ConstructionThe
Catholic Christian's Tool Kit
Idea inspired by
Fr. Tom Dowd,
priest of Montreal
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"Man does not live by bread alone but by every word that comes from the mouth of God." - Jesus Matthew 4:4
| ABC's of the Disciple |
| Abstinence |
| Adoration |
| Angels |
| Anointing of the Sick |
| Baptism |
| Beatitudes |
| Beginning the day well |
| Belonging |
| Bible |
| Blessed Trinity |
| Celibacy |
| Chastity |
| Childhood |
| Commandments |
| Communion |
| Community |
| Confession |
| Confirmation |
| Contemplation |
| Conscience |
| Conversion |
| Correspondence |
| Couple Prayer |
| Crucifix |
| Daily Mass |
| Dark Night |
| Deaconate |
| Discipleship |
| Discipline |
| Duty of the moment |
| Ending the day well |
| Entertainment |
| Episcopacy |
| Evangelization |
| Exercise |
| Faith |
| Family Life |
| Family Prayer |
| Fasting |
| Father |
| Fertility |
| Forgiveness |
| Freedom |
| Friendship |
| Fruits of the Spirit |
| Fun |
| Generosity |
| Gifts of the Spirit |
| Good News |
| Healing |
| Holy Spirit |
| Home Schooling |
| Hope |
| Home Blessing |
| Icons |
| Jesus |
| Journaling |
| Leisure |
| Liturgy of the Hours |
| Loneliness |
| Lord's Day |
| Love - Charity |
| Mary |
| Matrimony |
| Meaning |
| Meditation |
| Mysteries of the Rosary |
| Novenas |
| Parenting |
| Play |
| Penance |
| Pilgrimage |
| Praise |
| Prayer |
| Presence |
| Priesthood |
| Proverbs |
| Psalms |
| Purpose |
| Reading |
| Reconciliation |
| Repentance |
| Retreats |
| Rule of Life |
| Sabbath rhythm |
| Serenity |
| Service |
| Sexuality |
| Solitude |
| Spirituality |
| Stewardship |
| Study |
| Sunday Liturgy |
| Temptation |
| Vocation |
| Way of the Cross |
| Wellness |
| Will |
| Witness |
| Word of God |
| Work |
Under
Construction
Current update - 080309
Psalm 112 – “The happiness of the just man”
Ryan – Disciplines for Christian Living: discipline, friendship & family life, living with a Sabbath rhythm, exercise & play, prayerful presence, fasting, service, vision of Christian faith.
Ryan – Wellness, Spirituality, & Sports: wellness, spirituality, leisure, learning to recognize soul food, fighting the demons of the night, a survival guide
Discipleship, a Christian rule of life, personal traditions, Rosary, solitude & communion, ending and beginning the day well, stewardship of time, Liturgy of the Hours, Scripture, stewardship of treasure, stewardship of talent, the current stage of my life
Taking interest as opposed to being bored – recognizing it’s up to me rather than waiting for someone else to make it happen, drawing on my inner freedom rather that staying trapped in the impulse to escape the present and run after anything else, freely and deliberately spending/wasting time to take interest in someone, something, in God, receiving the words, gestures, visuals, sounds, smells and rituals of the Eucharist and every other Liturgy as so many containers or prisms into which I can pour out all my thoughts, feelings, desires, fears, and experiences – my whole self – and let the Holy Spirit draw me to Jesus and the Father
Understanding the stage upon which my life unfolds or shrinks - where and to whom do I belong?
What exactly is a took kit for a Catholic Christian? What is Christian discipleship anyway?
Who are we? What is our journey? What is our quest? Who and where am I in it all?
The divine internet - getting and remaining really connected to everyone and everything
Christian stewardship of God's gifts of - time - life - created things
A decision daily and constantly renewed - giving oneself a Christian Rule of Life
The perennial place to start - ending and beginning the day well
Even when in solitude, I am not alone... even when assembled with others in Jesus, I am not lost....
Drawing daily from the Word of God in the Sacred Jewish and Christian Scriptures, the Bible
Daily Prayer - the Liturgy of the Hours
Daily Meditation - the Mysteries of the Rosary
The "duty of the moment" - the great commandment of charity - love of God, of neighbour, and of self
Other Resources
The Christian's four spiritual food groups
Adventus - New Site of Catholic Internet Resources to empower people to live their baptismal call