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Karen Grozakkgrozaksbdiocese.orgDirector of Faith Formation and Coordinator of Small Faith Communities
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Do you hear God's voice?
Ron Rolheiser, OMI
Understanding and Appreciating Our Differences
Added to this is the notion that when God speaks to us, we generally experience it as a surprise, as something unexpected, and as something that does not easily square with our normal expectations as to how God should work and how we should learn. There’s a reason for this.
Simply put, when we think we are hearing God’s voice in what’s familiar, comfortable, and secure, the temptation is always to reshape the message according to our own image and likeness, and so God often comes to us through the unfamiliar.
What’s familiar is comfortable and offers us security; but, as we know, real transformative growth mostly happens when, like the aged Sarah and Abraham, we are forced to set off to a place that’s foreign and frightening and that strips us of all that is comfortable and secure. Set off, God told Sarah and Abraham, to a land where you don’t know where you’re going. Real growth happens, and real grace breaks in when we have to deal with what is other, foreign, different. Learn to understand, writes John of the Cross, more by not understanding than by understanding.
What’s dark, unfamiliar, frightening, and uninvited will stretch us in ways that the familiar and secure cannot. God sends his word to the earth through “angels” and they’re not exactly something we’re familiar with.
Join one of our many Adult Bible Studies or a Small Faith Community and listen to his voice through and with other! -
BE FORMED & TRANSFORMED...
..... NOT JUST INFORMED
When was the last time you...
...Studied your faith?
...Read the Bible?
...Shared your faith struggles and blessings with other Catholics?
...Learned something new about being Catholic?
We offer numerous ways to enrich your understanding and deepen your connection to Christ and His Church - one, holy, Catholic, and apostolic faith. If you are sitting in the pew and wishing for more, we can help!
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Catholic Bible Formation for Adults
Instructor: Jesse Del Rio, Graduate of LMU's Catholic Bible Institute
TUESDAY EVENINGS throughout 2018
6:30 to 8:00pm
Sacred Heart Academy Classroom - Room 7Learn more on our Bible Study page: /bible-study
If you would like to learn more about Loyola Marymount's Catholic Bible Institute that is held in Chino, please visit this page:
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P.M.F.P. Classes for Adults
P.M.F.P. is a series of faith classes for adults called Parish Minister Formation Program.
This series begins with a Saturday workshop and continues over 6 months. Classes are held at local parishes...For details about the curriculum and schedule, visit our Diocesan Website:
https://www.sbdiocese.org/ministries/ministryinfo.cfm?id=1380076