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Mornings With Monsignor is back for Winter/Spring 2010!
 
Men of the parish (and their friends) are invited to learn more about their Catholic faith and enjoy fellowship each Friday morning this Winter, starting January 15th at 6:30 a.m. in SVdP Hall. Come to know more about God’s call in your life as a Catholic man in today’s world. All men in our community are cordially invited.
 
 
Season 5, "Winter/Spring 2010 - The Mass":
 
February 19, 2010 - Sessions 5 & 6:
"The Mass - Christ Present in the Word and in the Eucharist"
  • Review of last session - "Christ Present in the Priest".
  • Christ present in the Word of God.
    • We sit and listen as if we were at the Lord's feet.
    • We stand for the Gospel out of respect for Christ: "may the Word of the Lord be in my mind, on my lips and in my heart": John 1:35-42.
    • The homily - we sit.
    • The Creed - we stand.
    • Intercessions.
  • Christ present in the Eucharist.
    • The altar of sacrifice becomes a table - food for the journey.
    • What we receive depends on what we expect.
    • We are sent: "Ite, missa est".

[ Download Weeks 5 & 6 ]

 
February 12, 2010 - Session 4: "The Mass - Christ Present in the Priest"
  • Review of last session - "Christ Present in the community".
  • Christ present in the priest.
    • Two participations in one Priesthood (CCC # 1547).
      • That of the laity.
      • That of the ordained clergy.
    • The priest as an "icon" of Christ (CCC # 1142).
      • Icons as "doorways" to the sacred.
  • The presence of Christ in the priest at Mass.
    • Christ is the source of all priesthood.
    • Gifts of bread and wine.
    • Mixture of water and wine.
    • Epiclesis.
    • Prayer of Consecration.
    • Amen.

[ Download Week 4 ]

 
February 5, 2010 - Session 3: "The Mass - Christ Present in the Community"
  • Review of last session - "What are We Missing?".
  • At Mass Christ is present in the gathered community.
    • Expectant waiting: conversion of attitude toward the Mass.
    • Common attitudes at Mass:
      • Uninterested spectator.
      • Critical observer.
    • Alert readiness - an attitude of love, the boat with its sail raised.
  • The community of believers at Mass.
    • The "cloud of witnesses" - Hebrews 12:1-2.
    • Statues / holy images.
    • The gathering space of the church.
    • Baptismal pool.
    • Opening hymn.
    • "I confess... to you, my brothers and sisters".
    • Opening prayer (the "collect").
    • Holy Communion - "sign and cause of unity" (why we stand during Communion).

[ Download Week 3 ]

 
January 22, 2010 - Session 2: "The Mass - What Are We Missing?"
  • Review of last week - "Passover Background".
  • Setting the stage - Emmaus story.
  • What are we missing at Mass?
    • Hints from the Wedding at Cana.
      • 6 - an imperfect number.
      • "empty jars".
      • "ceremonial washing" - an exterior reference to cleanliness.
    • "Church Going" - a poem by Philip Larkin ('going', not 'worshipping').
    • A funeral story - unable to see, unable to hear: handicapped.
      • I'm here because of someone else.
      • Being a cultural Catholic.
      • Afraid of sin: obligation.
    • Eucharist - "thanksgiving": Psalm 116.
    • The Father "sees and loves in us what he sees and loves in Christ".

[ Download Week 2 ]

 
January 15, 2010 - Session 1: "The Mass - Passover Background"
  • Passover as liberation.
    • Freedom "from".
    • Freedom "for".
  • Passover as sacrifice.
    • To find liberation, something (or someone) has to die.
    • Eg. of Christopher.
  • Passover as memorial meal.
    • The story of deliverance from Egypt (Deut. 6:20-25).
    • The lamb.
    • The unleavened bread.
    • Bitter herbs.
  • Passover fulfilled in the New Testament.
    • Death and resurrection of Christ (Rom. 6:3-11).
    • Sacrifiie of the Lamb of God as new Passover.
    • Last Supper as fulfillment of the Passover meal.

[ Download Week 1 ]

 
Season 4, "Fall 2009 - Discipleship":
 
September 25, 2009 - Session 6: "Mary, the First and Most Faithful Disciple"
  • Review from last time: "From Blindness to Sight".
  • Mary the disciple.
    • Luke the artist: scriptural "portraits" of Mary.
    • Mary the believer (Lk. 1:38).
    • Mary as a contemplative (Lk. 2:19 and 51).
    • Mary as good soil (Lk. 8:4-15).
    • Mary as keeper of the Word of God (Lk. 8:19-21; 11:27:28).
    • Mary's soul pierced by a sword (Lk. 2:35).
  • Mary's quiet presence in John's gospel - Cana and Calvary.
  • Mary's true greatness comes not from her being Jesus' mother, but his disciple.
  • Table discussion: what can Mary say to men in today's world? Can Mary be a helpful example in your life?

[ Download Week 6 ]

 
September 18, 2009 - Session 5: "From Blindness to Sight"
  • Review from last time: "The Openness to God that Failure Teaches".
  • On the job training: Mark 6:7-10.
  • From Blindness to sight.
    • The Pharisees as blind guides - biblical embodiment of the false self.
    • Two blind men: Mark 8:22+ (Bethsaida) and Mark 10:46+ (Bartimaeus) - blurred, imperfect vision to clearness.
    • Blindness of the disciples and the 3 predictions of Jesus' passion/death.
  • Table discussion question: name a situation from which you gained a new insight.

[ Download Week 5 ]

 
September 11, 2009 - Session 4: "The Openness to God that Failure Teaches"
  • Review from last session - "Back to the Center".
  • Failure and Openness to God.
    • The parable of the Good Samaritan (Lk 10:29-37) and the flag burner.
    • Mark's gospel: vulnerability and openness are characteristics of a true disciple.
  • Discipleship and Failure in Mark.
    • Feeding accounts
    • The children
    • Naive faith and true faith
  • Table discussion: Mention a failure or a lesson you learned the hard way and what it taught you.

[ Download Week 4 ]

   
September 4, 2009 - Session 3: "Re-Entry: Back to the Center"
  • Review from last week - "The One Who Calls".
  • Nicholas Copernicus and the heliocentric universe.
    • Jesus and his controversy with the Pharisees.
    • The heart of the matter - God's way or our way (true self/false self).
  • Several scriptural stories about returning to the center.
    • The Gerasene Demoniac (Lk 8:26-31)
    • The Paralyzed Man (Mk 2:1-12)
    • Man with the withered Hand (Mk 3:1-6)
    • Herod (Lk 9:9)
    • The Woman with the Hemorrhage (Mt 9:20-22)

[ Download Week 3 ]

  
August 28, 2009 - Session 2: "The One Who Calls"
  • Jesus, the one who calls.
    • The Positive photographic image to our "negative".
    • What we see in him we were meant to be.
    • Story of the "best image contest".
  • The true self -the person that God created us to be. The false self -the person we ourselves create, the first Adam.
  • Jesus, the second Adam, "God from God, Light from Light".
  • We are called to follow first, then sent out, but we never "graduate". "The self that begins the journey is not the self that arrives".

[ Download Week 2 ]

 
August 21, 2009 - Session 1: "Overview of Discipleship"
  • Discipleship takes place in the world - the Lord calls us where we are.
  • Letter to Diognetus - an early Christian document that describes the disciple in the world.
  • How Jesus calls people to follow him.
    • In the context of daily life.
    • Out of the world into the world.
    • Jesus looks at a person.
    • He goes after disciples.

[ Download Week 1 ]

 

 

Season 3, "Winter Series 2009":
 
January 16, 2009 - "Discernment: The Other Side of Decision-Making"
  • The difference between discernment and decision-making.
    • Discernment - in Latin, "separation by sifting".
    • Decision-making - in Latin, "cutting through, as if by a knife or a sword".
  • Three examples of the difference between discernment and decision-making.
    • Corporate buyout.
    • Vacation.
    • College choice.
  • Discernment depends on how we see God.
    • A watchmaker.
    • A puppeteer.
    • A parent of mature children.
  • Discernment in Scripture.
    • Jesus discerned.
    • The disciples discerned.
    • We all do.

[ Download Week 1 ]

 

January 23, 2009 - "Dispositions for Discernment"
  • Primary Disposition - total commitment to the Lord.
  • Three suppositions.
    • Desire to do God's will.
    • Openness to God.
    • Knowledge of God.
  • Other voices: the devil's.
  • Essential qualities of heart for discerners.
    • Humility.
    • Charity.
    • Courage.
  • Signs of grace and its opposite.
    • Galatians 5:22-23
    • 1 John 4:2
    • John 13:35
    • John 14:27
    • The opposite signs.

[ Download Week 2 ]

 

January 30, 2008 - No session this week (Ice storm).

 

February 6, 2009 - Session III
  • Review: 3 suppositions: Desire to do God's will; Openness to God; Knowledge of God. Qualities for discerners - Humility, Charity, Courage.
  • "Basic Rules for Discernment"
    • Openness to God.
    • Don't question "unchangeable choices".
    • Do not question well made choices.
    • Try to live with good, regrettable choices.
    • Discernment is always between/among good/neutral options.
    • Objective information may be helpful.
  • Ignatius' Three Occasions for Discernment.
    • God's will is so clear there is no doubt (rare).
    • Discernment after a period of rational decision-making.
    • Consolations and desolations.
  • Consolations, desolations and diverse spirits.

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February 13, 2009 - Session IV
  • Review: Ignatius' 3 occasions for discernment: God's will is so clear there is no doubt; Discernment after rational decision-making; Consolations and desolations.
  • The Soul's Fundamental Orientations
    • The soul that has chosen against God - consoled by evil.
    • The soul that tries to please God - desolated by evil.
  • Desolation and Discernment
    • Two spirits that affect the soul - good and bad.
    • Analogy of the rock and the sponge.
    • When in desolation:
      • Do the opposite of what the evil spirit suggests.
      • Renew trust in the Lord by player, meditaion, examen, penance.
  • Why the Lord allows desolations
    • We must have been negligent in our spiritual life.
    • God wishes to try us as he did Job.
    • God wishes us to appreciate his gifts: "The Pulley" by George Herbert.
    • Ignatius' 3 comparisons for the devil:
      • Bully.
      • False Lover.
      • Military commander.

[ Download Week 4 ]

 

February 20, 2009 - Session V
  • Review: The soul's basic orientations: for or against God. The "rock and the sponge" analogy. Desolations.
  • Consolations
    • Those without a previous cause (always from God, but note the "afterglow").
    • Those with a preceding cause (from God or another source).
  • "The tail of the snake": though a master at disguises, the devil always tips his hand.
    • Two guidelines for determining the source of a consolation:
      • Those without a previous cause are from God (rare).
      • Examine the beginning, middle and end of other consolations.

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February 27, 2009 - Session VI
  • Review: Consolations.
    • Those without a previous cause (from God, but note "afterglow").
    • Those with a preceding cause (from God or another source).
    • The "tail of the snake".
  • Weeds among the wheat.
    • Matthew 13:24-30, parable of the weeds among the wheat.
    • Why does God allow weeds to grow in our lives?
    • Romans 7:15+, St. Paul's struggle.
    • Should we root out the weeds from our lives?
    • 2 Corinthians 12, Paul's "thorn in the flesh", another kind of weed.
  • Summary of discernment, Thomas Merton's prayer.

[ Download Week 6 ]

 

 
Season 2:
 
September 5, 2008 - "Welcome to the Kingdom"
  • A few introductory words about the Fall session of "Mornings with Msgr."
  • The centrality of the Kingdom of God to the message of Jesus Christ.
  • What is the Kingdom?
  • Repentance is the ticket for acceptance into the Kingdom.

[ Download Week 1 ]

 

September 12, 2008 - "Accessing the Kingdom of God"

  • Review from last week.
  • Baptism is our objective entry into the Kingdom and life of grace, but it also requires a subjective, personal choice.
  • How do we access the Kingdom of God?

[ Download Week 2 ]

 

September 19, 2008 - "Entering the Kingdom"

  • Review from last week - Accessing the inner world of the unconscious is a path that leads to a deeper, more personal relationship with God.
  • We enter the Kingdom as individuals, though we may be a part of a larger body, such as the Church - "Many are called but few are chosen."
  • Woundedness is an entrée into the Kingdom.
  • Entering the Kingdom, we face a crisis.

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September 26, 2008 - "The Cost of the Kingdom"

  • Review: entering the Kingdom of God is an individual endeavor which causes some anxiety or crisis because we must enter through the narrow gate. Part of the access to the Kingdom is through brokenness which calls us to trust in a power greater than ourselves and greater than our fears or problems.
  • The cost of entering the Kingdom of God.
  • How do we pay this price?
  • The rewards of the Kingdom - proper relation with self, others and God.

[ Download Week 4 ]

 

October 3, 2008 - "The Pharisee Within"

  • Review of last week, "The Cost of the Kingdom".
  • Pharisaism.
  • Hypocrites.
  • Removal of the mask can lead to inner healing.

[ Download Week 5 ]

 

October 10, 2008 - No session this week (Cursillo week).

 

October 17, 2008 - "Dealing with the Shadow"

  • Review from last session; "The Pharisee Within".
  • The "shadow" or inner adversary: the person within us who contradicts the mask.
  • The shadow is a distorted attempt to balance the mask projected by the ego.
  • Unless confronted, the shadow will be projected onto others: racial prejudice.
  • Pogo: "We have met the enemy and he is us". Confrontation of the shadow.
  • The value of kissing the frog; burried treasure.
  • Case study; the parable of the two sons.

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October 24, 2008 - "The Lost (and Found) Coin"

  • Review: "Dealing with the Shadow" - case study the Parable of the Two Sons.
  • Another look at Frost's "The Road Not Taken" - untraveled, rejected paths revisited may take us in new directions.
  • Luke 19:10 - "... to seek out and to save what was lost"; touching the leper.

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October 31, 2008 - Final Session on the Kingdom of Heaven

  • Review:
    • The Kingdom, God's "agenda".
    • Entry requires personal change, new wineskins for new wine.
    • The old well; dreams; the inner world is the realm of the Kingdom.
    • The Kingdom way is narrow; woundedness, realization of a higher power.
    • Ego, masks, "personas" make it difficult to enter the Kingdom, but removal of the mask can lead to inner healing.
    • The "shadow" must be faced and accepted to enter the Kingdom - kissing the frog.
    • Finding the lost coin, taking the "road not taken", embracing the lost brother.
  • This life: a rehearsal for eternity?
    • Jesus and Lazarus - John 11 - to be free to live.
    • The wrappings of ego, masks, shadows are unraveled by consciousness.
    • Oneness with God and self is the locus of the Kingdom - the place of inner peace.

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