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CSS Bible study on Romans
Tonight was the first night of a 25 week Bible study on the book of Romans that a friend told me about. It is a strictly Catholic group study by Catholic Scripture Study International. The $50 individual registration comes with a binder of lessons and study sheets. The weekly study involves facilitator guiding us through the teachings, DVD’s and individual sharing homework answers. This study of Romans is written by Scott Hahn, a well renown Catholic convert.
The book of Romans is probably the single most disputed Biblical book between Catholics and Protestants. This book written by St. Paul is the book from which Martin Luther built his doctrine of “justification by faith alone”. Luther twisted St. Paul’s words to fit his own false teaching and even added (in his Lutheran Bible) the word “alone” to Romans 3:28 in his attempt to further enhance his doctrine of “Sola Fide” (meaning that by faith alone we are saved).
There are over 100 participants in my area. The study is done at two Catholic parishes: St Mark the Evangelist Catholic Church in Southwest Ranches, FL and St Bernadette Parish in Hollywood, FL.
Monday … 8:45am to 10:15am … @ St Bernadette Parish
Wednesday … 7:30pm to 9:00pm … @ St Mark Parish
Thursday … 8:45am to 10:15am … @ St Mark Parish
Thursday … 3:30pm to 5:00pm … @ St Mark Parish
— There’s about 30+ in the Wednesday night class so far. I’m excited.
ReBall paintball
Still on Thanksgiving break, I checked out a new type of paintball … “reball.” A place in Deerfield Beach called ReBall Madness had an indoor field with inflatable bunkers. The “painballs” are actually made of rubber shot at 240 feet per second (as opposed to 300 fps for regular paint-balls), so they’re reusable, hence “re-balls.” It’s about $45 for 3 hours play with endless air & ammo. They also have party packages so we can get a group rate of $500 for up to 15 players (including mask, guns & ammo) … comes out to $35 each … a great deal for paintball. Maybe we can get a group of guys from the seminary there one day. — I’d rather get guys into airsoft, cuz it’s cheaper and can play anywhere.
DOTS: Arby’s — Best Buy — Call of Duty 4 — Bois call
St Bonaventure Catholic Church in Davie or Weston, FL
Today, on mid-semester break, I went to St Bonaventure Catholic Church to pray in their chapel. I caught the end of their school childrens’ Mass with lively music (like “South to the NORTH!”) and a presentation for “Hispanic Heritage Month.” — nice Mass, but I didn’t recognize the Eucharistic Prayer for concecration … there must be a “children’s liturgy” I don’t know about.
After asking 3 people, I finally found the chapel for a holy hour. Very spacious, beautiful altar, stained glass and a side area with Mary & candles.
Nuestra Senora de la Caridad
Today, there was no morning Mass since we went to the University of Miami Convocation Center for a special Mass for the 40th Anniversary of the Shrine to Our Lady of Charity. The seminarians were called upon to assist each priest with distribution of Holy Communion. The responsibility was a bit intimidating at first (with such a big crowd), but everything went smooth, by the grace of God. Here are some pictures:
Wachovia is a thief
I finally closed an old youth group bank account with Wachovia. There were actually 2 mergers over the past few years and Wachovia had it currently. Inactivity and “service charges” depleted an account that I wasn’t able to close (because of the way the original account was set up). The little that was left was reimbursement for expenses I prepaid. In the end, Wachovia created rules and charges that ensured they made money at the expense of the weakest (a Christian youth group with little funds). A credit of 3 months of service charges with a negative account status resulting in an insulting $10 back — they can keep it. I won’t forgive them because they weren’t sorry at all. And I will definitely not forget. I’ll never work with them again.
SJVCS Seminary Life Album
July '09 -- hospital chaplains @ IPF
Easter '09 -- Miami SJVCS friends
the Son always finds a break in let the clouds
Feb '09 -- school vocation talks @ AMHS
Feb '09 -- cold breakfast with brothers (Matias, Fenly & Randy), now at SVDP and Imad (at SJVCS)
Superbowl '09 -- eating great @ SJVCS
Sept '08 -- Worklist Coordinators?
St Raphael Chapel mural @ SJVCS
Sept '08 -- retreats @ SJVCS
"It's not easy being green"
Catholic Kermit 
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