Good morning Do you remember Mark talked about praying the Liturgy of the Hours? All priests and religious are to pray certain prayers throughout the day. Click on the video below, sit down and bless yourself and listen to evening prayer (vespers) it is absolutely beautiful.
Hello everyone,
Homework is below.
Mark, Terry and I want to wish you all blessings and thank you for your input and dedication to this class. We really appreciate all the effort made to attend all the Classes and turning in all the homework. You are a great class and we hope you will continue growing in your faith. We hope to continue seeing you at Mass as well and if you ever need to, know that you can always reach out to us with questions or advice etc.
This is very important, if anyone feels they are prochoice please watch the entire video below to the left (Relentless, very moving testimony) You need to go to Confession before receiving any sacrament. This video is good for all to watch.
ASIC 2020 Last Home work due this week – No Homework no Confirmation
Fr. Vincent mentions that it used to be that on Sunday morning you could hear the sound of church bells around the world it was meant to remind us of _________________________________.
It seems that religion and the belief in God has become less _________ in people’s lives. As people have been turning a deaf ear to the things of God there has been resurgence in interest in magic and things of the occult. The danger we are facing is that when a person no longer believes in God they will believe_____________________________. When God is a concrete part of our _______ we have nothing to worry about when it comes to the reality of evil, it's when we move ________ from God and make Him ______ relevant in our lives that we can get ourselves into trouble. St Paul in 2nd Corinthians warns us that Satan transforms himself into an angel of _________ and deceives many people. Many people have a distorted image of _____________, which is 'You may do whatever you wish, no one has the power to command you and you are the ______ of yourself. St. John Paul II said that freedom in the true sense of the word means to live in a manner that God created us to live. When we are obedient to _______and ____________ His ___________, that is freedom in the true sense of the word. Some people believe that if evil really exists it would be nothing more than humanities inhumane treatment of humanity. In other words they believe that evil is something of our own______________. The church has consistently taught throughout history that evil is personified in someone we call the _________. Pope Paul in 1972 described the devils purpose. Which is: ___________________.
The church is the ________________ of the tree of Life. The church lays out for us the __________ that will ______ us to ___________ life. The devil believes that if he can destroy the ___________ then _______________ will be trapped permanently in __________ as are the devil and the other __________ angels. When we indulge in occult practices we may think it is just for _______ but we are opening ourselves up to the forces of ___________.
What are some of the things of the occult that are popular? Name them
What does the church use to combat the forces of evil? Name them.
If one believes they are up against the forces of evil the first step is a good ___________________. On the internet if you look up what exorcism you will find that most sites will tend toward _________________ which presents information in a manner to create a fascination with evil and the_________ as opposed to bringing people closer to God.
Exorcism means to bind with an oath, it is a prayer literally. Can just anyone do an imperative exorcism? Why?
How many exorcisms did Fr. Vincent participate in? _______
An exorcist is not the first line of defense. Most people can be helped by going to their _________ ____________ so he can discern and hear their ____________.
Demonic activity:
1. __________________________________________________________________________
2. __________________________________________________________________________
3.__________________________________________________________________________
4.__________________________________________________________________________
Any priest who takes their vocation ____________ the devil will also.
For evil to be present in someone they had to invite him _________ or __________.
Seven ways we open ourselves up to evil: Name them
It is important what ______________ we allow into our minds. That is why it is so important to be on guard on what we view with our eyes. (Movies, pictures) Images stay forever in our mind,
It is mentioned that there is a danger in claiming we are spiritual but not religious.
Jesus taught us to pray OUR Father and 1st Peter 5:8 speaks of? __________________________
What things make us strong and solid in the faith? ______________________________
Mary is a _________________ally. Remain focused on Jesus not on the ____________ or his _________.
People always want to do the extraordinary but it is the _____________ aspects of our __________ that keeps the evil away.