he did? pages 160-169
16: How free am I to follow Jesus? pages 170-179
17: Why did Jesus submit to baptism and temptation? pages 180-189
3. Ignatian Meditations and Contemplations
The Kingdom
Contemplate the Incarnation
The Birth of Jesus
Two Standards & Two value systems
Three Couples
a. Triple Colloquy
b. The Jesus Prayer
4. Understanting Ignatian Spirituality (Primary Educational Piece)
Ignatian Spirituality and Why we should pray for others
5. Prayers and Petitions:
Papal Prayers
Prep Prayers
Other Jesuit Prayers:
Prayer for what I need
Eternal Lord of All Things
Prayer before reading Scripture
The Prayer of a First Jesuit
Prep Parent's Prayer for Teachers, Administrators and Staff
6. Educational & Prayer Guides
What are these weeks of the spiritual exercises?
See the presence of God in all things
General Confession
Review of Prayer
Three Little Ways of Praying
7. Devotions
The Great "O" Antiphons