Charisletter DEC 2018 / JAN 2019

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1 Charisletter DEC 2018 / JAN 2019 Volume 18 Issue 10 Come Holy Spirit!

2 Fr. Bob Hogan, BBD Director Dan Dúet Asst. Director MIRACLES NEVER ENDING CONFERENCE: March 1-2, 2019 With our conference expenses coming up, and our spending $22,000 to replace the windows in the Center (this will happen the week after Christmas), we appreciate you using the enclosed envelope to make a donation to CCCR. We are excited to have Bob Canton who is known internationally (50 countries) for his healing/miracle services. He will help all of us to learn how to pray for one another for healing and miracles to manifest the Spirit; give glory to Jesus; and heal God s people. Please pick up registrations forms at CCCR. You need to register before the end of January to get the lower price. We also have posters for Churches. Invite people to the conference. Let them know it will be a powerful time of God s graces for healing, miracles and empowerment of the Holy Spirit. You will be blessed and will learn more about the ways that the Holy Spirit can work through you. CONFERENCE KICKOFF MASS AND LUNCH JANUARY 26, 2019 AT ST. MARY MAGDALEN CHURCH AND HALL We prepare for the conference with this annual event. It is a great time for united intercession for the conference, and be united in our time of fellowship together. WASHING OF THE HANDS MASS AND SOCIAL We started the new Church Year on December 1 with a wonderful celebration in the Holy Spirit at St. Henry. We received empowerment for the new year. Thanks to all who helped prepare for this special time of prayer and fellowship. CONFERENCIA LOS MILAGROS NUNCA TERMINAN: Marzo 1-2 del 2019 Por todos los gastos de nuestra conferencia que se avecinan y por los $22,000 que cuesta el reemplazo de las ventanas (este dinero lo tenemos que pagar después de Navidad), les agradecemos mucho que usen el sobre adjunto para hacer una donación a CCCR. Nos sentimos muy afortunados de tener a Bob Canton quien es conocido internacionalmente (50 países) por su servicio de sanaciones y milagros. El nos mostrara como orar unos con otros por sanación, manifestación del Espíritu Santo en milagros y sanación de la gente de Dios. Por favor recojan las formas de registro para la conferencia en CCCR. Para los que se registren antes del final de Enero, el precio es más bajo. También tenemos posters para las parroquias. Inviten a la gente a la conferencia. Díganles que van a ser bendecidos al participar y presenciar momentos muy fuertes de sanación, milagros y empoderamiento por medio del Espíritu Santo. También aprenderán como el Espíritu Santo puede bendecir a otros a través de cada uno de nosotros. MISA Y COMIDA DE APERTURA DE LA CONFERENCIA ENERO 26, EN LA IGLESIA STA. MARIA MAGDALENA Nos preparamos para la conferencia con este evento en el cual podemos orar unidos por el éxito de nuestra conferencia y para fortalecer la unidad entre los hermanos. MISA DE PURIFICACION DE MANOS Hemos comenzado el Año Nuevo de la Iglesia este Diciembre 1 con una magnifica celebración en el Espíritu Santo, en la parroquia San Henry. Hemos recibido empoderamiento para el año nuevo. Gracias a todos los que participaron en la preparación de este evento tan especial de oración y compartimiento. DEC JAN Page 2

3 ~ REGISTER NOW for the Conference ~ Complete the form below and mail/drop off to address below or register on the website: DEC JAN Page 3

4 THANK YOU for making another GREAT success!!! From the many volunteer Prayer Teams, Knights of Columbus from St. Mary Magdalen, the Kitchen helpers and servers, those who donated items, Prayer Groups who sold lunch tickets, the volunteers at the CCR bookstore, those who stayed to help clean up, those who supported the CCR via their purchases, and to the person who organized it all (who prefers to go unnamed!!!)... WOW. After you open up your Christmas gifts don t foget to set aside the items you will no longer be needing ( cause someone got you a NEW one!!) and donate them next year!! Again, THANK YOU!! Beginning January 8, 2019 at the CCCR: Increasing our Resources for You Holy Spirit: Giver of the Gifts One of the goals of the CCCR is to increase the resources we can provide to the Prayer Groups, Ministries, and anyone interested in growing in the Holy Spirit. To that end we are seeking your input. Plans are underway to begin recording the training sessions here at the CCCR and to make these available on the website for your use. Additionally, I m in the process of converting my own teachings and trainings such that you d be able to download both PowerPoint presentations and the lecture that goes with it. Input request #1: what topics would you like to see offered here at the CCCR? We also know that there are some great training sessions taking place within the individual Prayer Groups that would be of benefit to the CCR community. Input request #2: would you be willing to submit your recorded sessions and/or printed materials for distribution? Contact me for more info!! - Dan Dúet, Presented by Dan Dúet, this teaching series is meant to awaken in us the presence of, and the most meaningful use of, the many gifts of the Holy Spirit, not only the charismatic ones. Every week will feature a prayer for a greater outpouring and release of each gift covered. Upcoming Topics: Tuesday, January 8: Wisdom Tuesday, January 15: Understanding Tuesday, January 22: Counsel Tuesday, January 29: Fortitude Tuesday, February 5: Knowledge Fellowship begins at 6pm with the teaching to follow at 7pm. For more detailed information go to the Calendar tab at: Come Grow in the Spirit every Tuesday!! DEC JAN Page 4

5 Back to the Basics By request: Praise and Worship - a teaching by Fr. Bob Hogan, BBD. What other topics would you like to see in an upcoming Charisletter? Just let me know by sending an to: dan@danduet.com. Dan Dúet, Asst. Director (This is the first of 2 parts) Praise and Worship - Fr. Bob Hogan, BBD Alleluia means praise the Lord. The psalms are the praises. At Pentecost the first result of the disciples being filled with the Holy Spirit was the gift of speaking in tongues, which was a proclamation of the mighty acts of God (Acts 2:4, 11). The Catechism of the Catholic Church explains that praise is the form of prayer that recognizes most immediately that God is God. It lauds God for his own sake and gives him glory, quite beyond what he does, but simply because HE IS By praise, the Spirit is joined to our spirits to bear witness that we are children of God Praise embraces the other forms of prayer and carries them toward him who is its source and goal [God, the Father] (Catechism ) Through Jesus we are to continually offer God a sacrifice of praise, that is, the fruit of lips that confess his name (Hebrews 13:15). The Psalms exhort us to this comtinual offering of praise: Greet God with a song of praise (95:2); enter the temple gates with praise (100:4); I will praise you, Lord, with all my heart (9:1); from the rising of the sun to its setting let the name of the Lord be praised (113:3); bless the Lord at all times; praise shall be always in my mouth (34:2); all you peoples clap your hands; shout to God with joufyl cries sing praise to God, sing praise (47:1,7); shout joyfully to God give him glorious praise (66:1-2); I will bless you as long as I live; I will lift up my hands, calling on your name. My soul shall savor the rich banquet of praise (63:5-6). The Book of Revelation describes the saints and angels in heaven proclaiming that God and his Son, Jesus, are worthy of blessing, honor, glory, mighty/power, thanksgiving, wisdom and praise (see 4:11; 5:12-14; 7:10-12). How can we participate more fully in the rich banquet of praise? Practice and Attitude of Praise in Daily Life There is a labor of love in developing the practice and attitude of praise and worship in our own lives, our prayer meetings and the Church. Often Catholics area more familiar with prayer that involves asking, thanking, reciting, conversin, meditation and quiet. We need to be educated about the value of the prayer of praise. The Mass is filled with prayers of praise, including the Glory to God, the Preface and Holy, and all the acclamations. Priests, deacons and religious (as well as those laypersons who pray the Liturgy of the Hours) start their day with the Invitatory Psalm, Come, let us sing to the Lord and shout for joy to the rock who saves us; let us greet him with praise and thanksgiving and sing joyful songs to him (95). Mary s Magnificat (Lk 1:56-55) is a beautiful prophetic prayer of praise. Paul exhorts us to be filled with the Holy Spirit, addressing one another in psalms, hymns and spiritual songs, singing and playing to the Lord in your hearts (Eph. 5:18-20). The Purpose of Praise The purpose of praise is related primarily to God and secondarily to us: Our primary focus is to honor God by proclaiming, rejoicing, and uniting ourselves with God for his own sake and for what he has done. Three forms of honoring and praising God are found in the Psalms: 1) Proclamation Praise: The Holy Spirit working with our minds/memory to proclaim and announce to God, and to ourselves, the good news of what God has accomplished and the truths (Continued on next page) DEC JAN Page 5

6 (Continued from previous page) of our faith. Our minds and memories become rooted in God. Psalm 96:2-3 calls us to announce his salvation day after day. Tell God s glory among the nations; among all peoples, God s marvelous deeds. 2) Jubilation/Rejoicing Praise: The Holy Spirit energises our spirit with joyful praise. Our spirits and bodies become rooted in God. The infilling of the Holy Spirit lifts up our human spirit to paise God in the joy of the Holy Spirit. Psalms 66, 95, 98, 100 call us to make a joyful noise unto the Lord. We are called to be expressive: lift up your hands (Ps 134:2); clap your hands; shout to God with joybul cries (Ps 47:2). 3) Union Praise/Worship (loving adoration, longing for the presence of God): The Holy Spirit fills our heart with a longing love for God: The love of God has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirirt 9Rom 5:5). Our hearts become rooted in God. This brings a simpler, slower, softer, more repetitive expression of longing for God (Psalms 42, 63, 84), union with God s love (Psalms 118, 136), and abiding in God s presence. We can repeat slowly the names and titles of Jesus, the Father and the Holy Spirit, or phrases of love and trust (Jesus, I trust in you; Your steadfast love endures forever; My Lord and my God; My God and my all; etc.). The three forms of praise root our whole selves (mind, memory, spirit, body, heart) in God. As we honor God, we become transformed. We are transformed by developing an attitude of praise, which creates a spirit of faith and overcomes negativity. We find ourselves rejoicing in the Lord always and giving thanks in all circumstances (I Thes 5:16-18; Phil 4:4-7). We are transformed by evangelizing ourselves, as we proclaim the good news about the character of God and what he has done. Praise roots the good news more ddply in our hearts and minds: Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, as in all wisdom you teachy and admonish one another, singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God (Col 3:16). We are transformed by the Spirit being joined to our spirit (Rom 8:16-17, 26-27). We become open to the presence of the Spirit, deep worship, and the manifestations and gifts/charisms of the Spirit. As we proclaim in praise that God is in charge, our spirits become more open to letting the Holy Spirit influence us and empower us with his gifts for ministry. (to be continued in February Charisletter) The Innkeeper Yes, they came to my inn at Bethlehem, and how well I remember the couple; it seems but yesterday. He was a manly sort of a man, the kind that would cause you to look again if you saw him once; kindly and dignified, with a long beard; a strong man with quiet manner. There was something that charmed me about the woman who was with him, one could see that she might soon become a mother. It rather worried me that I didn't have a place for them, but so many had come for the registration, you know. Sanballat, rich merchant, had come down from Damascus; Thaddeus, one of my old customers, had come up from Gaza. A party from Hebron came just at nightfall, and, since I knew them all, I could not turn them away. Joseph told me that he was from Nazareth, up in the hill country of Galilee. He thought, of course, he could have a place to stay. And, as he asked me, he looked toward Mary and knew that I would understand. I did understand, and I tried to think which of the men I could ask to move and make place for the couple. But how could I ask these customers of mine to inconvenience themselves: After all, I did not know Joseph and Mary. I said to myself, O well, somebody will look after them. I must not disturb the others, and it is a beautiful star-lit night. Here, I have it, finally I said to myself, we can make room for them in the manger, and some way they will get along. I have wondered a lot about them since they have gone. I wish now, that I had said to the men in my inn, "We must make a place for this man and this woman from Galilee!" But I didn't, and I am sorry. After all, they might, have been people of consequence. DEC JAN Page 6

7 Weekly CCCR-Hosted Prayer Groups / Masses Monday/Lunes 10am-12pm Miracle Hour Rosary Group (Bilingual) - Chapel - Laura Montoya ( ) or Mary Gonzales ( ) 7:00pm Flame of Love Martin Family Music Ministry (Bilingual) *Every 3rd Monday: Healing Mass in St. Henry s Church - Isabel Martin ( ) MIRACLES NEVER ENDING March 1-2, 2019 Spiritual Renewal Conference LOS MILAGROS NUNCA DEJAN DE EXISTIR Conferencia de Renovacion Espiritual - Marzo 1-2 CONFERENCE KICKOFF MASS AND LUNCH January 26, 2019 / 10:00am / St. Mary Magdalen MISA Y COMIDA DE APERTURA DE LA CONFERENCIA Enero 26, 10:00, en la Iglesia Sta. Maria Magdelena Holy Spirit: Giver of the Gifts Series begins Tuesday, January 8 at 7pm - CCCR Open House and Spring Cleaning at the CCCR Keep your eyes and ears open for two upcoming events at the CCCR. We will have an Open House to celebrate all the renovations plus have a Spring Cleaning day to spruce up the grounds! Info coming SOON! St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle. Be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the Devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray, and do thou, O Prince of the heavenly hosts, by the power of God, thrust into hell Satan, and all the evil spirits, who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen. Tuesday/Martes 10:30am Mass (Praise/Worship begins at 10:00) *Every 2nd Tues: Anointing of the Sick Mass - Helen Pickard ( ) 7:00pm Ministerio Católico Carismático, La Barca de Pedro - Chapel - Sandra/Francisco Gonzalez ( ) 7:00pm Holy Spirit: Giver of the Gifts - Upstairs Meeting Room - Dan Dúet ( ) Wednesday/Miércoles 7:00pm Tree of Life Prayer Group (Bilingual) *Every 1st Wed: Healing Mass at 7:00 pm - Eleanor Huron ( ) Thursday/Jueves 10:00am Sala Alta Prayer Group *Every 2nd Thurs: Mass at 10:00am - Rachel and Roel Hinojosa and Team ( ) Friday/Viernes 10:00-11:00am Miracle Hour - CCCR Chapel 11:00am Healing Mass at St. Henry s, next to CCR Center (Bilingual) - Laura Montoya ( ) 7:30-9:30pm Mountains of Praise Prayer Group (All ages welcome.) - Russell and Bernadette Cantú ( / ) Saturday/Sabado O San Miguel, Arcangel defiendenos en la batalla. Se nuestra proteccion contra el mal y las trampas del Diablo; umildemente te rogamos que Dios los reprenda. O Principe Celestial de la Santa Hostia, que con la ayuda de Dios eches a Satanas al infierno y a los espiritus que vagan por el mundo para arruinar las almas. Amén. 10am-12pm Divine Mercy Reigns Prayer Group - Chapel Every 2nd and 4th Saturday of the month - Lee and Yolanda Hohmann ( ) For all other prayer groups please go to our website: Charisletter Subscription/Renewal Order I want to subscribe/renew for: 1 year: $10 2 years: $20 Other: $ Name: Address: Phone #: City: State Zip: Please make checks payable to: CCCR and mail your payment to 1707 S. Flores, SA, TX We also accept VISA or Mastercard: # Exp. Date: DEC JAN Page 7

8 Archdiocese Catholic Center for Charismatic Renewal 1707 South Flores Street San Antonio, TX is by H rit Spi NON-PROFIT ORG. U.S. POSTAGE PAID SAN ANTONIO,TX PERMIT No Phone (210) Fax: (210) info@cccrsa.net / Website: Follow us on Facebook: MISSION STATEMENT The Mission of the Charisletter is to serve and be a voice for the Catholic Center for Charismatic Renewal whose mission is to highlight the role of the Holy Spirit in the Archdiocese of San Antonio. We do this by describing upcoming events and publishing articles that will instruct and inspire the faithful for a more intimate relationship with the Holy Spirit. We emphasize the importance of: U Understanding the charisms of the Holy Spirit (spiritual gifts). N Needing to create a lifestyle exemplified by the use of the charisms. I Prayer Group Reporters The best way to let people know what is taking place with your PG is to have a Prayer Group Reporter who can notify us of your events and speakers. If someone from your group would like information, contact Dan Dúet at Submit your listing of any upcoming special events taking place from March through July of 2019 so we can help you get the word out. Include all the specifics/logistics: Name of Event, Date, Time, Location, etc. Helpful Numbers: CCCR-Youth Office: (210) Initiating and promoting efforts within the church to understand the use of charisms as an essential aspect of the life of the church. T Teaching the faithful about the charismatic foundations of Catholicism. Y Yielding to the Holy Spirit who creates a culture of unity through obedience rooted in love. Chariscenter USA: , Website: For General Catholic Information: Archdiocese of San Antonio: (210) NEW Bookstore Hours M, W, Th, F - 9:30-2:00; Tu 9:30-1:00 Lu, Mi, Ju, Vi - 9:30-2:00; Ma 9:30-1:00