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Community Life
Acts 4: 32-35: The community of believers was of one heart and mind, and no one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but they had everything in common. With great power the apostles bore witness to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great favor was accorded them all. There was no needy person among them, for those who owned property or houses sell them, bring the proceeds of the sale, and put them at the feet of the apostles, and they were distrubted to each according to need.
We need to make the transition from: Community for myself, to myself for the community.
-We come together for personal and collective growth–we come together because we are chosen to grow in a personal relationship with Jesus Christ through and with one another.
-Secondly we come together for mission. Community is a group that will help us to serve in a way that they could not do alone–the joy of this communion and friendship with Jesus and the Joy of giving to others: Mission
-Vita Consecrata states that **community life plays a fundamental role in the spiritual journey of religious,**both for their constant renewal and for the full accomplishment of their mission in the world:…The life of communion in fact “becomes a sign for all the world and a compelling force that leads people to faith in Christ…In this way communion leads to mission and itself becomes mission.”
Skills Needed in Community
-Prayer is what makes the difference between a Religious consecrated person and an social worker or activist.
-I am not a religious because of what I do; I am a religious because of the consent I give to God at the very heart of my existence.
-Prayer is not the hold I have on God, it is not in figuring out or possessing God. It is about letting God take hold of allour life, of letting God possess us.
-Religious life defines itself through prayer.
-If a religious fails to pray they are not truly a religious.
Community Prayer
We do not pray on our own. We are a part of the Church community, a praying community.
Why do we pray in Community, with and for others?
-In praying as a community each of you who are baptized are forming communion with one another and the Church.
-The most perfect prayer that Christ gives us was the Our Father. This “Our” teaches us and opens us up to the reality that is common to more than one person. The Church is a communion of God and all people.
Community prayer helps free us from our tendency to individualism. Our prayer together is actually a prayer for unity that excludes no one. We represent the Church. We pray with and for all who do not yet know Him, so that Christ may gather into one the Children of God. When we pray as community we recognise and acknowledge our own neediness and are carried into the prayer of others who help us to find Christ. We bring each other to Christ.
Liturgy of the Hours
-The content was specifically praise and intercession turned toward God and the elements of praise was underlined by the choice and repetition of specific psalms.
-This prayer is all of us joining ourselves with Christ in His prayer to the Father.
It is the whole of our lives that are sacrifice as and only we are joined in Christ’s sacrifice. Morning and evening prayer are the daily re-expression of this.
**Liturgical prayer-**divine office (prayer of the church), sacraments, Eucharist.
**Personal prayer-**mental prayer, spiritual reading, retreats, adoration, rosary.
Acts 4: 32-35: The community of believers was of one heart and mind, and no one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but they had everything in common. With great power the apostles bore witness to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great favor was accorded them all. There was no needy person among them, for those who owned property or houses sell them, bring the proceeds of the sale, and put them at the feet of the apostles, and they were distrubted to each according to need.
We need to make the transition from: Community for myself, to myself for the community.
-We come together for personal and collective growth–we come together because we are chosen to grow in a personal relationship with Jesus Christ through and with one another.
-Secondly we come together for mission. Community is a group that will help us to serve in a way that they could not do alone–the joy of this communion and friendship with Jesus and the Joy of giving to others: Mission
-Vita Consecrata states that **community life plays a fundamental role in the spiritual journey of religious,**both for their constant renewal and for the full accomplishment of their mission in the world:…The life of communion in fact “becomes a sign for all the world and a compelling force that leads people to faith in Christ…In this way communion leads to mission and itself becomes mission.”
Skills Needed in Community
- Need for Self disclosure.
- Skills for other-centeredness are key.
- ***Hospitality-***Social and conversational skills.
- Skills for healthy sexuality and intimacyare critical elements.
- A ***“healthy spirituality,” ***having both a communal and individual dimension.
- Skills for shared living.
- Attentiveness to ongoing learning and enrichment.
- Friendshipis community
- Leadership skillsneed to be nurtured.
- Conflict management skills.
-Prayer is what makes the difference between a Religious consecrated person and an social worker or activist.
-I am not a religious because of what I do; I am a religious because of the consent I give to God at the very heart of my existence.
-Prayer is not the hold I have on God, it is not in figuring out or possessing God. It is about letting God take hold of allour life, of letting God possess us.
-Religious life defines itself through prayer.
-If a religious fails to pray they are not truly a religious.
Community Prayer
We do not pray on our own. We are a part of the Church community, a praying community.
Why do we pray in Community, with and for others?
-In praying as a community each of you who are baptized are forming communion with one another and the Church.
-The most perfect prayer that Christ gives us was the Our Father. This “Our” teaches us and opens us up to the reality that is common to more than one person. The Church is a communion of God and all people.
Community prayer helps free us from our tendency to individualism. Our prayer together is actually a prayer for unity that excludes no one. We represent the Church. We pray with and for all who do not yet know Him, so that Christ may gather into one the Children of God. When we pray as community we recognise and acknowledge our own neediness and are carried into the prayer of others who help us to find Christ. We bring each other to Christ.
Liturgy of the Hours
-The content was specifically praise and intercession turned toward God and the elements of praise was underlined by the choice and repetition of specific psalms.
-This prayer is all of us joining ourselves with Christ in His prayer to the Father.
It is the whole of our lives that are sacrifice as and only we are joined in Christ’s sacrifice. Morning and evening prayer are the daily re-expression of this.
**Liturgical prayer-**divine office (prayer of the church), sacraments, Eucharist.
**Personal prayer-**mental prayer, spiritual reading, retreats, adoration, rosary.
