Sept. 2, 2014

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Bible Study: St. Peter

Who is Peter? (Book of Matthew, Mark, Luke, John)

What 3 significant things did he accomplish?

Name and explain 3 significant bible stories about peter.

Was he a leader? Did he betray God? Did he repent? Did he have trouble keeping his faith alive? Explain!

Explain St. Peters teachings. (book of acts)

CHAPTER 1 QUIZ

1) Define Divine Revelation. Why do humans need Divine Revelation?

2) What is a virtue? Name and explain one virtue.

3) What does the gift of faith enable us to do? Explain.

4) What are the terms of God’s covenant with humankind?

5) What does it mean to be made is God’s image and likeness? Explain the importance.

CHAPTER 1CHAPTER 1

SEARCHING FOR GODSEARCHING FOR GOD

JESUS CHRIST:JESUS CHRIST:GOD’S REVELATION GOD’S REVELATION

TO THE WORLDTO THE WORLD

True HappinessTrue Happiness

““Happy the people so blessed; Happy the people so blessed; happy the people whose God is happy the people whose God is

the Lord.” (Ps 144:15)the Lord.” (Ps 144:15)

But, what is happiness?But, what is happiness?

God: The Source of God: The Source of True HappinessTrue Happiness

WE ALL WANT TO BE HAPPY!WE ALL WANT TO BE HAPPY!

becausebecause

WE WERE MADE TO BE HAPPY!WE WERE MADE TO BE HAPPY!

““True happiness is found . . . In True happiness is found . . . In God alone, the source of every God alone, the source of every

good and of all love” (good and of all love” (CCC, CCC, 17231723).).

The The Restless Restless Human Human HeartHeart

Nothing in this life Nothing in this life can make us fully can make us fully

content or perfectly content or perfectly happy.happy.

Why is this?Why is this?God gave us a God gave us a

hunger for hunger for happiness!happiness!

Only God can fulfill Only God can fulfill this hunger because this hunger because he placed it in us!he placed it in us!

St. Augustine: St. Augustine: ““Our heart is Our heart is

restless until it rests restless until it rests in you.”in you.”

Questioning Questioning MindsMinds

Do you ever Do you ever wonder what is wonder what is beyond the stars?beyond the stars?

Do you ever Do you ever question the question the meaning of life?meaning of life?

Do you ever think Do you ever think about where your about where your life is going?life is going?

Do you ever Do you ever wonder what will wonder what will happen to you happen to you after you dieafter you die??

Humans have searched for answers to these questions from

the beginning.

We Are Religious by NatureWe Are Religious by Nature

In spite of the prevalence of irreligion and In spite of the prevalence of irreligion and secularism, most people still belong to an secularism, most people still belong to an

organized religion.organized religion.

We have always We have always searched for God searched for God

and given and given expression to this expression to this

quest.quest.

God speaks to us God speaks to us through our human through our human

reason, through reason, through prayer, and through prayer, and through our hearts. He calls our hearts. He calls

us first.us first.

Knowing God through Knowing God through Natural RevelationNatural Revelation

Something does not come out of nothing!Something does not come out of nothing!

Contemplating Contemplating the Human the Human

PersonPerson

Our lives have Our lives have meaning!meaning!

Beauty Beauty TruthTruth

Moral goodnessMoral goodnessPersonal Personal

ConscienceConscienceJusticeJusticeLoveLove

IntelligenceIntelligence

Knowing God throughKnowing God throughDivine RevelationDivine Revelation

Human language and human reason Human language and human reason cannot fully describe God or really know cannot fully describe God or really know

what God is like.what God is like.

God is truly a mystery!God is truly a mystery!

That is why God does not leave us to our That is why God does not leave us to our own limited knowledge. He gives usown limited knowledge. He gives us

Divine Revelation.Divine Revelation.

What Is Divine What Is Divine Revelation?Revelation?

God’s free gift of God’s free gift of self-communication self-communication by which he makes by which he makes known his divine known his divine planplan

God tells us who he God tells us who he really is through really is through the events of the events of Salvation HistorySalvation History

God invites us to God invites us to live in covenant live in covenant with himwith him

The greatest sign The greatest sign of God’s love was of God’s love was the sending of his the sending of his Son, Jesus Christ, Son, Jesus Christ, to be our Savior to be our Savior from sin and deathfrom sin and death

Faith: Our Response Faith: Our Response to Divine Revelationto Divine Revelation

St. St. PeterPeter

IMPETUOUSIMPETUOUSBRAVEBRAVE

HEADSTRONGHEADSTRONGCOMPASSIONATECOMPASSIONATE

HEROICHEROICBORN LEADERBORN LEADER

““And so I say to you, you And so I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this are Peter, and upon this

rock I will build my rock I will build my church, and the gates of church, and the gates of the netherworld shall not the netherworld shall not prevail against it. I will prevail against it. I will give you the key of the give you the key of the kingdom of Heaven. kingdom of Heaven.

Whatever you bind on Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever heaven; and whatever

you loose on earth shall you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven”be loosed in heaven”

(Mt 16: 18-19).(Mt 16: 18-19).