Open the Doors

Pre-ConfirmationFall 2012

The Three Elements

1.Content2.Act3.Grace

Content• Studying• Learning• Meditating

• The more we understand our faith, the more we will accept it and share it with the people around us.

Act• Knowing content of

our faith is not enough

• Faith is not just about a set of truths…

• It’s a relationship with Jesus

Pope Benedict

• “Knowing the content to be believed is not sufficient unless the heart, the authentic sacred space within the person, is opened by grace that allows the eyes to … understand that what has been proclaimed is the word of God”

Grace

• Faith comes by grace• Faith is choosing to stand with the

Lord so as to live with him• Stay connected to the vine• Drink the living water• Keep our gaze fixed on Jesus• Grace moves us to accept the content

and to act on it by believing it and basing our lives on it

Playing for Change

• Charity & Art Project• Break down musical and social barriers and

promote a peaceful worldview• http://youtu.be/uLXiGZsSn_I

Review

•Content•Act•Grace

Reflection

• Today’s Gospel (Mark 10:46-52)• Jesus heals the blind man• “Get up, Jesus is calling you.”

Prayer

Our Father & Special Prayers