IT’S ALL ABOUT JESUS

Adrián Alberto Herrera, M.A

IT’S ALL ABOUT JESUS

“where are you staying?” He

said to them, “Come, and you

will see.”John 1: 38-39

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Leaders:

• Organized

• Flexible

• Good Attitude

• People of prayer

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• Remember that everything

we do its all about Jesus

• Proclaim the Gospel

and give witness to

others

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What is Catechesis? What is

evangelization?

Catechetical leaders are not

principals/catechists are not school

teachers.

Formation/Training is ongoing,

but not for the sake to gain

knowledge but to serve better

(Ignatian Spirituality).

Open the Door of Faith

“every catechist…. he [she] will not try to

inculcate his [her] personal opinions and

options as if they expressed Christ's

teaching and the lessons of His life. Every

catechist should be able to apply to himself the

mysterious words of Jesus: "My teaching is

not mine, but his who sent me.” (Jn 17:6).

John Paul II, Exhort. Ap. Catechesi Tradendae, no. 6

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• How do we keep the

flame alive?

• How did you get started

into this?

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• “I know your works, your labor, and your endurance, and that you cannot tolerate the wicked; you have tested those who call themselves apostles but are not, and discovered that they are impostors……Yet I hold this against you: you have lost the

love you had at first”

Revelation 2:4

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ITS ALL ABOUT JESUS

Some of the reasons:

• Invitation by the pastor or priest

• Necessity

• A sense of belonging to a parish,

etc.

Good reasons but incomplete

• God has called us by virtue

of our baptism (This calling

is vocation).

• That calling implies a

response, a passionate

search for God (Ignatian

Spirituality).

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“He must increase; I must decrease”.

John 3:30

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ITS ALL ABOUT JESUS

When was the last time you took yourself

(and God) out on a date?

How comfortable are you with silence?

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• “The Lord… has called each of us; each is called by name. God is so great that He has time for each of us. He knows me, He knows each of us by name, personally. ... I believe that we must meditate on this mystery again and again: God, the Lord, has called me, He calls me, He knows me and awaits my response as He awaited Mary's response, as He awaited the response of the Apostles."

Pope Benedict XVI, March 7, 2011

“He said to them, ‘The

harvest is abundant but the

laborers are few; so ask the

master of the harvest to send

out laborers for his harvest.”

Lk 10:2

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• The vocation of ministry goes alongwith Discipleship

• What is the perception that peoplehave of you?

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ITS ALL ABOUT JESUS

“an evangelizer must never look

like someone who has just come

back from a funeral!” The Joy of the Gospel (no.10)

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One of the more serious temptations which

stifles boldness and zeal is a defeatism which

turns us into querulous and disillusioned

pessimists, “sourpusses”.The Joy of the Gospel (no.85)

• John 1: 35-42

What was the impression that Jesus

had on Simon? Or vice versa

What does Jesus see in you today?

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ITS ALL ABOUT JESUS

When have you shared your shadow side

with someone else?

How did this person mirror God’s love?

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ITS ALL ABOUT JESUS

Farmers

Wake up very early

Walks the same path (in most

cases), they know their land

Raise lots of crops

Cares for many varied animals

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Fisherman

In the ocean there

are no pathways

Waves are not the

same

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“I prefer a Church which is bruised, hurting and

dirty because it has been out on the streets, rather

than a Church which is unhealthy from being

confined and from clinging to its own security.”The Joy of the Gospel (no.49)

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How do you share your faith

with people who are

struggling?

How can you reach out more

effectively to them?

• Catechetical Leader = Disciple =

Evangelizer

• “Does not preach a Christianity à la carte,

according to their own tastes, preaching a

Gospel according to his own favorite ideas,

his own theological ideas”. “Must not stop

preaching the will of God, even those

things that are uncomfortable and I

personally do not like so much”.

Pope Benedict XVI March 10, 2011

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ITS ALL ABOUT JESUS

ITS ALL ABOUT JESUS

Why is it sometimes

difficult to love others?

How does it feel to

belong to God?

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“I no longer call you slaves;…I have called you

friends” (John 15:15)

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How can you keep Jesus at

the center of your life?

How welcoming is your

parish to all people? How

can you build a more

loving community?

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How do you want to

be remembered at the

end of your life?

ITS ALL ABOUT JESUS

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