4th May XII Catechism

May 04, 2020

Good Morning and Welcome to our class today !

Technology - for some reason - there's a different version of "Blogger" onto my computer and I can't find the emogi's i've been using for the blogs each week !!!! So, sorry - hard luck - no smiling face or namaste sign today - but I most sincerely welcome you to the class and wish that you are all very well.

I believable that we have a really worthwhile bit of work to do together this week and I welcome you to doing it.

Let's start !

REVIEW OF PREVIOUS WEEKS / OVERVIEW OF THE WEEK

Let's begin by reminding ourselves of what we have learnt and where we intend to go.

Over the last month we have been

practicing Heartfulness - self-awareness - naming our feelings - being aware of unnamed feelings held in our bodies - becoming aware f the feelings of others
Visioning our futures - Mindler - expected future events / possibilities - dreams / hopes - fears - The Divine Vision
Becoming more familiar with the stories of Jesus concerning his suffering, death and resurrection and continuing to find personal meaning for these beliefs - meaning which we will, hopefully, allow ourselves to experience / live

Over this week we shall be continuing to do this and we shall

taking forward our self-awareness to trying to be aware of our inner voice
taking forward over expectations for our future and considering the implications for the present
be focusing on the biblical stories of the Ascension and Pentecost (coming of the Holy Spirit)
setting up and learning certain processes to help us be more interactive

STEP 1 - please have your earphones with you unless you are in a room by yourself (preferably be in a room by yourself)

Please spend a few minuted doing the heartfulness awareness - please click onto the guided meditation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_G42Z7-vZvw
Ask yourself

what were my thoughts and feelings as I woke up today ?

be with those feelings especially

own them - let yourself feel them

feelings in themselves are just what they are
there's no permissible or not permitted feeling
if I choose to act on my feelings - those actions may be permitted / not permitted / right / wrong - so I need to think having acknowledged and allowed myself to be me (feel)

what have been my experiences since I woke up - how has my day gone ahead ? How do I feel about that ?
How did I feel about logging onto the catechism class ?
Why did I continue to read the blog after entering my attendance ?

What feeling did I have ?
What thinking went on in my mind ?
What got made me to make that decision?

just stay with that - your feelings and thoughts for some time ..........
This is listening to you inner conversations with yourself !
We need practice in this - today and tomorrow - try and do this when you have some personal time

one of the best times to do this is just before you decide to go to sleep - when you have got into bed

before you end this section invite Jesus to know your feeling, thoughts,..... Jesus will say nothing ..... there's a difference between Jesus and the ego (sometimes we blame God for the harshness of our ego !).

STEP 2 - you'll need your A4 sheet, the sheet where you are drawing the river of your life -

think of yourself, this time, in 2021 - next year -

I hope that we have been able to pick up our lives to a fairly regular pattern
I hope that you would have been able to do your CBSE Board Examinations
You would be in the gap months before you consider the next phase of your life

will the next phase of your life be more education - where do you hope it will be ?
if you have other plans with / beside studies how will you hope to take them forward ? e.g. if some of you want to take your athletic abilities forward....

what would you have to put in place now or from now up to that time - May 2021 - to get where you hope to be

dream big (keeping the Mindler report and your interaction with the counselor) in mind
base your plans on real information

connect with Mr Sumit (Counselor) if you need some assistance

let Jesus into those dreams and plans

STEP 3 : you'll need a Bible or you'll need to use the internet on the device you're using for this class.

over the last few classes we were looking at and praying over the stories of the Resurrection of Jesus.
What is the difference between the Resurrection and Ascension of Jesus ?

did they happen at the same time ?
was there a gap of time ? If so, how much ? Why ?
Was the after ascension experience the disciples have of Jesus the same or different ?
If the after Ascension disciple's experience of Jesus was different - what differences were there ?

Those are some of the questions I invite you to think about as you open to read Mk 16 : 19, Lk 24 : 51; Acts 1 : 6-11

Please note that Mathew and John do not leave us any record of Jesus' Ascension.

Please think about these questions - and if you feel comfortable ask your parents / elders about them.

So, that's it !

As we end, let us continue to pray for ourselves - life has been requiring some challenges to everyone in the world - we also pray for others - pray for your parents who must be quite concerned over so many matters; pray for your siblings; pray for your grandparents. Pray esp[ecially for our leaders - they have very difficult decisions to make and people will criticize them no matter what decision they make and no decision will go totally correct -it's very difficult. Do pray the "Our father" it's the best prayer !!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUjLd6k6uXk