Our theme for Wednesday Night Discipleship, besides Year of Faith, is "Open the door to faith." Pope Benedict begins his Apostolic letter by telling us:
"The 'door of faith' (Acts 14:27) is always open for us, ushering us into the life of communion with God and offering entry into his Church. It is possible to cross that threshold when the word of God is proclaimed and the heart allows itself to be shaped by transforming grace."
(Porta Fidei 1)
We have several pictures of open doors on our bulletin board to remind us to step through the door to faith. We talked about what hinders us from taking that step through the door, what "gets in the way" of having faith.
This year, October 11th commemorates
the 50th Anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council
and also the Year of Faith as
promulgated by Pope Benedict XVI. Our Holy Father wants us to rediscover the
journey of faith so as to shed ever clearer light on the joy and enthusiasm of
the encounter with Christ. He wants the Year of Faith to arouse in every
believer the aspiration to profess the faith in fullness and with renewed
conviction, with confidence and hope. Far too often we can forget why we
believe what we do and why we attend Mass; it simply becomes habitual.
The Year of Faith is our theme for Wednesday Night Discipleship, our weekly gathering for high school youth looking to go deeper in their own faith. We began our journey several weeks ago, so we'll be playing "catch up" on this blog now, but will then have a weekly post about what we did and learned at WND. Join us on our journey to rediscover the joy of our faith and our own renewed convictions!
