Home Field Advantage

1. Home Field Advantage Praying Our Way Home

2. “Herald of the Great King”Bob Rice He came out from the desert. His garment was a coat of camel's hair. A man so full of passion, though probably not quite one for fashion 'Cause I imagine it got quite hot under there… Calling out repentance, convicting men of sin You think that all would hate him but so many stood there waiting By the Jordan to be dunked by him

3. And regarding his behavior we thought he might be the savior, But he said, "No, no, no, no, no..." And the more that we'd imply it well the more that he denied it

4. He’d say, "I am not the answer. It's not my praise I sing. I am just the herald of the great king.”

5. There was a man named Francis. He wore something like a brown old burlap sack. He got it when he stripped in front of the bishop who just flipped And told someone to put that something on his back Walking round kissing lepers. Trying to be the poorest of the poor. You think he'd be repelling but his faith was so compelling That the people kept knock, knocking on his door

6. And though his days were hot and long you know his heart was filled with song He'd go like, "La, la, la, la, la..." Only to God he's clinging, I can almost hear him singing

7. He said, "I am not the answer. It's not my praise I sing. I am just the herald of the great king.”

8. It's all for the kingdom, it's all for the king You are my all and all, You are my everything

9. It's all for the kingdom, it's all for the king You are my all and all, You are my everything

10. It's all for the kingdom, it's all for the king You are my all and all, You are my everything

11. “Just Like You”Matt Maher Revive my heart, renew my soul In You oh Lord I am made whole No more in fear will I wander Cause you’re my God My Lord and lover

12. Like a burning fire Be my one desire

13. Refrain: I want to be holy just like You I want to go where you lead me to With reckless abandon to your truth I want to fall deeper in love with You

14. Oh lift me up, God my Father In all this world, there is no other I’m dancing in Your holy presence And Your glory fills all my senses

15. Like a burning fire Be my one desire

16. I want to be holy just like You I want to go where you lead me to With reckless abandon to your truth I want to fall deeper in love with You

20. I want to be holy just like You I want to go where you lead me to With reckless abandon to your truth I want to fall deeper in love with You

21. I want to be holy just like You I want to go where you lead me to With reckless abandon to your truth I want to fall deeper in love with You

22. And deeper and deeper and deeper and deeper in love with you. And deeper and deeper and deeper and deeper in love with you. And deeper and deeper and deeper and deeper in love with you.

25. I want to be holy I want to be holy I want to be holy

26. Home Field Advantage Praying Our Way Home

27. “Sing with All the Saints in Glory”Ode to Joy, Ludwig van Beethoven Sing with all the saints in glory, sing the resurrection song! Death and sorrow, earth’s dark story, to the former days belong. All around the clouds are breaking, soon the storms of time shall cease; In God’s likeness we, awaking, knowing everlasting peace.

28. O what glory, far exceeding all that eye has yet perceived! Holiest hearts, for ages pleading, never that full joy conceived. God has promised, Christ prepares it, there on high our welcome waits. Every humble spirit shares it; Christ has passed the eternal gates.

29. Life eternal! heaven rejoices; Jesus lives, who once was dead. Join we now the deathless voices; child of God, lift up your head! Patriarchs from distant ages, saints all longing for their heaven, Prophets, psalmists, seers, and sages, all await the glory given.

30. Life eternal! O what wonders crowd on faith; what joy unknown, When, amidst earth’s closing thunders, saints shall stand before the throne! O to enter that bright portal, see that glowing firmament; Know, with Thee, O God immortal, Jesus Christ Whom You have sent.

31. Home Field Advantage Praying Our Way Home

32. Our Reward is Based on Us Finishing the “Race” of Faith “Surrounded then as we are by this great cloud of witnesses, let us strip off everything that hinders us, as well as the sin that clings to us, and let us run the race that we have to run with patience, our eyes fixed on Jesus the leader--the source and goal of our faith.” Hebrews 12: 1-2 “I consider my life worth nothing to me, if only I may finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me--the task of testifying to the gospel of God's grace.” Acts 20: 24

33. Our Reward is Based on Us Finishing the “Race” of Faith “Not that I have become perfect yet; I have not yet won, but I am still running, trying to capture the prize for which Christ Jesus captured me. I can assure you my brothers, I am far from thinking that I have already won. All I can say is that I forget the past and I strain ahead for what is still to come; I am racing for the finish, for the prize to which God calls us upward to receive in Christ Jesus.” Phil 3:12-14 “Keep yourself in training for a godly life. Physical exercise has some value in it, but spiritual exercise is valuable in every way, because it promises life both for now and for the future. That is why we struggle and work hard…” 1 Tim 4:7-10 “You were running well; who hindered you from obeying the truth?” Galatians 5: 7

34. Our Reward is Based on Finishing the “Race” “Do you not know that in a race all the runners compete, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it. Every athlete exercises self-control in all things…I do not run aimlessly, I do not box as one beating the air; but I subdue my body, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.” I Cor. 9: 24-27 “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Therefore, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord…will award to me on that Day…” 2 Timothy 4: 7-8

35. Saintly Definitions and Quotations:“A saint is a sinner who never gave up.”“The only tragedy in life is not becoming a saint.” -- St. Therese

36. St. Bartholomew St. Peter St. Thomas More

37. St. Aidan Damian of Molokai

38. St. Vincent de Paul St. Martin of Tours St. Martin de Porres

39. St. Elizabeth Ann Seton St. Katherine Drexel Isaac Jogues Mother Cabrini

40. St. Faustina Kowalska Maximilian Kolbe Kateri Tekawitha St. Francis Xavier

41. St. Cecilia St. Therese Lisieux St. John Fisher St. Joseph

42. St. Bernadette St. John Bosco St. Philip Neri

43. JOHN GABRIEL PERBOYRE 19th Cent. Martyr St. Agatha Lin Chinese Martyr Josephine Bakhita St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein)

44. “Reflect that in reality you have a greater need to serve the poor than they have of your service." -- Angela Merici "He became what we are that He might make us what He is." --St. Athanasius “It is clear that, though you created us without our help, you do not want to save us without our help. You want us, merciful and compassionate Father, to look at your boundless compassion for us, so that we may learn to be compassionate, first of all to ourselves and then to our neighbors-- just as the glorious Paul said, "All charity begins with oneself." -- Catherine of Siena

45. "Thanks be to Thee, my Lord Jesus Christ,For all the benefits Thou hast given me,For all the pains and insults Which Thou has borne for me.O most merciful Redeemer, Friend, and Brother,May I know Thee more clearly,Love Thee more dearly,Follow Thee more nearly,Day by day. Amen." -- St. Richard of Chichester

46. “Late have I loved You, O Lord; and behold You were within and I without, and there I sought You. You were with me when I was not with You. You called, cried and burst my deafness. You gleamed and glowed and dispelled my blindness. You touched me, and I burned for Your peace. For Thine own self you have made us, and our hearts are restless until they rest in Thee. Late have I loved You, Your beauty ever old and ever new. You broke my bonds asunder; unto You I will offer up an offering of praise.” -- St. Augustine Confessions

47. St. ThereseThe Little Flower • “Each small task of everyday is part of the total harmony of the universe.” • “Jesus makes the bitterest mouthful taste sweet.” • “Miss no single opportunity of making some small sacrifice.” • “The great majority of men use their own short-sighted ideas as a yardstick for measuring the divine omnipotence.”

48. St. Therese • "We live in an age of inventions. We need no longer climb laboriously up flights of stairs; in well-to-do houses there are lifts. And I was determined to find a lift to carry me to Jesus, for I was far too small to climb the steep stairs of perfection. So I sought in holy Scripture some idea of what this life I wanted would be, and I read these words: "Whosoever is a little one, come to me." It is your arms, Jesus, that are the lift to carry me to heaven. And so there is no need for me to grow up: I must stay little and become less and less.”

49. St. Therese’s “Little Way”Called by John Paul II -- The Greatest Saint of the 20th Century • "Love proves itself by deeds, so how am I to show my love? Great deeds are forbidden me. The only way I can prove my love is by scattering flowers and these flowers are every little sacrifice, every glance and word, and the doing of the least actions for love."

50. Blessed Mother Teresa • “Spread love everywhere you go: first of all in your own house. Give love to your children, to your wife or husband, to a next door neighbor... Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness; kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile, kindness in your warm greeting.”