In total we were 10 people from 7 different countries; Norway, Italy, Poland, Slovakia, Belgium, South Korea and Czech. We read and talked about gospel of John 14, 1-6:

“Do not let your hearts be troubled. You have faith in God; have faith also in me. In my Father’s house there are many dwelling places. If there were not, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back again and take you to myself, so that where I am you also may be. Where (I) am going you know the way.” Thomas said to him, “Master, we do not know where you are going; how can we know the way?” Jesus said to him, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

The Bible is not addressed only to long-dead people in a faraway land. It is addressed to each of us in our own unique situations. When we read, we need to understand what the text says and how the faithful have understood its meaning in the past. In light of this understanding, we then ask: What is God saying to me? (of Mary Elizabeth Sperry)

We meet for Mass at 6.30 PM on Wednesday 29th of September. Afterwards we will have a Bible study. For this Bible Group we read and focus on the gospel of the day: John 1,47-51. If you have time, you can also read the Dei Verbum. You can find this text here: http://www.albertmagnus.org/texts/dei-verbum/

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She writes:

The same Holy Spirit that was given to the apostles and to those women and men who first journeyed with Jesus is given to us. Do we truly know the gift that is ours?

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The Spirit’s gift of patience and endurance can help us in those times when the going is rough, when hurts and wrongs rupture relationships, when misunderstandings seem to rule the day, when life asks more of us than we think we have the ability to manage. God does not leave us on our own; God does not expect us to do it alone.

In this article she wants to help us discover, recognizing and use the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Here are some pictures from the BBQ:

P.Al started with  a short prayer to the Holy Spirit. Remembering the passage from Matt 18,20:  (…) For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.” The fact that He is in our midst is the presupposition and basis for the Bible meditation. We read a part of John 20 and shared with each other witch words or phrases that caught our eyes, heart and thoughts.

On coming Wednesday (5th of May) we’ll continue our Bible journey. This time we’ll read from the Acts of the Apostles, more precisely Paul’s speech on Areopagus (Acts 17,22-31) We’ll focus on Acts 17,22-28.

Picture of Areopagus with the Acropolis of Athens in the background from Wikimedia