RCIA - Lenten Journey
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February 21, 2024
Litany of Humility
On the Litany of Humility webpage, view the Litany of Humility prayer as well as two videos to help you make sense of it.
February 9 & 10, 2024
For all the lists created on the retreat, go to this Google Drive directory and click through the various files.
February 7, 2024
What Do We Need to Counter "Modern Life" List?
- Wi-Fi Blockers
- Prayer
- Patience
- Self-Discipline
- Community
- Plan
- Silence
- Intention
- Persistence
- Right-Ordered
- Instructors
- Humor
- Hope
- Support Community
- Guidence
- Discernment
- Scripture
- Reflection
- Solitude
- Humility
- Honesty
- Integrity
- Faith
- Focus
- Play
- Love
- Positive Attitude
- Vocation
- Sacrifice
- Scripture
- Awareness
- Courage
- Grace
- Jesus
- Examples
Who are Catholics? What Do they Do?
Who Are Catholics? What Do they Do? Sinners Go to Mass Believe in God Pray Go to Mass Read Bible Normal People Give to others Big Families Evangelize Generous Crusades Caring Participate in Sacraments Intellectual Tithing / Stewardship Judgemental Sing Naive Bingo Faithful Build Beautiful Churches Sentimental Party ANimals Worship Mary Support Communities Here & Abroad Ritual-based Lots of stuff about saints Football Fans Notre Dame Fans Well Dressed Devotional Charitable Loving Rich in History Diverse Love to Debate Traditional Lot to Debate Uneducated Poor Body of Christ Believe in the Word Family oriented Reverent toward Jesus Who are Monks/Nuns? What Do They Do?
Who Are Monks/Nuns? What Do they Do? Peaceful Teach Patient Chant Regimented Pray Ritual Work in Community Patient Evangelize Prayerful Brew Beer Teachers Adoration Spiritual Farm Solitary & Communal Reflect Intense ones & fun ones Sit Christ-centered Breed German Shepherds Devoted Disciplined Brew Masters Focused Celibate Service to Community Chant Vow of Stability No Possessions January 31, 2024 - "Modern Life" List
Here's the list we created together.
VALUES- Consumption
- Relationships – Social Connections
- Productivity
- Nuclear Family vs. Extended Family
- Material Possessions
- Focus on self
- Comparison to others
- Money
- Technology
- Can’t live without it
- Need it
- Addicted to it
- Perfection
- Always on
- VR is better than reality
- Immediate gratification – living in the now
- Your worth is your # of followers
- Performative – for the ‘gram
- Sacrifice is bad – it’s a non-value
- Privacy is important – but it’s not a thing anymore for most people
- Must keep things private
ATTITUDES
- “What’s in it for me?”
- Self-care --> taking care of my own needs above needs of others/community
- Ditto mental wellness
- Atomized --> doing our own thing w/o connections or ties
- Loneliness: both a value and an outcome
- When you don’t achieve, turn inward w/ loneliness
- Morally relativistic
- Time is of the essence – 10X your life
- Rest is weakness
- Cancel non-compliance
- Must get married and have kids by ____ -- live according to the expectations of others
- False sense of freedom do what you want, when you want, how and where you want
- A constant feeling of not doing enough
- We’re all good enough, but we should be better
- Fear of not being loveable
- Stressing for acceptance
- Positive reinforcement vs. consequence for actions
- Toxic positivity
ENVIRONMENT
- Political – either one or the other
- Divisive
- Tribalism
- Information – overwhelming
- Don’t know if feelings are “acceptable” to say
- False security
- So much lying – hard to tell what’s true
- Ability to travel anywhere and expectation to do so
- Greater equality
- Adversarial
- “Your truth” vs. shared, objective truth