Believe! Meeting Jesus in the Scriptures, by The Evangelical Catholic Ministry.The Word Among Us, 2015.
The Evangelical Catholic ministry has created this guide to encourage everyone to have a personal encounter of Jesus. The aim is to assist “ pray-ers” to chew on the Word of God thorough discussions of the Scriptures. The six sessions in this book focus on episodes when Jesus
changed lives. There are questions that may encourage discussions and allow each person to consider how the story applies to his/her life. There are also spiritual exercises to allow participants to meet Christ in prayer and sacraments.
The Scripture stories in this book are:
a) Zacchaeus
b) Blind Bartimaeus
c) Jesus teaches about
worry and fear
d) Healing at the pool
e) A Sorrowful Woman washes Jesus’ feet
f) Jesus raises Lazarus from the
dead
This book also contains small group discussion guides, a guide to reading Scripture, Spiritual Teachers, and the saints, a guide to the sacrament of reconciliation, suggested Scripture passages for prayer, Role of
facilitator, a guide for each session of Believe, and how to lead prayer and to encounter Christ this week. The Introduction is centered on the word “believe” and uses John’s Scripture: “If you would believe, you would see the glory of God.” John 11:40 This is truly a PRAYER BOOK.
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Saint of the Week
First Martyrs of the Church of Rome: (d. 68): June 30.
There were Christians in Rome within a dozen or so years after the death of Jesus, though they were not the converts of the “Apostle of the Gentiles” (Romans 15:20). Paul had not yet visited them at the time he wrote his great letter in 57-58 A.D..
There was a large Jewish population in Rome. Probably as a result of controversy between Jews and Jewish Christians, the Emperor Claudius expelled all Jews from Rome in 49-50 A.D. Suetonius the historian says that the expulsion was due to disturbances in the city “caused by the certain Chrestus” [Christ]. Perhaps many came back after Claudius’s death in 54 A.D. Paul’s
letter was addressed to a Church with members from Jewish and Gentile backgrounds.
In July of 64 A.D., more than half of Rome was destroyed by fire. Rumor blamed the tragedy on Nero, who wanted to enlarge his palace. He shifted the blame by accusing the Christians. According to the historian Tacitus, many Christians were
put to death because of their “hatred of the human race.” Peter and Paul were probably among the victims.
Threatened by an army revolt and condemned to death by the senate, Nero committed suicide in 68 A.D. at the age of 31.
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