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January 2008, February 2008, March 2008, April 2008, May 2008, June 2008, July 2008, August 2008

For Week of December 31-January 4, 2008 Theme: Spe Salvi

December 31: Trustworthy Hope

Content: Pope Benedict XVI makes clear that Christian hope is “great enough” to justify all our full confidence in our destiny.

January 1: Enthrone Christ

Content: The ground and source of all Christian hope is the person of Jesus, King of Kings and Lord of Lords. Our hope is sure in him.

January 2: Love Awaits

Content: The story of African Josephine Bakhita reveals the power of hope to transform life here and now.

January 3: Glory to Be Revealed

Content: Hope includes the anticipation of being united to the glory of Jesus in the resurrection.

January 4: We Groan

Content: All creation is awaiting the full revelation of God’s plan in Christ. Creation itself will be renewed.

For week of January 7-11, 2008 T heme: Spe Salvi Week II

January 7: Hope Changes Us

Content: The Holy Father reminds us that faith, real faith, produces change within because it imparts substance, that is, true knowledge of God to us.

January 8: A Lasting Hope

Content: Faith and hope open up an entirely new horizon in the human person, a new vision of reality that provides enough substance to produce an enduring foundation for life.

January 9: A True Treasure

Content: We live with an internal contradiction: we don’t want to die, yet we don’t want to live on earth, in this life, indefinitely. We instinctively desire something more.

January 10: Coming Home

Content: Complete confidence in science and reason leads man to put his faith in progress, and his ability to produce the Kingdom of God here on earth—with his own hands.

January 11: Faith in Progress

Content: Modern secular faith in progress is rooted in a false conception of the human person. Man is made for love. Love has come in the person of Jesus.

For Week of January 14h-18, 2008 Theme: Spe Salvi Week III

January 14: Modern Error

Content: Man’s “faith in progress” fails to account for the reality of evil, of man’s sin, of the fallen condition of the human heart.

January 15: Only Love Redeems

Content: Only the love of God poured out in Christ Jesus has the power to redeem us. Jesus gives us ultimate hope because he possesses a power capable of our full redemption.

January 16: Being for Others

Content: Only when our hearts are free of fear can we give our lives away as a gift for others.

January 17: Hope Produces New Life

Content: St. Augustine’s life is a witness to hope’s drive toward love of neighbor.

January 18: Enlarging Our Hearts

Content: Suffering, trial and unforeseen obstacles become moments or seasons of opportunity for those who live in hope. We know the Lord will never leave and will use those trials to enlarge our hearts and make us capable of profound love.

For week January 21-25, 2007 Theme: Spe Salvi Week IV

January 21: Hope in Suffering

Content: Hope gives us real power to endure and overcome whatever suffering may come our way.

January 22: Hope, Our Anchor

Content: Martyr Le-Bao-Tinh proclaims, in the midst of profound suffering and torture, that the virtue of hope anchored him to the love of God.

January 23: Offer It Up!

Content: Hope allows us to find meaning in our suffering because we know the Lord is there with us, and we can unite our suffering to his for the salvation of the world.

January 24: Purifying Fire

Content: Purgatory is the loving gaze of Jesus the Lord, burning away all that remains in us after death that is inconsistent with his love.

January 25: Mary, Star of Hope

Content: Mary, the first disciple, has entered into glory by the power of the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. What she is we will become.

For Week Jan. 28 -Feb. 1, 2008 Theme: “I am” sayings of Jesus

January 28: I Am the Light of the World

Content: Jesus tells the Pharisees that he is light, that in him is light, and that because they don’t know him, they walk in darkness.

January 29: Light of the World #2

Content: Jesus said, “I declare to the world what I have heard from the Father.”

January 30 : Seeing

Content: Jesus cures the blind man, the one who from birth could not see, who lived in darkness. The Father confirms Jesus’ word that he has the power to bring sight to the blind.

January 31: The Way

Content: Jesus tells each one of us that he is the way home for us.

February 1: The Way #2

Content: Jesus not only tells us but he shows us how to live in a way that will lead us home.

For week of February 4 -8, 2008 Theme: “I am” sayings of Jesus, II

February 4: Troubled Hearts

Content: Jesus told his apostles that the antidote to a troubled heart is to believe in Him.

February 5: The Truth about You

Content: Jesus reveals to us the truth about who we are. We simply cannot know who we are apart from Christ.

February 6: Ash Wednesday

Content: The Church leads us into a season of spiritual combat, through prayer, fasting and almsgiving, that we might live more fully in the joy of our salvation.

, February 7: The Truth about Sin

Content: Jesus is the only one who has or ever will be able to reveal to us the true condition of our hearts and the wound caused by sin.

February 8: The Truth about God

Content: Jesus reveals to us the truth about God Himself; he dispels the lies about God that lead us to fear, and by that truth leads us to freedom.

For Week February 11-15,2008 Theme: Fr. Antonio: Ahmad’s Story
(Repeat from November 26th)

February 11: Power of the Word of God

Content: Fr. Antonio begins the amazing story of the conversion of Ahmad, a Sunni Muslim.

February 12: Confession and Eucharist

Content: Ahmad experiences a profound touch of the Holy Spirit while praying before the Blessed Sacrament in the Tabernacle, without knowing anything about the Eucharist.

February 13: Ahmad’s Profession

Content: Following a profound and spontaneous confession of his sins, Ahmad confesses that Jesus is not a mere prophet, but the very Son of God.

February 14: Ahmad’s Free Decision

Content: Ahmad’s entire family comes to faith in Jesus.

February 15: Fr. Antonio’s Reflections

Content: Fr. Antonio exhorts all Catholics to use the tools the Lord has given the Church for evangelization: scripture, confession and the Eucharist. Radio Programs Fire on the Earth

For week of February 18 -22, 2008 Theme: Lenten Meditations

February 18: Godly Grief

Content: The scripture readings in this season of Lent call us to a sober, honest assessment of our lives before the Lord. We’re called to acknowledge the truth of our sin, so that we might find forgiveness and life.

February 19: The Humble are Exalted

Content: Jesus reveals to us a law of the Kingdom of God: the humble are exalted, and the exalted will be humbled.

February 20: Can you drink the cup?

Content: Jesus makes it clear that to follow him will cost us everything. We want to share in his glory, like the sons of Zebedee, but question Jesus wants to ask us is: can you drink the cup of suffering that leads to glory?

February 21: Blessing and Curse

Content: The Lord sets before us blessing and curse, life and death: what will it be? We must choose. The Lord desires blessing for every one of us.

February 22: Our Share

Content: The apostles knew, with faith conviction and confident hope, that they were going to share in the glory of God—it was their destiny, and they knew it!

For week of February 25-29, 2008 Theme: Lenten Meditations Part II

February 25:   Stand Up!
Content:   St. Paul teaches us to “boast in the hope of sharing the glory of God.”

February 26: You Were Helpless
Content:  St. Paul makes it clear, all of us are helpless, completely incapable of saving ourselves, of producing by our own power the eternal life we need to exist beyond death.

February 27: Let the Water Flow
Content:   Jesus promises to give “living water” to anyone who comes to him thirsty, to anyone who asks. This water that will flow in us and through us forever…blessed be God!

February 28:   Are you Thirsty?
Content:   Lent is a time when Jesus wants to lead all of us to an awareness of our own thirst. Our hearts are dry, parched, in need of the waters of life. Jesus asks you, “are you thirsty?” If so, then come to him.

February 29: Forgiveness is not Optional
Content:  Jesus makes it clear that we should put no limit on our willingness to forgive others who have sinned against us. Impossible? His grace is sufficient.

For week of March 3-7, 2008 Theme:  Lenten Meditations III

March 3:  Forgiveness is not an Option
Content:: Jesus commands his disciples to forgive as they have been forgiven; to place no limit on our willingness to forgive from the heart.

March 4:  Escaping Temptation
Content:  The scriptures warn us to take seriously our battle against sin. The season of Lent is a season of spiritual combat, a time to fortify ourselves against the strategies of the devil who seeks to lead us into sin.

March 5:  Overcoming Sin and Temptation
Content:  The Lord himself has taught us in the Our Father to pray preemptively against temptation. Daily vigilance in our battle against sin is a fundamental habit of a disciple.

March 6:  Stand in the Victory
Content:  Peter provides some very important practical wisdom on how to gain victory over sin in our lives.

March 7:  Welcome His Word
Content:  God’s word, given to us by the Church, has the power to change us, to literally transform us into the people we were meant to be, and the people we most want to be.

For Week of March 10, 2008 Theme:  Lenten Meditations IV

March 10: No Condemnation
Content:          To be in Christ is to be free of eternal condemnation.

March 11: Law of the Spirit
Content:          Jesus’ own life given to us becomes the principle of a whole new way of life for all who believe.

March 12:  Hostile to God
Content:          The power of the flesh within us, what St. Paul describes as, “The law of sin and death,” puts man in a condition of hostility with God.

March 13:  Abba! Father!
Content:          The Holy Spirit dwelling within us makes us children of God. The Spirit speaks to our spirit, bringing us convincing knowledge that God is our Father.

March 14:  Share in His Suffering
Content:          St. Paul makes it clear that each of us must go through the cross to glory.

For Week of March 17-21, 2008 Theme:  Reflections on Holy Week

March 17: He Emptied Himself
Content:  Jesus demonstrates the fundamental truth that humility is the key to cooperating with the Father’s plan of salvation.

March 18:  Obedience is Life
Content: Jesus shows us that humility is expressed through obedience, an obedience without limit.

March 19:   Love Conquers
Content:  The obedience of Jesus is fueled by his love. Love empowers obedience.

March 20: A New Covenant
Content:  The Eucharist, instituted on Holy Thursday, is the New Covenant in his blood promised by the prophets.

March 21:  He Was Perfected
Content:   What does it mean that Jesus was perfected through what he suffered?

For week of March 24-28, 2008 Theme: Easter Week Meditations

March 24:  He Destroyed Death
Content:          The apostles lived with an acute awareness of what Jesus’ death accomplished for each one of us.

March 25:  Claim Your Freedom!
Content:          Jesus’ death and resurrection has made freedom possible, a reality that will reach its fulfillment in our own resurrection.

March 26:  The Son has Life
Content:          The only source of eternal life is the eternal Son of God. His resurrection makes life possible for each one of us.

March 27: Stand in the Spirit
Content:          The Spirit gives life to us. We need to lay claim to all that Jesus has won for us in his death and resurrection.

March 28:  Sharing in the Glory
Content:          The resurrection reveals the astounding fact that we are destined to share in God’s very life, that is, existence in glory!

For week of March 31- April 4 Theme:  Joy in the Midst of Trial

March 31:   Background to I Peter
Content:          In his letter, St. Peter proclaims the truth that to be a follower of Jesus entails a life characterized by joy and trial. He teaches the early Church how to live joyfully in the midst of suffering.

April 1:     Our Inheritance
Content:          St. Peter tells us that our baptism has brought about a radical transformation of our lives. We are set on a course bound for glory!

April 2:     Our Trials
Content:          St. Peter gives us wisdom for living with joy in the midst of trials. Rooted in faith, we can trust the Father completely, no matter what the circumstance.

April 3:      Angels Long to See
Content:          St. Peter reminds us that what we have experienced in baptism, this new life in the Holy Spirit, is the fulfillment of what the prophets foretold in the Old Testament.

April 4:     Be Holy
Content:          We are destined to be holy, to be set apart for Jesus. Holiness is a work of God in us which we cooperate with, which we hunger and thirst for. Jesus promises that those who hunger and thirst for holiness will get their fill.

For week April 7-11, 2008 Theme:   Joy in the Midst of Trial II

S April 7:    Ransomed      
Content:          St. Peter reminds us that we have been ransomed, bought back, rescue from empty, futile ways of living through Jesus’ death and resurrection.

April 8:       All Flesh is Grass
Content:          God’s word is eternal, it abides forever. God’s word is his Son Jesus who is alive in you, producing in you a new birth which is a share in his destiny.

April 9:      Living Stones
Content:          You are made for worship. The Spirit has made his home in you, making you a temple, a dwelling of God, and he empowers you to live your life as a living sacrifice of praise.

April 10:      Who Can Harm You?
Content:          Are you afraid to suffer for faith? Why? St. Peter helps us understanding the meaning of suffering and how to accept it without fear.

April 11:      Reverence Christ in Your Heart

Content:          When we truly know that Jesus is Lord our lives, it liberates, it empowers us to be different and to not be afraid.

For week of April 14-18, 2008 Theme:   Alive in Mission—Interview with John Kazangian

April 14:        Discovery
Content:   John Kazangian shares his story of discovering the deep, personal call the Lord has given to every disciple to share in his mission.

April 15:        Total and Radical
Content:   The call to mission is total and radical in its scope.

April 16:         Mystery of Communion
Content:    The Church is a communion, one body of believers, who share the same fundamental mission.

April 17:         John’s Story
Content:    John shares his experience of overcoming internal obstacles that held him back from believing he—a layman-- had been gifted by the Lord for mission.

April 18:         Miracle in Turkey
Content:    John documents the amazing work of revival that is now happening in Turkey.

For week of April 21- 25, 2008               Mystery of God’s Word

April 21:   Take Up the Word
Content:   Now is the time for each believer to take up the scripture daily and to find in it real nourishment for the soul.

April 22:   The Abiding Word of God
Content:   God’s word has the capacity and power to produce permanent change in the mind and heart of those who receive it.

April 23:    Tom’s Story
Content:   This is an inspiring story confirming the truth that God’s word is “living and active.”

April 24:    Silent Listening
Content:   Silence is a necessary disposition for anyone who desires to plummet the depths of God’s word.

April 25:     This Word is for You!
Content:   Do not miss the fact that scripture is a personal word for your life. Jesus wants to meet you through his word.

For week of April 28-May , 2008 Theme:     Interview with Jack Lynch  A Businessman’s Journey in Prayer

April 28:              There is More!
Content:          Jack, a lifelong Catholic, shares how a college friend led him to understand, for the first time, that to be Catholic means to know and love Jesus Christ personally.

April 29:              Awakening
Content:          Jack shares about the dramatic impact the Baptism in the Spirit had on his life.

April 30:              Prayer: Food for Life
Content:          Jack shares how meeting Jesus in daily prayer has become the foundation of his life as a disciple.

May 1:              Prayer is for Sinners
Content:          Jack gives a stirring exhortation to prayer, and engages in a lively exchange with Peter Herbeck about Jesus’ passion to meet everyone in prayer.

May 2:              Living Conversation with God
Content:          Jack makes clear that a deep, personal relationship with Jesus, rooted in daily prayer, is possible for everyone, even a businessman who is the father of five children.

For week of May 5-9, 2008 Mystery of God’s Word Part II

May 5:    Living Water
Content:  By the presence of the Spirit within, the baptized have a spring of “living water” within from which we can draw the very wisdom of God.

May 6:   Abundance of Pleasure
Content:  St. Augustine describes what the reading of the Scriptures meant to him—an experience surpassing the abundance of all pleasures.

May 7:  Entering the Sanctuary
Content:  Peter begins to touch on a basic Christian itinerary, elements of a foundation of prayer and scripture reading that put us in touch with God’s own life.

May 8: Contemplating the Word
Content:   The second part of the spiritual itinerary is to gaze upon the word, to contemplate it, to allow the Holy Spirit to make it a living and personal word for our lives.

May 9:  Doers of the Word
Content:  The third element of the spiritual itinerary is to put the word into action. Without it the word remains distant, powerless, a dead letter.

For Week of May 12-16, 2008 Theme: Celebrating Pentecost

May 12:   All Authority is His
Content:   Jesus makes clear to the apostles that “all authority in heaven and on earth” is his. With that authority Jesus commissions the apostles to continue his work, to extend his Kingdom throughout the world.

May 13:   Receiving His Power
Content:   The Church is born of the Spirit on Pentecost who communicates the authority, majesty and power of Jesus Christ.

May 14:  The Last Days
Content:  St. Peter tells us that the outpouring of the Spirit on Pentecost is the beginning of the Last Days, the final age of the human race.

May 15:   Jesus is Lord and Christ
Content:  The core of Pentecost is the Spirit anointed proclamation that Jesus Christ is Lord!

May 16:   The Harvest
Content:  Pentecost was the fulfillment of the feast of first fruits, the first fruits of a new humanity, harvested for Jesus Christ by the power of his own Spirit. Alleluia!

For Week of May 19-23, 2008 Theme:  Our Battle

May 19:        Cast Your Anxieties Upon God
Content:   Humility is a powerful weapon against the tactics of the devil. Humility allows us to yield to God, and to cast all our cares upon him.

May 20:         Resist the Devil
Content:    Spiritual warfare demands a sobriety of mind, an alertness of spirit to be able to keep our heads in the midst of temptation and attack.

May 21:          God Will Raise You Up
Content:     We surrender to the Lord, trusting in his provision, because he is trustworthy, and he alone can win the victory over the enemy in our lives.

May 22:          My Truth
Content:     The spirit of the age tempts us to embrace a false freedom, one that insists that man cannot be free unless he is the master of his own existence, the source of his own truth.

May 23:          Family Hour
Content:     In this program Peter gives examples of the strategy of the spirit of the age unfolding in our time. 

For Week of May 26-30, 2008 Testimony:  Paul Cerwin—Jesus Saved Me!

May 26:              My Story
Content:          Paul begins to discuss his dramatic story.

May 27:              Battling for Control
Content:          Paul describes the battle in his life against addiction to drugs and alcohol. Underlying that struggle is the intense fear to release control, to let go and let God.

May 28:              The Final Binge
Content:          Paul describes the heartbreaking condition of a life spiraling out of control. From CEO of a company to living out of the backseat of his car in the night and day hunt for drugs.

May 29:              Letting Go!
Content:          Having reached rock bottom, completely alone in the world, Paul discovers that he is not alone.

May 30:              A Whole New Life
Content:          Meeting Jesus radically changed Paul’s life. With gratitude he describes the miracle of forgiveness and the security of knowing Jesus is in control.

For week of June 2, 2008 Theme:            Interview with Jim Balmer—Jim gives his compelling testimony of recovery from drug addiction and conversion and entry into the Catholic Church.  His story will touch your heart.

June 2:              “Sovereignty of the Individual”

June 3:              “I was nuts”

June 4:              “He love me?”

June 5:              “His Gaze”

June 6:              “Healing Your Heart

For week of May 26-30, 2008 Theme: Call to Virtue

June 9:     Partakers of the Divine Nature
Content:  St. Peter reveals the astounding fact that salvation means sharing in God’s very nature.

June 10:   Make Every Effort
Content: We cooperate with the Lord’s work of divinization by “making every effort to supplement our faith with virtue.”

June 11:     My Utmost
Content:    The life of virtue is the utmost a person can become, the fulfillment of one’s purpose and life.

June 12:     Pay Attention!
Content:   St. Peter exhorts each one of us to pay attention to the prophetic word we have all received from God the Father about Jesus, that he is the beloved Son, the firstborn of a new creation.

June 13:   The Image of Man
Content:   The cardinal and theological virtues reveal the true picture of what it means to be human, to see what the image of God in man looks like.

For week of June 16-20, 2008 Theme:  Call to Virtue II

June 16:          A New Way of Living
Content:     The life of virtue is the utmost a person can be. Virtue, in its essence, is a life conformed to the image of Jesus.

June 17:          Seven Theses
Content:     St. Thomas Aquinas provides a helpful summary of what constitutes genuine human flourishing.

June 18:          What is Prudence?
Content:     Why is prudence is said to be the mother of all virtues?

June 19:           The Courageous Man
Content:       Courage is the willingness to sustain a wound for the sake of justice and the pursuit of the good. How can we grow in courage?

June 20:          Chastity and Justice
Content:     Peter presents a strong challenge to take up the call to virtue by addressing some of most common moral struggles of our time.

For week of June 23-27, 2008 Theme:  Interview with Dr. Roger Anderberg
           

June 23:    From Baptist to Catholic
Content:   Roger shares how his journey from being a Southern Baptist to becoming a Catholic begins to unfold.

June 24:   Becoming Catholic
Content:  Roger shares the dynamic story of his entry into the Catholic Church.

June 25:   Discovering Healing
Content:   Roger shares how his new life in the Holy Spirit led him to bring his entire medical practice under the Lordship of Jesus.

June 26:   Troublesome Teens
Content:   Roger speaks with great candor and honesty about the challenges of raising troubled teens and the plan of God to teach us how to love as He loved.

June 27:  Tim’s Fund
Content:  Roger shares the heartbreaking story of the tragic death of his son Tim. God meets his people in the midst of the greatest tragedies, giving real hope in the midst of suffering.

For week June 30-July 4, 2008 Theme:  Interview with Anthony Assibey

June 30:   Encountering the Lord
Content:   Anthony, a prominent lay leader from Ghana, describes his experience of the life-transforming power of God’s word.

July 1:   Reaching Out
Content:  Anthony shares how his experience of a new life in the Spirit as a young Catholic led him to heroic efforts at evangelization.

July 2:   False Assumptions
Content:  Anthony and Peter identify three obstacles which stand in the way of living a full life of discipleship.

July 3:    Sharing the Mission
Content:   Anthony shares the fundamental truth that each believer is called to mission.

July 4:   Take Your Place
Content:   Peter discusses the consistent, urgent and clear call of the recent Popes for a new evangelization.

For week of July 7-11, 2008 Theme:  A New Earth

July 7:        Oprah’s Gospel
Content:  Peter discusses the best-selling book, A New Earth, by Eckhart Tolle, and promoted strongly by Oprah Winfrey.

July 8:        The Spirit of the Anti-Christ
Content:   The book, A New Earth, provides an example of new spiritualities that empty the figure of Jesus of his significance, denying his Divinity.

July 9:         Christ Our Life
Content:    Jesus alone is the doorway to humanities participation God’s own life.

July 10:          Uniqueness of Jesus
Content:     Jesus is the center and purpose of human history.

July 11:         New Heaven
Content:    Jesus, not the collective consciousness of humanity, will bring about a New Heaven and a New Earth.

For week of July 14-18, 2008 Theme:  Year of St. Paul

July 14:        Paul’s Conversion
Content:   Peter and guest Paco Gavrilides discuss the message in Paul’s conversion for all of us.

July 15:         The Holy Spirit
Content:     St. Paul makes clear for all of us that the heart of the Christian life is a new life in the Holy Spirit.

July 16:          Overcoming Sin
Content:      St. Paul provides us with real wisdom and practical help in overcoming habit patterns of sin in our lives.

July 17:            To Live for Christ
Content:        What did St. Paul mean when he said, “to live is Christ?”

July 18:            St. Paul and the Meaning of Suffering
Content:       The renewed mind of St. Paul provides us with wisdom on how to understand the suffering we endure in this life.

For week of July 21-25, 2008 Theme:  Evangelization and the Sacrament With Paco Gavrilides

July 21:         Prepare the Way
Content:    Peter and Paco discuss the central role of preaching in preparing people to enter and to experience the full power of the sacraments.

July 22:          Authentic Conversion
Content:     Sacraments empower us to live a new way of life, a life of authentic conversion and transformation. What are the signs of authentic conversion?

July 23:          Eucharist, Our Life
Content:     Peter and Paco provide a lively discussion on life transforming power of the Eucharist.

July 24:          Bread of Life
Content:      How do the sacraments feed us? The sacraments give us life; they produce change. How can that change happen in me?

July 25:           Mystery of Missionary Communion
Content:      Pope John Paul II described the Church as a “Mystery of Missionary Communion.” What did he mean and how is that reality expressed in my life?

For Week of July 28-August 1, 2008 Theme:  St. Paul’s Vision

July 28:    You Are Destined
Content:   St. Paul teaches all of us to live with our ultimate end in view. That end fills our life with purpose.

July 29:   God’s Plan
Content:   Our purpose and destiny in revealed through God’s plan. That plan is made manifest in the life, death, resurrection and ascension of Jesus.

July 30:   Open My Eyes
Content:   St. Paul prays that the “eyes of our hearts be enlightened,” so that we may be made capable of seeing the mystery of God’s plan.

July 31:   Riches of His Glory
Content:  Jesus, ascended and reigning at the right hand of the Father, has all authority and power to pour out a share in his glory upon all who believe.

August 1:    Dominion is His
Content:  The destiny of humanity, our personal destiny, is in the hands of Jesus Christ our Lord. Human history is headed toward the final revelation of the Lordship and majesty of Jesus.

For week of August 4-8, 2008 Theme: St. Paul’s Message (Romans Chapter 1)

August 4:   Servants of Jesus Christ
Content:   St. Paul begins his letter to the Romans by identifying himself. Who is St. Paul? He is a, “servant of Jesus Christ.” We share that same identity as disciples of Jesus.

August 5:   Jesus Christ Our Lord
Content:   What Paul has discovered, what he knows in his bones, is that Jesus Christ is the Lord of his life.  This relationship is a relationship of total trust and surrender.

August 6:   Obedience of Faith
Content:  Salvation, that is life in union with God, begins with faith. Faith is a way of knowing the truth about God in Jesus. Faith is a radical abandonment of our lives is trust to Jesus as Lord.

August 7:   For the Sake of the Name
Content:  To be a disciple of Jesus means that we “no longer live for ourselves, but for him who for our sake died and rose again.”

August 8:  Called to Be Saints
Content:  St. Paul makes clear to us that each one of us have been called personally by Jesus to become saints. It is not an option reserved for a small minority of people. It is Jesus’ will for all of us.

For week of August 11-15, 2008 Theme: Young Disciples—An interview with three young college students: Peter Burak, Jim Rolph, Dan Westerman

August 11:   Peter Burak
Content:  Peter shares his story of growing up Catholic and learning to live as a disciple in High School and College.

August 12:   Jim Rolph Interview
Content:  Jim shares stories from his journey of faith and his decision to enter the seminary.

August 13:  Interview with Dan Westerman
Content:   Dan shares his testimony including the challenges of overcoming peer pressure during his High School years and his decision to enter the seminary.

August 14:    Second interview with Peter Burak
Content:   Peter talks about the challenges of living a fervent Catholic life as a college student.

August 15:   Discussion with Jim Rolph and Dan Westerman
Content:  Jim and Dan talk about the dynamic life they experience in the seminary and the new mission opportunities they are responding to on their college campus.

For Week of August 18-22,2008        Theme: St. Paul’s Teaching on Roman’s (continued)

August 18:        I am not Ashamed
Content:   St. Paul declares the central theme of his entire life and ministry.

August 19:        By Faith
Content:    The Gospel comes to us by faith. What is faith?

August 20:        Suppressing the Truth
Content:   Sin begins with man’s refusal to acknowledge God and to give Him thanks.

August 21:        Fools!
Content:   In suppressing the truth about God and with it God’s claim over man, man thinks he has found himself, he has made his own way to life.

August 22:        Disordered Living
Content:   Disordered thinking about God, the ground of our being, lead necessarily to disordered living.

For week of August 25-29, 2008 Theme: St. Paul Continued: Romans 4

August 25:       Abraham, Our Father in Faith
Content:  St. Paul uses the example of Abraham to show each one of us how we gain access to redemption and salvation.

August 26:        Nomads of Faith
Content:   Abraham’s belief and trust is God was total, it encompassed his whole life.

August 27:         The Only Way
Content:    The only way for each one of us to inherit what belongs to Jesus is to put him on the throne of our lives.

August 28:        At Peace with God
Content:   The cross of Jesus has restored our relationship with God. The brokenness and real hostility that existed because of sin has been healed.

August 29:        Sharing the Glory
Comment:  Having peace with God makes access to God possible. That access is the freedom to enter God’s presence and to literally participate in his life.