Ablaze in the Fire of the Holy Spirit An Overview Father Jack Durkin

Merciful Father, In the name of our lovable Jesus, Of the Virgin Mary, And of the Saints, I ask You to set me on fire With Your Spirit of Love And grant me the grace Of making You deeply loved. Amen. Prayer of Saint Therese of the Child Jesus

Problem: Hearts of Stone Solution: The Gifts of God the Father “A new heart I will give to you, and a new spirit I will put within you; and I will take out of your flesh the heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to observe my ordinances.” - Ezekiel 36: 26-27

Sacred Heart Eucharist: Our Hearts Re - made of His Flesh and Blood

“He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire” - Luke 3:16 Confirmation: “I came to cast fire upon the earth.” - Luke 12:49

Present Moment - The Vision for Each of Us and for All of Us at Saint Monica: Pope Francis: (Evangelii Gaudium, 27) Pope Francis: “I dream of a ‘missionary option,’ that is, a missionary impulse capable of transforming everything, so that the Church’s customs, ways of doing things, times and schedules, language and structures can be suitably channeled for the evangelization of today’s world rather than for her self-preservation.” (Evangelii Gaudium, 27)

Present Moment - The Vision for Each of Us and for All of Us at Saint Monica: Pope Francis (Evangelii Gaudium, 50) Pope Francis calls for “the approach of a missionary disciple, an approach ‘nourished by the light and strength of the Holy Spirit.” (Evangelii Gaudium, 50) Pope Saint John Paul II (Christifideles Laici, 26) Pope Saint John Paul II would say of our parish that it “is not principally a structure, a territory, or a building, but rather, ‘the Family of God, a fellowship afire with a unifying spirit.” (Christifideles Laici, 26)

Pastoral and Parish Goal: Being Ablaze for Casting the Fire -Establishing Vision -Establishing Vision (Being a Disciple in Word, Worship, Life, and Prayer) -Making Decisions According Vision -Making Decisions According Vision (Being an Intentional Disciple) -Radiating Christ -Radiating Christ (Being a Missionary, an Apostle) -Revisioning -Revisioning (Living in On - going Conversion with Integral Formation) -Bearing Fruit: -Unseen -Unseen (Interior growth in holiness and love) -Seen -Seen (Harvest of those gathered to Christ and His Church)

Pastoral and Parish Goal: Being Ablaze for Casting the Fire “You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide; so that whatever you ask the Father in My Name, He may give to you.” – John 15:16