From Christendom to Apostolic Mission
The university that Msgr. Shea (the primary author of this book) is the preside of.
University of Mary
The Second Vatican Council took place during this century.
20th century (1962-1965)
List the 3 levels of vocation.
1. Universal Call to Holiness
2. State in Life
3. Personal Vocation
Evangelii gaudium was written by this author.
Pope Francis
Finish the analogy:
The Church is to the world as the ___________ is to the ___________
Soul is to the body
The key/main evangelistic task during an apostolic age.
Conversion of mind (to a new way of seeing)
This document laid down the fundamental anthropology with which we began class. It included the essential quote, "The truth is that only in the mystery of the incarnate Word does the mystery of man take on light...Christ...fully reveals man to man himself and makes his supreme calling clear."
Gaudium et spes (Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World)
Personal vocation is "the singular, unique and unrepeatable _________ by which each Christian in the community of the People of God builds up the ________ _____ _____________."
Grace; Body of Christ
One image of the Church used in this document is "A _______ with an open heart"
Mother
This is the title of St. Therese of Lisieux's autobiography from which we read an excerpt.
The Story of a Soul
List 3 aspects of the Christian Way of Seeing.
1. Adventure
2. World is visible and invisible
3. We are made for divine nature
4. God has saved us from sin
5. Christ established the Church to continue his mission
6. We cannot be fully happy in this life
7. The world is passing and is both unimportant and important
8. Christianity is fundamentally an encounter
The opening line of Lumen gentium is, "Christ is the Light of nations." This quote is related to a them from this motto of Thomas More University.
Light Conquers Darkness
Name 2 of the 5 key principles of discerning personal vocation given in Christifideles laici (and in the videos).
1. Listening to the Word of God and the Church
2. Fervent and constant prayer
3. Spiritual guide
4. Discernment of gifts and talents
5. Attention to historical/social situation
Finish the quote: "Frequently, we act as arbiters of grace rather than its facilitators. But the Church is not a ___________; it is the house of the Father, where there is a place for everyone with all their problems."
Tollhouse
According to Pope Paul VI in Evangelii nuntiandi, evangelization is the Church's "deepest identity" and this person is the greatest evangelizer.
Jesus
List 3 aspects of the Modern Progressive way of seeing.
1. Faith in progress
2. Denial of the Fall
3. Marginalization of God (practical atheism)
4. Intoxication with the world of space and time (materialism)
5. Freedom to choose as the essence of human dignity and the source of human happiness (freedom of indifference)
6. Consumer contentment the default experience (consumerism)
Of all the images or symbols of "Church" in Lumen gentium, this is the one we focused on the most.
Body of Christ
OR
People of God
We read from Pope John Paul II's 1988 document, Christifideles laici. This was a post-synodal apostolic exhortation on this topic.
On the Vocation and Mission of the Lay Faithful in the Church and in the World
One of the temptations to pastoral workers listed is no to "Spiritual worldliness, which hides behind the appearance of piety and even love for the Church, [and] consists in seeking not the Lord's glory but human glory and personal well-being." This mainly appears in these two ways.
1. Gnosticism
2. Neopalagiansim
Evangelii gaudium calls for evangelizers who pray, work, and are open to the Holy Spirit. These evangelizers are classified as this.
Spirit-filled
The opening from the preface of this book, "Brothers and sisters, Christendom no longer exists!" is from this person.
Pope Francis (to the Roman Curia)
This is "all activity of the Mystical Body directed to the attainment of" spreading the kingdom of God so that all might share in redemption and be in relationship with Christ.
Apostolate
This is "a continual process in the individual of maturation in faith and a likening to Christ, according to the will of the Father, under the guidance of the Holy Spirit."
Ongoing formation
When writing about the "Joy of the Gospel" in the New Testament, Evangelii gaudium refers to this quote, "I have said these things to you, so that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be complete." This quote is from this book and chapter of the Bible.
John 15
Personal Vocation has been neglected, according to Dr. Miller in our videos, for these 3 reasons.
1. Vocation crisis
2. Reduction of the meaning of holiness
3. Suspicion of individualism