ACTIVITAS!

THE GOSPEL OF JOHN

1. Read your assigned chapter of John

2. In groups, make a poster outlining the main topic and events, and list all the doctrinal and moral points. Also, include at least two pictures.

3. Make a skit of that chapter to perform to the class.

Group members: Chapter:

Main Topic:A summary of the events in the chapter in your own words (1-2 paragraphs)

Doctrinal points (e.g. Trinity, divinity of Jesus, Eucharist, etc.)1. 2.3.

Moral points (what is this chapter teaching us to do? How can I apply this to my life?)1.2.3.

EXAMPLE POSTER

[picture]

REVELATION: SCRIPTURE AND TRADITION

REVELATIONGOD APPROACHES MAN

• Revelation = God communicating Himself to man so that man can share the life of God

• Why do we need revelation?

THE GOD WHO SPEAKS

• God speaks to us in love• Through nature, Salvation history, Christ, the Church,

Scripture

• Christianity is not a religion of the book• Christianity is a religion of the Word (God

communicating with us)

• All of creation speaks of God.

• God prepared us with his covenants

• Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, David

COVENANTS

• Jesus = Word of God come in the flesh = fulfillment of Revelation

• God reveals himself in words and deeds.

• In Jesus, God has said everything!

JESUS

• Revelation is like a mustard seed• Started small with Adam• Huge tree now with the Church

• One source of Revelation = God• Word

Tradition

Scripture

Us!!!

= when Jesus, Mary, or other Saints appear to someone.

• Lourdes, Fatima, Divine Mercy

• All these point back to Scripture and Tradition.

• Nothing new!

• Just helping us live out the Gospel

PRIVATE REVELATIONS

SCRIPTURE

OBJECTIVES

• Fall in love with Scripture.• Learn how to pray with Scripture.• See how Scripture and Tradition belong together.• See how the Bible came together.

• “In the sacred books, the Father who is in heaven comes lovingly to meet his children, and talks with them.” (Vatican II)• God speaks with us, in a special way, through

Scripture and teaches us how to speak with him• Mary as our model

Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of

Christ!

LECTIO DIVINA

• Read

• Meditate

• Pray

• Contemplate

• Lectio Divina with Mt 14:22-33 or Mt 8:23-27

ACTIVITY

• Do lectio divina with a passage of your choice.• Fill out lectio divina worksheet as you go through

each step.

• Suggested passages:1. The Annunciation (Lk 1:26-38)2. Healing the blind (Mt 9:27-31)3. Crowning with thorns (Mk 15:16-20)

HOW SCRIPTURE CAME TO BE

• The Word of God is handed on to us through Tradition.• Scripture was a fruit of Tradition

1. Jesus life and preaching2. Oral tradition: Apostles preached the Gospel3. Apostles and helpers wrote down what they

preached.4. Bishops met to discern which books were

inspired.5. The canon (official table of contents of the

Bible) was formed.

INSPIRATION

• “God breathed”• God is the author of Scripture along with the

human author• They worked together

INERRANCY

• Scripture is free of ANY errors.

• Whatever the human author asserted as true, the Holy Spirit also asserts to be true.

• Different genres and literary devices. • E.g. A comic strip asserts truth differently than a news

report.

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INTERPRETATION

• Have to see what the author was asserting• Know the genre, history, language, etc.

• Read Scripture as a united whole• Read Scripture together with Tradition

• Senses of Scripture1. Literal sense2. Allegorical sense3. Moral sense4. Anagogical sense

• Type = prefigurement in the OT of something in the NT (e.g. flood baptism, ark Church)