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FORMATION 2004

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Introduction

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Programme

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segment NO 6

theme:        “caring for each other”

call to prayer & opening prayer: As for the Order Prayers

focus:               “To promote the Welfare of its members and their families.” (Objects of the Order 3)

word of reflection

Reflect on the reading of the following words taken from the documents of the Church:

The family should live in such a way that its members learn to care and take responsibility for the young, the old, the sick, the handicapped, and the poor. There are many families who are at times incapable of providing this help. It devolves then on other persons, other families, and, in a subsidiary way, society to provide for their needs.                                                        Catechism of the Catholic Church #2208

As an institution, the family will always need the concerted pastoral care of the Church, and there will be a special need to acknowledge the requirements and responsibilities of larger families. Church and civic authorities ought to feel the duty to provide all possible services and support in order to affirm parents and families…Today in Oceania as elsewhere, marriage and family life are facing many pressures. This can corrode marriage as the basic unit of human society…pastoral programmes ought to provide support for families that face any of the serious problems of modern society: alcohol, drugs, behavioural addictions, gambling…

     John Paul II, Ecclesia in Oceania – The Church in Oceania # 45

            Allow a few moments reflective silence, then proclaim the Word of God

word of god

& The Gospel according to Matthew 8: 5-13

The Word of God is now read aloud slowly and prayerfully

When he entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him, appealing to him

and saying, "Lord, my servant is lying at home paralyzed, in terrible distress."

And he said to him, "I will come and cure him."

The centurion answered, "Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof; but only speak the word, and my servant will be healed.

For I also am a man under authority, with soldiers under me; and I say to one, 'Go,' and he goes, and to another, 'Come,' and he comes, and to my slave, 'Do this,' and the slave does it."

When Jesus heard him, he was amazed and said to those who followed him, "Truly I tell you, in no one in Israel have I found such faith.

I tell you, many will come from east and west and will eat with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven,

while the heirs of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth."

And to the centurion Jesus said, "Go; let it be done for you according to your faith." And the servant was healed in that hour.

$ For the next five minutes silently read and reflect on the readings.

       Underline what you consider to be key words and/or phrases for you.

the sharing

” Now bring your insights and reflection around the theme and the Readings into discussion of the following:                                                                                             (10 mins)

v     What is central to the welfare of Christian families today?

v     How do you interact as families of KSC members?

v     How can the KSC movement enrich the lives of its family members?

conclusion

Leader:         As we conclude this time of reflection, let us give praise to God as we say:

All:                  Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit;

                        as it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be,

world without end. Amen.

The meeting proceeds

closing prayers: As for the Order Prayers at the Closing of the Meeting.

Last updated: 12/02/2006