On this week's programme Geraldine Creaton of the Emmanuel Community shares with us on her experience of the Emmanuel Community. We also have our regular celestial guides and reflection on the Sunday Gospel.
You can listen to the podcast of this week's full programme HERE.
The Emmanuel Community
Geraldine Creaton joins us on our programme this week to share her experience of becoming involved with the Emmanuel Community, a community founded in France in 1972 by Pierre Goursat and Martine Lafitte-Catta.
Geraldine tells of her making a visit to Paray Le Monial and experiencing a Jesus talking to her and leading her to a new life with him. This was the start of her journey with the Emmanuel Community as she went on to spend a year at the Community’s School of Mission. Now Geraldine is part of a community numbering 10,000 throughout the world with a further associate 30,000 members.
The mission of the Community is to reveal to every man and woman the presence of the God of Love in our lives, Jesus Christ, who is "Emmanuel," "God With Us," and wants to be close to us. The Community consists of members with different states of life (families, singles, priests and celibate brothers and sisters) having the most different professions and trying to live a fraternal life in the world. It sees its aim as to respond to God's call to holiness addressed to each person, mainly through intense personal prayer, Eucharistic adoration, compassion for the spiritually and materially poor and evangelisation. Members are helped to grow spiritually in various ways: "household meetings" (small groups of members, meeting regularly for prayer and reflection on God's action in their lives), "spiritual companionship" (personal meeting with a more experienced member), monthly meetings of all the members in a country or region.
Home is where His Heart is!
From July 23-28 an International Session will be held in Paray le Monial (France). A dozen of nations from different continents will be present to be renewed in the Heart of Jesus. Workshops, Mass, teachings, praise, … and various parts of the program will be in English! Come and live this unique experience! This session is open to everyone. Invite your family and friends!
Home is where His Heart is!
See you in Paray le Monial!
You can listen to a podcast of this reflection excerpted from the programme HERE.
Gospel - John 16:12-15
Jesus said to his disciples:
Reflections on this week's gospel:‘I still have many things to say to you
but they would be too much for you now.
But when the Spirit of truth comes
he will lead you to the complete truth,
since he will not be speaking as from himself
but will say only what he has learnt;
and he will tell you of the things to come.
He will glorify me,
since all he tells you
will be taken from what is mine.
Everything the Father has is mine;
that is why I said:
All he tells you
will be taken from what is mine.’
Word on Fire
English Dominicans
Centre for Liturgy
Sunday Reflections
Liturgical odds & ends
Liturgy of the Hours - Psalter Week 3
Saints of the Week
June 17th - St. Emily de Vialar
June 18th - St. Gregory Barbarigo
June 19th - St. Romuald
June 20th - The Irish Martyrs of the (16th and 17th centuries)
June 21st - St. Aloysius Gonzaga
June 22nd - St. Thomas More
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