Final meeting Oct. 15

Final meeting tonight at 7PM to finish the Sacrament of Charity.

Oct. 9 at 7PM

The next Friday Bible study at St. Paul's Cathedral will be at 7PM on Friday October 9th, 2009 in the School building first floor conference room. We'll continue #'s 70-89 of Sacramentum Caritatis. We should finish by Oct. 16th.

No Study Oct. 2

First Friday Mass at Problem Pregnancy Chapel instead. 8PM

Fri Sept. 25 7PM

The next Friday Bible study at St. Paul's Cathedral will be at 7PM on Friday September 18th, 2009 in the School building first floor. We'll continue #'s 55-75 of Sacramentum Caritatis.

Economy of Salvation.
CCC306 God is the sovereign master of his plan. But to carry it out he also makes use of his creatures' co-operation. This use is not a sign of weakness, but rather a token of almighty God's greatness and goodness. For God grants his creatures not only their existence, but also the dignity of acting on their own, of being causes and principles for each other, and thus of co-operating in the accomplishment of his plan.

CCC307 To human beings God even gives the power of freely sharing in his providence by entrusting them with the responsibility of "subduing" the earth and having dominion over it. God thus enables men to be intelligent and free causes in order to complete the work of creation, to perfect its harmony for their own good and that of their neighbours. Though often unconscious collaborators with God's will, they can also enter deliberately into the divine plan by their actions, their prayers and their sufferings. They then fully become "God's fellow workers" and co-workers for his kingdom.

CCC308 The truth that God is at work in all the actions of his creatures is inseparable from faith in God the Creator. God is the first cause who operates in and through secondary causes: "For God is at work in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure." Far from diminishing the creature's dignity, this truth enhances it. Drawn from nothingness by God's power, wisdom and goodness, it can do nothing if it is cut off from its origin, for "without a Creator the creature vanishes." Still less can a creature attain its ultimate end without the help of God's grace.

After we finish Sacramentum Caritatis we won't meet at St. Paul's on Friday nights anymore, Br. Paul will continue studies down at St. Anne's in Sturbridge, Monsignor Moroney will be holding Tuesday evening lectures, and we may possibly hold some Bible Studies at St. Columba's in Paxton. We'll keep you posted.

Sept 18th 7PM

The next Friday Bible study at St. Paul's Cathedral will be at 7PM on Friday September 18th, 2009 in the School building first floor. We'll continue #'s 44-51 of Sacramentum Caritatis. After we finish Sacramentum Caritatis we won't meet at St. Paul's on Friday nights anymore, Br. Paul will continue studies down at St. Anne's in Sturbridge, Monsignor Moroney will be holding Tuesday evening lectures, and we may possibly hold some Bible Studies at St. Columba's in Paxton. We'll keep you posted.

Next meeting Sept. 11

The next Friday Bible study at St. Paul's Cathedral will be at 7PM on Friday September 11th (8th anniversary) 2009 in the School building first floor. We'll cover pp. 29-44, #'s 33-51 of Sacramentum Caritatis.

We also need to discuss the future of this group, to determine if and how we continue as Br. Paul has commitments in Sturbridge.

Fri Aug 28 7PM

Pope Benedict's Post Synodal Apostolic Exhortation The Sacrament of Charity, paragraphs 22-33.

You can be read or print this work online at the Vatican Web site, or ask Pat at A Shower of Roses in West Boylston to get you a copy of this short book for about $8