Parents - Padres DCYC

Sr. Maria Irina Teiner - “Fear Not – I am with You”

1) What are our Fears?
2) The sign of hope - the Anchor
3) Jesus is our hope and meets us were we are…
… in our sins (Sacrament of Reconciliation)
… in our need to be seen (Adoration)
… in our strengths and weaknesses He sends us out (Holy Mass)

Genesis Pirolo - “Faith Over Fear”

1.) We need to face our fears with God’s help to grow and become more equipped to face bigger fears in the future.
2.) The enemy puts fears in our lives to try to prevent us from living out the plans God has set for us. It’s important to remember fears are lies trying to deceive us and that through God anything is possible!
3.) Through putting your identity in God, spending time with God through prayer and reading the Bible, and having a spiritually enriching community, you will be able to overcome your fears.

Brad Farmer - “Hope for Greatness”

Super Heroes
Entertaining opening - ninja training for being a super hero (special skills, juggling, silly)
The true heroes are the Saints
 
This is what you were made for, this is your mission (universal call to holiness)
 
1. Attractiveness of the Saints 
What is different in the lives of the Saints? (joy, service, meaning in suffering = faith, hope, love) cooperation with the Holy Spirit = activating your super powers, becoming who you are made to be

 2. Training... in virtue
general: definition/ how to develop (Aristotelian/ Thomistic, CCC 1803) focus on the theological virtue of Hope as defined in the Catechism of the Catholic Church (1817-1821, 2090-2092) and the Summa Theologica of Saint Thomas Aquinas (and Josef Pieper)
Personal Witness  about my sister, a special needs child that died young demonstrates extraordinary grace at work in the ordinary
 
3. Call to Action
brief reflection on the 4 last things (death, judgment, heaven, and hell)... being in heaven means being a saint. You were made for this, you can do this!