Online Retreat- Week 25
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Alexander, Andy, S.J.
Waldron, Maureen McCann
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2000-01-01
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Jesus as Water, Light, and Life Itself|Guide: Who Jesus Is for Us|This week our journey with Jesus continues to grow in depth. As our desire to be with him grows, and as our choices about the way we will live our lives become clearer, it is easier to spend time in fascination with this one we love.|Three powerful scenes from John's Gospel will fill our week. They represent a profound reflection on the meaning of Jesus for the community that first read the Fourth Gospel but also for us today.|We should read the stories carefully. We need to enter into the interaction between Jesus and the characters. We want to become engrossed in each question, each misunderstanding, each turn of phrase, each rise in the level of tension, and each transformation of the people in the scene. Then we will see how carefully this proclamation of who Jesus is can come alive for our lives today.|Readings:|1. If You Knew...You Would Ask Me for the Water that Gives Life (John 4:3-42)|2. The Man Born Blind Said 'I Put My Faith in You' (John 9:1-41)|3. Everyone Who has Faith in Me will Live, even if They Die (John 11:1-44)|Prayers:|1. A Prayer to Begin Each Day|2. We Thirst for Living Water (Adapted from the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults)|3. We Desire to Pass from Darkness to Light (Adapted from the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults)|4. We Long for New Life (Adapted from the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults)
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Creighton University, Online Ministries