June 10, 2015

SOM 2015 Week 10 - Worship, Catechism of the Catholic Church & Divine Will

After a week of restful break, we resumed the School with teachings on the topics of Worship by Derek Chong, Catholicism of the Catholic Church by Fr. Carl Telford and Divine Will by Tony Hikey. When we know who we are in God and who God is to us, worship will come natural to us.

The first three days of the week, Derek taught us on the topic of Worship. That in order to fully worship God, we need to discover our identity. When we recognise who God is to us through all He has done for us we would naturally be grateful for all that He has done for us. It is in this heart of gratitude that we are free to worship God.

Next, we had Fr. Carl, a Marist priest for 37years, who enlightened us on a treasure of the church that is often overlooked which is Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC). Fr. Carl gave us an introduction to the CCC and insisted that to be effective evangelisers, we need to not only know about our faith, but to develop relationship with God as well. The CCC help us to encounter God through the teachings of the mother church handed down over the years through various sources.

Last but not the least, we had Tony Hikey, a lay minister from Manchester, UK, who spoke to us on Divine Will. In order to respond to God’s will, we need first to encounter God and to have a relationship with Him through sacred Scripture, teachings of the church ad to have complete trust in Him knowing that we will be in good hands.These teachings gave our participants new and profound insights on who they are, how God sees them and how to respond to His will. We will go more in depth on how we can know God’s will for us and how to respond to His will as we enter into another amazing week on the topic of Discernment by our very own Fr. Francis D’souza. We hope that you continue to keep us and especially our participants in prayer.

God bless.

Testimony:

I came to realise that worship is a process in man's self-realisation, which must be regarded as an essential act, without which a whole realm of human life would remain atrophied. ~ Patrick, Nigeria

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