Comments on: God in everyday life http://mackilloppilgrims.org/blog/2007/04/16/god-in-everyday-life/ Blogging Regularly on Mackillop Pilgrims. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:10:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Ryan http://mackilloppilgrims.org/blog/2007/04/16/god-in-everyday-life/#comment-3 Ryan Wed, 18 Apr 2007 13:45:33 +0000 http://mackilloppilgrims.org/blog/?p=8#comment-3 Forgot to add by the way: would love to see a blog about both your journies in Christ and what has got you to how you are now Cheers..Ryan Forgot to add by the way: would love to see a blog about both your journies in Christ and what has got you to how you are now

Cheers..Ryan

]]> By: Ryan http://mackilloppilgrims.org/blog/2007/04/16/god-in-everyday-life/#comment-2 Ryan Wed, 18 Apr 2007 13:44:12 +0000 http://mackilloppilgrims.org/blog/?p=8#comment-2 Karina, great perspective on things! I am also like you, i am fully committed to the Catholic Church but what gets me about the church is we are so stuck up on tradition that we forget that the world is constantly changing...and so are we! I think the Church needs to modernise up and become more real. The sacraments are a great way to recieve God in our lives, but who says we can't recieve him in the very songs we sing at church, in the scriptures we hear at church (which we can actually hear when you and Fillip read lol), and the very prayers we say week after week. I would love to hear more and more people praying out loud at church and people asking for our prayers at church...purpose is what some people need. Jesus is the light in our lives. We all get scared when we are in the dark because we have uncertantly of what is around the corner and what is ahead of us. We are so much more comfortable when we see something coming. So in these times of darkness Jesus is the light to help us see behond and to release us of this fear. If we can get more involvement in the church, and it is the youth that has the power to do this i think, Jesus will be lighting our Churches path! God walks with us every step of the journey and never leaves us, he is that light inside of us, i think the 3 biggest things that we as Christians need to do for God to keep burning is to: a) Praise b) Worship c) Be the light like Jesus (Spread his Word) To be Jesus' disciples and following these three things we need to give more then that hour a week at church to live Jesus and to show his Godness. People forget that spreading his word isn't just sitting on a corner in the city reading the bible out loud! They forget that it is living your life the way Jesus did, that is spreading his light and being the light in peoples darkness....and that is what i think Catholics need to do.... As Jesus said: "You are the way, the truth, and the life" and the song "One way - by Hillsong United" hits it on the hammer with this lyric You are the Way the Truth and the Life We live by faith and not by sight for You We're living all for You Karina, great perspective on things!

I am also like you, i am fully committed to the Catholic Church but what gets me about the church is we are so stuck up on tradition that we forget that the world is constantly changing…and so are we!

I think the Church needs to modernise up and become more real. The sacraments are a great way to recieve God in our lives, but who says we can’t recieve him in the very songs we sing at church, in the scriptures we hear at church (which we can actually hear when you and Fillip read lol), and the very prayers we say week after week. I would love to hear more and more people praying out loud at church and people asking for our prayers at church…purpose is what some people need.

Jesus is the light in our lives. We all get scared when we are in the dark because we have uncertantly of what is around the corner and what is ahead of us. We are so much more comfortable when we see something coming. So in these times of darkness Jesus is the light to help us see behond and to release us of this fear. If we can get more involvement in the church, and it is the youth that has the power to do this i think, Jesus will be lighting our Churches path!

God walks with us every step of the journey and never leaves us, he is that light inside of us, i think the 3 biggest things that we as Christians need to do for God to keep burning is to:
a) Praise
b) Worship
c) Be the light like Jesus (Spread his Word)

To be Jesus’ disciples and following these three things we need to give more then that hour a week at church to live Jesus and to show his Godness. People forget that spreading his word isn’t just sitting on a corner in the city reading the bible out loud! They forget that it is living your life the way Jesus did, that is spreading his light and being the light in peoples darkness….and that is what i think Catholics need to do….

As Jesus said: “You are the way, the truth, and the life” and the song “One way - by Hillsong United” hits it on the hammer with this lyric

You are the Way the Truth and the Life
We live by faith and not by sight for You
We’re living all for You

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