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Images of God. Emerging - Evolving - Changing. The Way Things Were. There is but one God who rewards the good and punishes the wicked Commandments Precepts Mission But Down on the Farm relationship to LAND. Secondary E ducation and Beyond. Catechism Bible History
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Images of God Emerging - Evolving - Changing
The Way Things Were There is but one God who rewards the good and punishes the wicked Commandments Precepts Mission But Down on the Farm relationship to LAND
Secondary Education and Beyond Catechism Bible History Proofs of Existence of God Apologetics Vocation Talk Maths Science Literature Widened the Horizons
Towards Marriage • Catholic action emerged as a challenge • For me YCW and Newman residency with the Jesuits • For Joan NCGM, the Grail and Sydney University • The Cana conferences Fulton Sheen: Three to Get Married
The Reality of Marriage Soon realised how underprepared we were for marriage Parish Priest had monthly talks for men and separate monthly talks for women Nothing about Marriage. Safe questions
Equipes Notre Dame -Team 7 • Free to share our everyday and deeper experiences • Formation, obligations etc and the French system • 7 couples and 35 children at one stage • Chaos and peace, joys and worries • Struggling to find God in all of this • Hope emerges, and Easter Joy
Vatican 2 – Paradigm Shift Conscience People of God Lay Apostolate Ecumenism Liturgy Unconditional Love Bible Evolutionary Vision
Ignatian Spirituality The Spiritual Exercises of St Ignatius Leading to reflections on the Cosmos and Evolution
Images of God That Flow from this Contemplation (1) God Living and Working • In matter, in the elements • In plants giving them life • Animals giving them consciousness • In humankind, giving them intelligence, leading to ability to self-reflect and aware.
Images of God That Flow from this Contemplation (2) Presence Nearness Unconditional love grace and forgiveness God in all things Allowing God to find me (Hound of heaven, Song of Songs)
Emergence for Life not Fall from Grace (Kevin Treston) Making sense of the Jesus story In the light of evolution
Your Image of God Life force Love Creator Universe Compassion Power Source Force Life-Giver Sustainer Not a god of guilt and shame
Sexuality a Cosmic Role The rules of nature have evolved over 1 billion years to guide us in the mastery of that terrifying energy in which the power of the Universe… passes through us.-Teilhard.
Christian Marriage Christian marriage is not best seen as a structure imposed on the couple from above, as though it were ‘made in heaven.’ More earthily and experientially, it is a union inspired from the evolutionary reality of creation.-Tony Kelly
Marriage Love is an adventure and a conquest it survives and develops like the universe itself only by perpetual discovery
Universal Challenge How to receive Love and how to give Love