livingtheword

Welcome to livingtheword. This is a Catholic Scripture site reflecting on the Sunday Readings each week.

The aim of livingtheword is simple: to encourage Young Adults with a scripture resource they can use personally or in a group. Any age group will find it helpful for reflecting on the Sunday readings. A download of readings / reflection document is on-line every Tuesday afternoon 2pm. Subscribe if you wish to have it delivered straight into your inbox. Easy!

Hearing and Sharing is relatively easy, but what about living what we hear?  This brings us to the pair of feet on the front page.  One of the issues for young adults is that Christian faith and Catholic teachings can just become a lot of ‘words’. And the bible can be simply a huge collection of ‘words’. The shoes are symbolic. It is easy to stand still, shrug shoulders, stand apart, resist getting involved, Criticise, Complain…. more words! How can we move beyond this trap to get moving?

We could take seriously the challenge of hearing and living the message of the Sunday scripture readings. And with a toolkit of ideas for hearing, living and sharing the Word we can get started. But there is a further problem. Many Bible study sites and groups end only in discussion. There is an interesting ‘idea’. A challenging point of view. People end saying ‘that was interesting’. Consider the following:

Information without application is fascination. Information with application is transformation

We need to push on beyond interesting, beyond fascination, to actually make some decisions that apply the scriptures to our lives. Jesus wants us to be more than fascinated by his words. He wants transformation in our lives. And he seemed a bit upset with many who cried ‘Lord, Lord and didn’t do what he said’ (Luke 6,46).

So, welcome aboard. Join up. Be part of the change the Church needs so that our generation today see faith being lived out. Be someone livingtheword.

Enjoy the journey of hearing, sharing and livingtheword!
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livingtheword site, the weekly download, and the reflection resources were created by Fr Frank Bird sm, a Marist priest. The aim of the project was to help young adults hear and live the message of Jesus.  Fr Frank is on mission in Thailand.

This website and weekly resources are now provided by Bev McDonald,  and Marist Laity NZ. www.maristlaitynz.org  For more information or to contact us feel welcome to email: nzlivingtheword@gmail.com

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Bev McDonald (ACSD). Marist Laity NZ Coordinator.