vatican II: The role of the Laity

Laity comes from the Greek word “Laos” which means
people.
When Catholics speak about the Church, they are not
talking just about a building. The Church is made up of
people and each individual has a role to play and a story
to tell about his or her own faith journey. One of the
most powerful ways of describing the Church is as “the
People of God”. This is a term that was used at the Second
Vatican Council (1962–1965), a meeting of the Pope and all
the bishops of the Catholic Church. As members of God’s
people, we each have a role to play in the Church and in
the wider society. This also means that as part of God’s
family, we have responsibilities to ourselves, each other
and to God. At the heart of these responsibilities is a call to
holiness, that is, to become more like Christ in everything
we do, so that we can serve others.

the working of the church it was the concretion 

Read form the bible

(Matthew 9:10-13)

While he was at dinner in the house it happened that a
number of tax collectors and sinners came to sit at the table
with Jesus and his disciples. When the Pharisees saw this,
they said to his disciples, “Why does your master eat with tax collectors
and sinners?” When he heard this he replied, “It is not the healthy who
need the doctor, but the sick. Go and learn the meaning of the words:
What I want is mercy, not sacrifice. And indeed I did not come to call the
virtuous, but sinners.” (Matthew 9:10–13)

This read is show how Jesus treats every one the same and can forgive them

Luke 7:41–50

Luke 7:41-50

“There were two men who owed money to a moneylender,” Jesus began. “One owed him five hundred silver coins, and the other owed him fifty. 42 Neither of them could pay him back, so he cancelled the debts of both. Which one, then, will love him more?”  “I suppose,” answered Simon, “that it would be the one who was forgiven more.” “You are right,” said Jesus. 44 Then he turned to the woman and said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I came into your home, and you gave me no water for my feet, but she has washed my feet with her tears and dried them with her hair. 45 You did not welcome me with a kiss, but she has not stopped kissing my feet since I came. 46 You provided no olive oil for my head, but she has covered my feet with perfume. 47 I tell you, then, the great love she has shown proves that her many sins have been forgiven. But whoever has been forgiven little shows only a little love.”Then Jesus said to the woman, “Your sins are forgiven.”The others sitting at the table began to say to themselves, “Who is this, who even forgives sins?” But Jesus said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”

The this show that the church aspects can you can be forgiveness for what ever you did

Acts 15

In ACTS 15 we learn that you don't have to be Jews to become Christ-ain as we can see that gentals can be chirstain. peter show this by saying
                "My friends, you know that a long time ago God chose me from among you to preach the Good News to the Gentiles, so that they could hear and believe. 8 And God, who knows the thoughts of everyone, showed his approval of the Gentiles by giving the Holy Spirit to them, just as he had to us. 9 He made no difference between us and them; he forgave their sins because they believed. 10 So then, why do you now want to put God to the test by laying a load on the backs of the believers which neither our ancestors nor we ourselves were able to carry? 11 No! We believe and are saved by the grace of the Lord Jesus, just as they are."


  

Gifts and the Fruits of the Holy Spirit

Mrs Maker

Galatians 5:22-23

²² But the Spirit produces love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, ²³ humility, and self-control. There is no law against such things as these.

Gifts of the Holy Spirit

Corinthians 1:12

12 Brothers and sisters, I want you to know about the gifts of the Holy Spirit.

² You know that at one time you were unbelievers. You were somehow drawn away to worship statues of gods that couldn’t even speak. ³ So I tell you that no one who is speaking with the help of God’s Spirit says, “May Jesus be cursed.” And without the help of the Holy Spirit no one can say, “Jesus is Lord.”

⁴ There are different kinds of gifts. But they are all given by the same Spirit. ⁵ There are different ways to serve. But they all come from the same Lord. ⁶ There are different ways to work. But…

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Fruits and ifts of the holy spirit

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Read from the Acts

Lydia (Acts 16:23-39)
Tabitha (Acts 9:35-42)
Priscilla and Aquila (Acts 18:1-3,24-26)
What qualities did these people have? Why were they admired by their fellow-Christians?

Lydia(Act 16:23-39)

23 After a severe beating, they were thrown into jail, and the jailer was ordered to lock them up tight.24 Upon receiving this order, the jailer threw them into the inner cell and fastened their feet between heavy blocks of wood.

25 About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them. 26 Suddenly there was a violent earthquake, which shook the prison to its foundations. At once all the doors opened, and the chains fell off all the prisoners. 27 The jailer woke up, and when he saw the prison doors open, he thought that the prisoners had escaped; so he pulled out his sword and was about to kill himself. 28 But Paul shouted at the top of his voice, “Don’t harm yourself We are all here!”

29 The jailer called for a light, rushed in, and fell trembling at the feet of Paul and Silas. 30 Then he led them out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”

31 They answered, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved—you and your family.” 32 Then they preached the word of the Lord to him and to all the others in the house. 33 At that very hour of the night the jailer took them and washed their wounds; and he and all his family were baptized at once. 34 Then he took Paul and Silas up into his house and gave them some food to eat. He and his family were filled with joy, because they now believed in God.

35 The next morning the Roman authorities sent police officers with the order, “Let those men go.”

36 So the jailer told Paul, “The officials have sent an order for you and Silas to be released. You may leave, then, and go in peace.”

37 But Paul said to the police officers, “We were not found guilty of any crime, yet they whipped us in public—and we are Roman citizens! Then they threw us in prison. And now they want to send us away secretly? Not at all! The Roman officials themselves must come here and let us out.”

38 The police officers reported these words to the Roman officials; and when they heard that Paul and Silas were Roman citizens, they were afraid. 39 So they went and apologized to them; then they led them out of the prison and asked them to leave the city.

What qualities did these people have? Why were they admired by their fellow-Christian

Jailer changes in to a christian he cleans his wounds and bring  Paul’s in to his house .

Tabitha (Acts 9:35-42)

All the people living in Lydda and Sharon saw him, and they turned to the Lord.

36 In Joppa there was a woman named Tabitha, who was a believer. (Her name in Greek is Dorcas, meaning “a deer.”) She spent all her time doing good and helping the poor. 37 At that time she got sick and died. Her body was washed and laid in a room upstairs. 38 Joppa was not very far from Lydda, and when the believers in Joppa heard that Peter was in Lydda, they sent two men to him with the message, “Please hurry and come to us.” 39 So Peter got ready and went with them. When he arrived, he was taken to the room upstairs, where all the widows crowded around him, crying and showing him all the shirts and coats that Dorcas had made while she was alive. 40 Peter put them all out of the room, and knelt down and prayed; then he turned to the body and said, “Tabitha, get up!” She opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter, she sat up. 41 Peter reached over and helped her get up. Then he called all the believers, including the widows, and presented her alive to them. 42 The news about this spread all over Joppa, and many people believed in the Lord.

What qualities did these people have? Why were they admired by their fellow-Christians?

Tabitha was a believed in god and made clothes for widow.st peter come rises Tabitha from the dead.

Priscilla and Aquila (Acts 18:1-3,24-26)

After this, Paul left Athens and went on to Corinth. 2 There he met a Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, for Emperor Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to see them, 3 and stayed and worked with them, because he earned his living by making tents, just as they did.

What qualities did these people have? Why were they admired by their fellow-Christian

Aquila he became christian  and the person that wo

Personal repose to Ephesians 4:1.

The Unity of the Body

I urge you, then—I who am a prisoner because I serve the Lord: live a life that measures up to the standard God set when he called you.In what ways do I already do this?  How can I do more to fulfil my calling as a follower and representative of Christ? Read each of the following references about the lives of some early Christian converts:

I Don’t be a side stander if some one is getting bullied, i care for people if heart.

Paul’s journey

Paul’s journey started off as a Jew. While he was riding danacis Paul fell off his horse and become bind and said god has blinded me god has blinded me .While Paul’s sister come over a said are you all right paul think he is under a take so he start swing his sword around .When Paul’s get to the town he conpannod ask if the rabi (this is just like a priest) Paul gose to bed his sister say the rabi he has not ate in 3 days

As a result of his personal conversion, Paul was inspired to spread the Gospel. To do this he had to travel and travel he did! On his first journey, which was also the shortest, he was accompanied by Barnabas. This journey ended when Paul returned to Jerusalem for the Council. He was already working with Gentiles and was convinced that all, Jews and Gentiles, should hear about Jesus. He strongly argued for this position at the Council of Jerusalem. In his second journey he travelled with Silas. They spent a considerable amount of time in Athens and Corinth, two major centres of Greek culture and learning.Paul preached to everyone. He went to the synagogues to speak to the Jews. He spoke in the market places to common everyday people, and to the learned in lecture halls. Paul’s message was always centred on how Jesus had come for all and there was a place in the Christian community for everyone who put their faith in the risen Lord

Early Christian Communits

MY HERO

Catherine Astrid Salome “Cathy” Freeman,  is a former Australian sprinter, who specialised in the 400 meters event. She became the Olympic champion for the women’s 400 meters at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Born : February 16, 1973 (age 40), Mackey

Spores: Jame march  (m. 2009),  Sandy Bookey(m. 1999–2003)

Education: University Melbone   kooralbyn Internation School Children :Ruby Anne Susie Murch Parents:Norman Freeman,Cecelia Freeman

Siblings: Norman Freeman, Gavin Freeman, Anne-Marie Freeman, Garth Freeman

king Herod (King of the Judea)

the Romans appointed king Herod as king of Judea in 37 BC.The Romans also gave Herod the title’King of the Jews’ he became the most Jewish population he ruled.The bible shapes the popular conception we now have of Herod as a king who was proud of his title and would do to anything to keep the name of ‘king of the Jews’. King Herod banished his first wife (Doris) and his first son(Alexander) after that his second wife was a princess Marianne I she had two son Aristobulus, Alexander , salampsio but he kill his son a