Adult Spiritual Formation

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St. Julie Bible Study 

Bible Study - Fall 2007

Tuesday: 7:30 – 9:00 PM every other week start Sept. 4th
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Is the Word of God an Important Word in Your Life?

Related to the importance of Scripture in our lives, I came across this quote. In an address to the Catholic Biblical Federation in May, Pope John Paul II noted that "a growth in knowledge and love of the Bible" among Roman Catholics has been one of the fruits of Vatican II. He then spelled out the importance of maintaining and increasing this knowledge and love:

Without a sound understanding of Scripture, there will not be that fullness of Christian prayer which begins with the experience of listening to God's word. Nor will there be that powerful Christian preaching which rises from the experience of hearing God's word and opens the ears of the faithful to hear what the preacher himself has heard first. Nor will there be a Christian theology which speaks the great truth of God's word rather than the uncertainties of human opinion.

Also, the people involved in education ministry and Scripture Study have asked me to share these thoughts with you:

- "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God...

- We "people of the Word/Book" (Christians, Jews, Moslems) depend on the revelations we have received through the Word when it is rightly understood.

-The Word (Christ) can make his word known to all who are willing to receive it no matter what their status or ability, because the Spirit moves where it will to reveal it. So,

for those who hear, "let them hear."

Christ's words, parables, teachings, and example give us a "world view" that extends far beyond what we can now see and experience on our own.

A studied understanding of the scriptures, which reveal Christ's mind to us, can lift us, raise us, and resurrect us into the very "world-view" of Christ, the Word and Son of God.

Please consider joining us for our ongoing Scripture Study.