Relating to God: liturgy, prayer, spirituality

You have made us for yourself .....and our hearts are ever restless until they rest in you

- St Augustine

Spirituality

There are many ways of living the Gospel. The way that people live their particular view of the Gospel is known as spirituality.

• New ecclesial movements
• Spiritualities of lay associates
• Religious orders

Prayer

Prayer is a simple look turned towards heaven. What really touches our hearts touches our prayer. Prayer is firmly rooted in life and its expression varies in line with our personality, so there are many types of prayer.

Some people find the Mass readings of the day helpful in their prayer.

Also: FaithCentral | Marist Messenger | Catholic Enquiry Centre

Spiritual Direction

In light of your life experiences, spiritual direction is a guided process that encourages growth and aids us in the choices we make. Spiritual Directors

Youth Spirituality

The vibrancy of youth is a sign for the Church today and our hope for the future.

Learn more about young people and the Church.

 

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Worshipping Under Southern Skies

Worshipping Under Southern Skies: Rediscovering the Beauty of the Mass is a course of guided reflection and study on the Roman Missal or Mass.  This national catechesis is intended as a companion to the revised General Instruction of the Roman Missal, the document which is richly instructive on the celebration of the Eucharist and as a preparation for receiving the revised English translation of The Roman Missal in two or three years' time which will  introduce some changes to the language and actions of our present form of worship. 

 

In preparation for these changes New Zealand's bishops have expressed the purpose of this catechesis as giving everyone the opportunity to rekindle Eucharistic amazement as Pope John Paul asked us to do and to come to know in an even deeper way, the beauty and wonder of the Eucharist, that is a great mystery (Mane Nobiscum Domine 17).   Over the next two years, the four Modules will provide an opportunity for communities of faith in our southern land to appreciate ever more deeply the gift of the Mass, the gift that is the heart of the mystery of the Church (MND 1).

 

Module One, Our Beginnings builds a foundation.  We are reminded of the living link between our own church community and the Jesus community that the universal Church is and was manifested in local church communities throughout history and around the whole world.    We consider our beginnings as the people of God in Aotearoa New Zealand. We reflect on our personal and communal participation in the life of God through the celebration of the liturgy.  We recall our own experience of journey and change in the way we worship.  We remember that the Mass we celebrate is something beautiful that God does for us, with us and among us.

 

This whole process of revision in which we are all engaged, as members of the English speaking countries of the Roman Catholic Church, asks us to know ourselves, once again, as the grace-filled people of God, whose worship forms us into a universal communion of love in Christ.