S15 E5 - Theology of Communion
Abiding Together
Abiding Together
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🗓️ 21 October 2024
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
In this week's episode, we talk about the theology of communion. Our desire for communion with others is very good and comes from God Himself. In fact, our ache for community is an ache for eternity. God desires to bring us into an eternal communion with Him and the community here on earth points towards this in a small way. We discuss what happens when we experience a broken community, the challenges faced in building community, and how community changes throughout the seasons of life.
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Journal Questions:
- How have I been wounded within community? How have I been healed through community?
- In what ways are my friendships free, total, faithful, and fruitful? In what ways are my friendships not free, total, faithful, and fruitful?
- What kind of friend do I need to tend to my heart?
- What kind of friend am I to my friends’ hearts?
- How have I withheld belonging from others?
Discussion Questions:
- How has your need and capacity for community changed over the years?
- How can you extend belonging to people in your community?
- What lies isolate you from entering into friendship?
- How is God inviting you to cultivate and receive community?
Quotes to Ponder:
"God is love and in himself he lives a mystery of personal loving communion. Creating the human race in his own image .... God inscribed in the humanity of man and woman the vocation, and thus the capacity and responsibility, of love and communion." (CCC 2331)
“The person who loves their dream of community will destroy community, but the person who loves those around them will create community.” (Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community)
Scripture for Lectio:
“And fear came upon every soul; and many wonders and signs were done through the apostles. And all who believed were together and had all things in common; and they sold their possessions and goods and distributed them to all, as any had need. And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they partook of food with glad and generous hearts, praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved.” (Acts 2:43-47)
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Timestamps:
00:00 - CORDA
01:23 - Intro
02:15 - Announcement
02:42 - Welcome
04:23 - Scripture Verse and Guiding Quotes
05:47 - Initial Thoughts
08:41 - The Desire for Communion is Good
13:39 - Community Takes Work
16:36 - Learning How to Love
18:04 - Identifying the Lies
24:34 - Understanding the Wounds of Others
29:00 - One Things
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello friends this episode is sponsored by Korda. |
| 0:03.0 | Imagine a 17 year old just told you he's going to be a dad and no he isn't married and he hasn't finished school and he doesn't have the means to provide for his family. |
| 0:10.0 | Well that was Augustine or Saint Augustine as we know him now. |
| 0:13.0 | Imagine a 39 year old whose life revolves around fashion, gossip, and being popular. |
| 0:17.0 | Well that was Teresa of Avila who became a mystic and a doctor of the church. |
| 0:22.0 | Friends, wherever you are in this very moment, |
| 0:24.4 | whether you're running to God or holding him at arm's link, there are saints who have |
| 0:27.5 | been there and done that too. These same saints are praying for you right now, |
| 0:31.2 | and we can look to them and their lives to help us grow to love God with every for you |
| 0:35.0 | trying to know, right now, and we can look to them and their lives to help us grow to love God with everything we have just like they did. |
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