Class will be the 2nd Tuesday of each month from 5:30-7pm. 

October 12: 
Login into Formed.org. You’ll be asked for your Parish and email address. They will send you an email link to access the site. All our classes will be under YDISCIPLE.
 
Access the site and watch the 5 sessions under YDISCIPLE/Who is God/Is God Really My Father? https://watch.formed.org/ydisciple/season:5/videos/is-god-really-my-father-with-scott-powell
 
There are 5 scenes in this section, watch all of them and answers the questions below.
 
Scene 1: The Fatherhood of God
 

1. In your own words what makes a father a “good” father?

• Fundamentally, we call God “Father” because His is the Father of Jesus and the Father of the Trinity
• In the Gospel of Mark, we read about Jesus’ baptism, when the whole Trinity is present.
• God’s Fatherhood is tied up in the fact that He is Jesus’ Father.

2. What does God’s Fatherhood mean for us?

• God the Father is also God the Creator – He is our Father Because He created us.
• The language used to describe Adam’s relationship with his son, Seth, is the same language used in Genesis when God created us. God really is our Father.
• The Catechism of the Catholic Church explains that because of original sin we let our trust in the Creator die. We started to view God as a tyrant, someone who won’t let us do the tings we want to do.

3. Is God really good?  Can we trust God and why?

• Some people get confused by who God is: In the Old Testament, he seems vengeful, wrathful, and unforgiving . But in the New Testament, God seems loving, kind, and forgiving.
• God’s Fatherhood isn’t fully understood until Jesus comes to earth.
• When Jesus, God’s Son, suffers and dies for us-this is wen the depth of God’s love for us is finally revealed.
• Jesus teaches His disciples to pray with the words “Our Father.”

4. Pray the Our Father slowly, deeply and digest the words.  What new insights did you gain about what you were praying?

• Scott revises the story of the Prodigal Son to illustrate that a “good” father who followed the traditions of Jesus’ time would have punished a rebellious son and sent him away.
• Unexpectedly, Jesus introduces a different kind of father - a father who is waiting and watching and anticipation for his son’s return, one who embraces and celebrates his son’s return, despite his poor choices in the past.
• God, the Father, is longing and waiting for us to return to Him with our hearts.

5. In what ways do you need to return to God with your heart, and how can you accomplish this in the upcoming weeks?

Send info to: md4582@gmail.com & 
faithformation.ststanislaus@gmail.com
 
Helpful Links:
https://saintstanislaus.net/
https://watch.formed.org
 

September 14: 
Login into Formed.org. You’ll be asked for your Parish and email address. They will send you an email link to access the site. All our classes will be under YDISCIPLE.
 
Access the site and watch the 5 sessions under YDISCIPLE/Who is God/ Is God Really Real : https://watch.formed.org/ydisciple/season:5/videos/is-god-really-real-with-chris-stefanick
 
Scene 2: Arguments for God
·The Argument from Design: Order and beauty in the world imply and intelligent creator.

• Wisdom 13:1: For all men who were ignorant of God were God were foolish by nature; and they were unable from the good things that are seen to know Him who exists.
• The Argument from Causality: Everything is here because of something else. This leads to the problem of “Infinite Regress”- nothing can breathe life into itself, at some point, there has to be a cause.
• The Argument from Your Heart: for every need, there is something to fill it.

• Some people may be called anti-theists-they have difficulty believing in God because of the hurt or pain they’ve experienced.
• God doesn’t cause bad things to happen but allows it so that a greater good may come (God’s Plan), either in this life or the next.
• God doesn’t promise us freedom from suffering, but He does promise us His presence in our suffering.

 
When you face pain in your own life, what helps you deal with it?
 
Scene 4:
What does it mean to be a “living example’ of the Christian faith?
On a scale from 1 (not at all) to 10 (completely), what rating would God give you for being a sign of Him is this world?
 
Scene 5:
What are you doing to grow your faith?
 
Send to: md4582@gmail.com &
 faithformation.ststanislaus@gmail.com