Ann Lusch's List: Prayer class

• “Go forth in peace; this has been the highlight of our day; it is all downhill from here.”

• faith in three Persons.
• Catholics share a belief in one God (monotheism)   with Jews and Muslims.
• Unlike Jews and Muslims, we believe there are   three Persons in one God
• The messiah the Jews were expecting was supposed   to be a great leader, like King David had been, but not a divine   leader.
• The creed begins with the words: —We believe in one   God—!
• It was several hundred years before that doctrine was spelled   out in the Creed
• The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and   the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with   all of you� (13:13).
• What does your picture look like?
• The third   Person is probably the hardest to picture because you don�t   think of spirit as visible
• Eternally begotten— is an argument against   people who were teaching that the Son came after the   Father. It means always was.
• You are linked to God even more closely than   you are connected to your family or even your closest friend.   You may experience this oneness sometimes�but it�s true all   the time.
• the mystery   of the Trinity is more about the awesome idea of God relating   to us than about how three can be one
• a communion of Persons in loving relationship
• Lots of people speak of �starting a family� when   a third person�a baby�is expected
• When you see God as a family—as   divine persons in relationship to one another
• Any attempt to visualize the Trinity is going   to be limited and imperfect
• God is a union with, or communion of,   persons.
• The Persons of the Trinity know how to   be in relationship
• They have great,   total and eternal joy in one another. This joy is such a powerhouse   that it leads to our existence. God�Father, Son and Holy Spirit�is   deeply committed to loving us. The Persons of the Trinity love   one another�and this love is so strong that it creates, redeems,   inspires and strengthens us.
• I am in my Father, and you in me, and   I in youï
• (John 14:20). That astounding statement draws us all   into the unity and love of the divine relationship. We are actually   taken into God�s existence.
• I am in my Father, and you in me, and   I in you—
• That astounding statement draws us all   into the unity and love of the divine relationship. We are actually   taken into God—s existence.
• Amazingly, he was calling people into the same   loving relationship with each other that they also experience   with God. And that was the relationship Jesus had known with   the one we call Father, his father from all eternity.
• now he said he was one with the Spirit.
• Jesus tells us that the Person we name last will probably be   the basis of our first connection with God. As we read in the   Catechism of the Catholic Church, �Everyone who glorifies   the Father does so through the Son in the Holy Spirit; everyone   who follows Christ does so because the Father draws him and   the Spirit moves himï
• So how will you find your true self? Discover   the God who lives in you
• actions
• thoughts
• All   of us are capable of thinking, feeling and doing. But each of   us is more at home in one realm than in the other two.
• Do you suspect there are some untapped resources   in yourself that, if developed, would enrich the way you approach   life?
• Prayer can touch and open up the parts of you   that need to be brought into the whole picture of your self.   You can allow the mystery of the Trinity to play an important   role in your spiritual growth.

• If you are a �thinker��someone who likes to ponder   and understand�you probably can easily find God in Jesus. Imitating   Jesus appeals to you.

   

  If you are a �feeling� type�one who is at home   with your emotions�you probably relate well to God as Spirit,   whose love is always flowing and filling all things.

   

  If you are a �doer��someone who is readily active   and involved�you probably enjoy just �being� or resting when   you come to prayer. Praying to God as Father, the Source and   ground of your being, can be very satisfying.
• thinker
• Jesus
• f

  eeling
• Spirit
• —doer
• Father,
• Think of the Trinity this way: the Father extending   love (Creator), the Son embodying or giving visible shape to   that love and offering it back (Redeemer) and the Holy Spirit   being the shared love of Father and Son (Sustainer).
• Touch the Trinity

   

  Acting in Your Life

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• icon of the Holy Trinity
• In the Rublev icon, Abraham and Sarah's home   is depicted as a temple, the dwelling place of God; the oak   tree in their yard becomes the tree of life; in the center,   the three figures sit around a table on which there is a eucharistic   cup.
• a circle   that is not closed
• God is not   a closed society but a communion in relationship. Moreover,   this divine communion is lovingly open to the world.
• God is Love
• God is a God capable of immense   hospitality

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