ROLL STUDIO

So far, guys, we have lived and heard many things, and surely we are full.
the head with so much information that we cannot organize anything.
I'm not here to dictate them to you; on the contrary, I'm here to complicate them a little more. But
possibly between the mess I have in my head and yours we can
to make something clear... I THINK!

At the welcome reception, Luis (our Rector) calls on us to pay attention to the
invitation that God makes to us to this course, He chooses us and invites us to do it. For
Something is, it is our moment, and we have to take advantage of it.
Then we look within ourselves, we start to get to know each other, to respect ourselves, and why not,
to love ourselves.
In the Stations of the Cross, we experience the sacrifice of Jesus, that unconditional surrender for
all of us. We accompany him to carry his cross, our cross.
The merciful Father shows us God's goodness toward his children, us, YES
we, and we see different responses of ours, to that kindness.
In that silence of the night we take an examination of our yesterday, and of our today,
we see that movie of our life that sometimes due to the daily rush we don't stop to watch
let's see.
Christ looks at us at every moment. And with that gaze, He wants to tear away from our
hearts a sincere attitude of repentance and generosity. It invites us to learn to
to look into his eyes and to respond to the gazes that He is now directing at us from the
Sagrario.
Daniel; in the IDEAL roll, he told us that man is the only one who decides what happens to him.
What does that IDEAL need to have for it to be worth living, and why not, also
to die. He told us that each of us lives with an aspiration in life,
always seeking happiness.
In the roll Grace: the Father …….. explains to us that our CHRISTIAN IDEAL is to live
life in the GRACE of GOD, for which we are called to be Saints, to be children of
God.
We also see that the Christian Ideal is not lived in isolation, but in community.
for this reason we are also called to be Church. To be committed Laity. Church
we are all, showing, our testimony of life.
Like all those levers we receive, which are the support of our brothers that
They are praying for us.
Because when we communicate or act for our brother, we are carrying out
an act of FAITH. Since faith without works is dead faith.
Victor; in the roll of PIETY (the first leg of our tripod): he was telling us that Piety
It is the intimate communication with God, being attentive to the needs of others.
It is to live the life of grace consciously.
The Figure of Christ: He reveals Himself to us as our savior, committed to the
humanity. Committed to us, surrendering for us and taking us
towards the Father.

After everything we heard, the question now is:

Do we want to live the life of grace consciously and at the same time in a way
growing?
Are we committed to following Christ? How do we do it? How do we come to have the
knowledge to be able to do it? Are we capable of being able to? Will I be able to do it?
Well, now let's see how and with what we organize all of this, we have tools in the
What do we do with them? How do we do it?
And here comes our second pillar of the sustenance of our Christian life, which is the
tripod
That section is "THE STUDY".
Through the Study one is formed, and by forming oneself, the criteria that support and reform are reformed.
shape our life, and leads us to act with full responsibility, in all the
temporary structures in which we are living.
This training helps us discover our own vocation.
Vocation and personal mission that defines the dignity and responsibility of each believer
lay, that is us, and it constitutes the cornerstone of the entire educational work.
Discovering and living our own vocation and mission leads us to prepare ourselves to live.
in unity, being members of the Church and also participants in human society.
This training shows us that there cannot be two parallel lives: that is, on one hand,
the so-called 'spiritual' life, with its values and demands; and on the other hand, life
"secular", that is, family life, work, social relationships, of the
political and cultural commitment, etc.
The separation between the life of faith and daily life is one of the gravest errors in
our time.

Well, with all this talk you will be thinking: we're screwed, this guy is going to...
asking questions and questions, we are going to take a test to see how much we know, that we
I remain in the balance of everything we saw. He is going to give us homework, read a manual, etc., etc.
etc.
No my friends, you are completely wrong.

I'm just going to start this thing by asking you a simple question:
How many of you love María Fernanda?
The logical answer would be that none of you love her, right?, Because you don't
They know, they don't know who it is. They don't know who I'm talking about.
I do love her, because she is my daughter, and I know her very well.

So guys, that's what we're going to talk about in this talk:

WE CANNOT LOVE WHAT WE DO NOT KNOW.

Therefore, to love God, one must know Him, and to know Him, to fall in love with...
Him, to worship him, we have 'The Study', that second leg of that Tripod that yesterday we
it was presented, and like the other legs, they are essential for living
grace of God.
So the name of this roll is; "STUDY", now let's begin:

There are several definitions of Study. Some of them may be:

a) The work that precedes or prepares the execution of a project.

b) Study is the knowledge of the truth to reach love.

c) Study is the application and effort of intelligence to seize the truth and
for
to make our ideas conform to the reality of things.
Let's briefly explain this last definition:

Application of Intelligence: There is no other way. We have our heads for a reason.
God gave it to us not only to wear our hair, to style it (some) or to wear caps.
(the bald ones, it's not my case). God gave it to us to use it, to put it in full
performance within our capabilities.

Effort: All work requires effort, and studying requires effort, it brings with it fatigue.
and the fatigue. It's hard for all of us. And it will be hard for you too. For all those who
we are here, some will find it harder than others, but this effort has a goal and
a Reward and it is to know the truth.
Today everyone, scientists, scholars, ordinary people, we all seek the
truth, because she is essential to achieving happiness. "When we possess the
true, we achieved harmony between our ideas and the reality that surrounds us.

We were realizing how important we are as human beings and how important
what we are in the eyes of God. We saw and felt how He knows and loves us.
But we also know and say that we love Him, but do we know Him?
Do we really know anything about Him? Not about who He is, but how He approaches us in our
life.
He reveals himself to us day by day, do we have the knowledge to know how, where and when?
Loving God is not an easy task, loving one's neighbor even less. In order to love someone or
One must get to know something. And to know is to be attentive day by day and to study the changes.
that for various reasons can occur in the other, to know what is happening to our
neighbor,
That is to love

Testimony: what happens next to us

This study we are discussing is not an end goal, (like the one that would be for
obtain a university degree), is a means to acquire the necessary knowledge to
love God, and know the plan He has for us.
This study makes us open to understanding the problems of my brothers and those
my own, to understand my deficiencies and my limitations, but also my
possibilities to serve God and others.
At this point, studying is not an option for us, but rather a necessity.
or rather an obligation to improve, as men, as children of God and as
Christians.
And thus collaborate in the continuity of God's plan of salvation for humanity.

Testimony: How I started on this path

Now then: "As we said, study is a means, not an end."

We can study simply to know those truths that are necessary for
obtain a degree or learn a trade.
We will simply call all these studies 'study';
"But we could also study to Know and Live the life of God," and to this of
we will call the study 'Christian Study', which is the study we are going to be involved in
talking in this vibe.
THE CHRISTIAN STUDY: IT IS THE KNOWLEDGE OF TRUTHS
Christians.
Every man must be formed 'UNTIL CHRIST IS FORMED IN HIM.'
That is what the Apostle Saint Paul told us in his letter to the Galatians.

The study we are talking about: 'IT IS ALL REFLECTIVE KNOWLEDGE THAT US
IMPEL TO KNOW AND LOVE GOD, OTHERS, AND THE THINGS OF THE
CREATION, TO OURSELVES AND, IN SHORT, TO EVERYONE
CHANGEABLE IN WHICH WE MOVE, AND ACT ACCORDINGLY.

In other words, guys: Saint Augustine would express the objective of our study like this:

Lord Jesus, allow me to KNOW MYSELF and to KNOW YOU.

We must get to know each other: To understand the reality of our humanity, of our being and
to realize what the reason is for why we sometimes have that dose of pride, cowardice,
selfishness, and so many other situations that hinder our approach to God.
Situations that pull us away from being the holy people that God wants us to be.

We must know God: God is not a problem-solver, nor is He an answerer.

sentences...
He is: a personal Being; alive; optimistic for us; someone who wants the best for
we
who loves us unconditionally.

Objective of the Study: The study is just a means, make it an end.

it would only serve
to know things just for the sake of knowing them. We must know them for a reason. And if we want
studying Christianity is to know how to solve all the problems in a Christian way that the
life presents us.
Our Christian Study will provide us with authentic apostolic training.
Training - To train means to shape, and in this case, it would mean shaping life. And
It is the works that shape life, our works shape our life.
Apostolic - The Study is the guiding principle of our daily actions. The Church needs
militant Catholics who base their actions on piety (knees) and direct it towards the
study (intelligence).
We are called to project these virtues and knowledge in our environments that
we are acquiring and we are practicing day by day.
A good salesperson should know something about the product they sell and also about the
buyers.
In order for our actions to be effective, we must know Christ and the people to whom...
we want to convey your message. The more we know about Christ and about our
better brothers, this way we will be able to serve the Lord understanding his message and
transmitting it to others.
We can say that an hour of study is an hour of prayer.
BEING A CHRISTIAN IS NOT A WAY OF LIFE, BUT IT MUST BE LIFE
SAME.
Christianity is not a garment that one puts on filled with liturgical practices,
prayers, medals, alms, etc. We do not work for there to be Christians who go to
Mass on Sundays, or do not say bad words, we work so that everyone can
to reach the holiness that God wants to gift us, today in our daily lives.

Gentlemen; "The objective of Christian Study is the conscious knowledge of God"

God gives us all the possibilities to know Him, and to know God intimately.
we can get there in two ways:
Through the things.
2) Through what God Himself has revealed to us.

Through things:

When I say that The Study leads us to know God through things, we have
two possibilities:
a) All things speak to us about God: Because if we look around us and see
In the world we realize that all creation is a manifestation of God. The
perfect placement of the Stars, our Solar system, this Planet we live on, the
perfect harmony between the Earth and the Sea; in the dawn of the day, in the rain, in the dew
and in ourselves, unique and wonderful creatures of creation, we can
find God.
"Santa Teresa said that God walked among the cooking pots," as if wanting to.
to say that God is always among all things.

b) All things can lead us to God: We can say that if all things
they come from God, those very things can lead us to God.
God is the beginning and end of everything. Everything has come from Him and to Him everything must return.
We men have a great responsibility:
Make creation a path, instead of an obstacle to reach God.
The choice is ours; God gave it to us when he created us rational and intelligent; to know
To use or abuse the things created by Him.
When man makes use of things according to divine laws, there is a
perfect harmony between God, man, and creation.
Unfortunately, we men use those things as we see fit,
As we please, establishing anarchy between our lives and creation.

Boys: The world is not bad, the things in the world are not bad, we are.
the men who have made the world as it is. And it is the same man who
is obliged to restore harmony and regain the lost paradise.
Know this well; there is something holy, divine, hidden in the most common situations that
Each one of us has to live our lives. Let's pay attention and discover it.
The Christian vision of the Apostle Saint Paul, in this regard, tells us:
...everything is yours. And you are of Christ, and Christ is of God.

The second way we can reach conscious knowledge of God is:

2) Through what God Himself has revealed to us in His word, THE BIBLE:

We can say that:

The Bible is a long love letter written by God, addressed to all men.
so that they are truly happy, in it there are many writers, but only one author:
God. It is a sacred book because in it we encounter the true God, with His
word. Through this meeting, our life is illuminated, it transforms, we begin
to see others and creation with new eyes, illuminated by Love and the
Understanding that the word of God conveys to us.

What does Bible mean?

The word Bible comes from the Greek 'BIBLOS' and means books. That is the Bible, a
set of books, a library. The Bible has 73 books. To this library the
we could divide into two groups: the Old Testament and the New Testament. Both
the books of the Old Testament like those of the New Testament did not arise from a
day for another in the form of a written book.
The Bible as a written book is the culmination of a long process of 10 centuries for the Old Testament.
Testament and 100 years for the New Testament.

In the Old Testament: it is the announcement of the Covenant that God made, first with
Abraham and then with Moses to save his people.

In the New Testament: it is the life of our Lord Jesus Christ, (God made man).
Let's get to know in the gospels of Saint Mark, Saint Matthew, Saint Luke, and Saint John.
all his teachings, his life and his passion and dedication. We will also find the
letters of Saint Paul, Saint Peter, and Saint John. And the book of the acts of the apostles,
what is the account of how the first Christian communities were formed.

There are also other training books: Another of the ways in which it manifests itself
the truth of Christ is in the MAGISTERIUM OF THE CHURCH, where through
Documents, Episcopal Conferences, etc. Our Pastors express themselves and we can
discover the will of God and our response to His plan of salvation,
especially in the SOCIAL DOCTRINE OF THE CHURCH. We can find in
those documents the analysis of social realities.

We can find other books that are interesting for our education, such as
example.....

Vatican II - Catechism of the Catholic Church -

From the Argentine Episcopal Conferences: Pastoral lines for the new
Evangelization
Sail Inland
From the Latin American Bishops' Conferences: Puebla Document
Document of El Salvador
Document of Aparecida
Apostolic Letters of the Popes: such as Deus Caritas Est, (God is Love)
of Benedict XVI
Or also training books such as: Living with Christ -
Or simply books from different parents: God's Caresses - Letters from the Desert - My
Broken Christ

There are books, like those of Father Mamerto Menapace, that with stories take us to a
reflection of growth.

Books by the founders of the MCC: Fundamental ideas - Structuring ideas

Returning to the sources - History of a charisma.
All literature, no matter how small, is important for our growth as children.
of God.

which books left a mark on me.

Other means of study: They are also collective means.

Among the Collective Media, we can mention this very course of Christianity where
We are getting to know the Christian truths.
The Bible Study Circles. The talks and the Religious Conferences.
The Training Schools of our Movement of Christian Cursillos.
The retreats or training seminars that take place in the different parishes.
These training schools that I mention are open and free.
Another Collective Medium of study and especially very important is the Liturgy of the
Word, in the Holy Mass.
Also, the simple dialogue on religious topics with our brothers is very
important as it helps us know our truth.

Testimony: Travels

Man needs Christian Study

To be men.
2. To be Christians.
3. To be Saints.
4. To be Apostles.
To be Men: Man is a rational Being who comes from God and goes toward God,
he is obligated to reach God and for that he has to perfect himself and in order to be able to
To perfect oneself, one must know oneself. One must learn to conjugate their
Intelligence and its Will to reach the freedom of the son of God.
To do this, you must shape your Intelligence through attention, reflection, and reading.
and meditation. And it has to perfect its Will through Exercise, the
Sacrifice (as an obligation) and Constancy.
Man is also a social being who lives exposed to the most diverse realities.
We must then understand our circumstances to find solutions to our
everyday problems.

2. To be Christians: As Christians we must know the criteria and teachings of

Christ. Thus we will have a LIVING Christianity that allows us to shape it in a Christian way.
all the moments that are presented to us in life.
A Christian Criterion in the workplace; frequent means of sanctification that help us
to discover in the world, the image of God and to fulfill His designs.
A Christian criterion of marriage; a means by which man cooperates with God in
the creation of the human race, and where through love, and through marriage, the two, the
man and woman become one body and one flesh.
A Christian Criterion in Joy; of that holy joy that we Christians enjoy and
which is nothing other than one of the gifts that the Holy Spirit gives us.

3. To be Saints: The study of religion is necessary to be Saints; and let us not think
that being saints is impossible for us. One can be holy living in the midst of
In this tumultuous and fast-paced world, one can be holy, living in this new
century; because being holy is not being an image in a temple, but rather holy is everyone
who lives the life of grace.
But holiness is a process, it is walking, it is going step by step persevering and enjoying
the things of the Lord, towards our sanctification!!!

4. To be Apostles: We also need study to be apostles.

Testimony: This same Course

What a wonderful experience, what a gift the Lord has for me, to have the privilege of being
Apostle of Christ.
But one cannot evangelize if one is not evangelized, and that is what the Study is for.
Cristiano!
It is necessary to study and understand the message we are going to convey. We all have to
to be apostles. The point is not to study for ourselves, but it is necessary
transmit the
message of love to others.

We must get used to looking at everything related to it from a Christian perspective.

work, to the Family, to the social and political structures in which we live, in order to
act like Christians and guide ourselves in the world towards God.
In addition, we need the Study so that our piety is: Conscious and at the same time
Growing and thus spreading it. The study facilitates the growth of Piety, as it increases
our Faith is essential for the spread of our pious life, for no one
speaks of what it does not know.

But always, guys, there are excuses and obstacles, let's see what they are:

Excuses:
We will always find excuses, because human beings are like that.
I'm not cut out for this: that's one of the most common excuses, damn!! If God gave us
intelligence as we are not going to serve. That is false humility, it's not a matter of knowing.
a lot, but rather to live what each one can know.
I don't have time: that is the excuse of the lazy, of those who usually
they scan the fig all day, but for what they like they always have time, even if it's at
12 at night.
Self-sufficiency: what are they going to teach me?... that is the excuse of the greatest ignoramus,
he who does not know, all that he ignores.
Indifference: "this does not interest me" is the excuse of those who go through life without
to deepen in nothing, nor to worry about anything, everything is the same. It is empty inside.

Testimony: I also made excuses

Obstacles:
There are also obstacles that hinder and sometimes even prevent us from studying the
things of God.
Materialism: which leads man to think exclusively about material goods,
oriented by a consumerist society that changes our scale of values. It makes us
to prefer a little money over the peace that knowing God gives us.
Pride: that makes us feel like the center of everything, the owner of all gifts.
from God. That we are perfect.
Cowardice: perhaps the worst of obstacles, fearing that study creates us.
conflicts in our Faith, we leave everything as it is and do not deepen our knowledge
of the life of Christ.
We don't realize that true faith has risks, but we have Christ to
support us.
Making study an end: this will lead us to increase knowledge, but it will make that
let us lose humility. It is the foundation to reach holiness, which God wants us to.
let's have.

Dear friends, to set aside all excuses and overcome all obstacles
possible, we must be humble in heart, be brave and not be afraid. Because
we have on our side the most important and strong pillar that exists, and it supports us
always. And that support is God.

We talk about knowing God and Jesus through Faith, and who better can guide us than
our mother the Virgin Mary. She knows the joy of having given birth to our
Lord Jesus Christ and the pain of having given up His son for the plan to be fulfilled
God. In the midst of these two moments, the care and upbringing of your son, Jesus.
God chose her and she said YES, that unconditional YES that can only be given by one person.
with faith. For us, it should be the example of perseverance in training and the
knowledge of the things of God. We must ask her for help in moments of
that our doubts appear and our strengths wane.

Conclusion:

We can summarize this Christian Study stuff with the last words of Jesus in the
Sermon on the Mount (Mt. 7:24-27) (BIBLE. #6)
Thus, everyone who hears the words I just said and puts them into practice can
compared to a wise man who built his house on rock. The rains fell, and
the torrents rushed, the winds blew and shook the house; but it did not
collapsed because it was built on rock. On the contrary, the one who hears my words
and does not practice them, can be compared to a foolish man who built his house on
arena. The rains fell, the torrents rushed down, the winds blew and
They shook the house: it collapsed, and its ruin was great.

Let us build our house upon the rock that is Christ, knowing Him and knowing ourselves.

Pope John Paul II, in the apostolic exhortation

CHRISTIFIDELES LAICI (The formation of the lay faithful) tells us about the
Aspects of training:
Within our lives, the aspects of our formation, the faithful, are situated.
laicos.
Without a doubt, spiritual formation must hold a privileged place in the life of each
one of us, we are called to grow uninterruptedly in intimacy with
Jesus, in conformity with the will of the Father, in the surrender to the brothers in the
charity and justice.
Today, our doctrinal training is becoming increasingly urgent, not only because of growth
own in the faith, but also by the demand to 'be a reason for hope', in the face of
world and its serious problems.
Specifically, it is absolutely indispensable and mandatory as Christians, a
deeper knowledge of the social doctrine of the Church, for our action
missionary and apostolic, and personal growth in human values.
As we mature as Christians, we will be inwardly guided and sustained by the Spirit.
Saint, as a Spirit of unity and fullness of life.

Finally, I would like to make it very clear that one can study a lot, even to the point of becoming
wise but we must be aware that:
Every saint is wise, but not every wise person is a saint.

The important thing is to know and love God; to see everything around us in the Light of Faith.
to know the Love of Christ, to love the Truth of Christ.

(If time allows: story "Dying in Nonsense")

End of the roll: "Thanksgiving prayer"

QUESTIONS:

Is study necessary to grow in FAITH? Why?

What obstacles do I encounter today to train myself? What can I do to

raffle it?

To die in foolishness
by Mamerto Menapace.
Once a man from Catamarca, who was wandering through the mountains, found among the
rocks of the peaks a strange egg. It was too large to be a chicken's.
It would have also been difficult for this animal to get there to deposit it. And
it was too small to be from an ostrich.
Not knowing what it was, he decided to take it with him. When he got home, he gave it to the
a patron, who just happened to have a hen incubating a clutch of freshly laid eggs.
placed. Seeing that they were more or less the same size as the others, he went and placed it
also to this one under the brooding hen.
It happened that by the time the turkeys started breaking the shells,
the chick that hatched from the egg brought from the peaks also did it. And although
it turned out to be a little animal or quite the same, it didn't stand out too much from the rest of the brood.
And yet it was a condor chick. Yes sir, a condor, as you hear.
Although he was born in the warmth of the brooding hen, life came to him from another source.
As there was no other way for it to learn, the little bug imitated what it saw being done. It chirped.
like the other little turkeys, and followed the big hen in search of little worms, seeds and
waste. He was digging the ground, and trying to pull out the ripe little fruits while hopping.
from the tweet. He lived in the henhouse, and he was afraid of the fluffy dogs that many times
They came to contest what the mistress threw into the backyard after meals.
At night, he would climb up the branches of the carob tree out of fear of the weasels and others.
vermin. He lived completely in nonsense, doing what he saw others doing.
Sometimes he felt a little strange. Especially when he had the opportunity to be alone.
But it was not common for them to leave him alone. The turkey cannot stand loneliness, nor can it bear that
others dedicate themselves to it. It is a creature that always walks in a flock, puffing out its chest to
impress, by opening the tail and dragging the wing. Anything that impresses them is
immediately answered with a loud mockery. A very typical thing of these birds,
that despite being large, they do not fly.
One midday with clear sky and white clouds up in the heights, our little animal remained
surprised to see some strange birds soaring majestically, almost without moving their wings.
Alas. He felt a jolt deep within his being. Something like an old calling.
that wanted to awaken him in the depths of his fibers. His eyes accustomed to looking
always on the ground in search of food, they could not discern what was happening in the
Heights. But his heart awakened to a powerful nostalgia. And him, why didn't he fly like that?
His heart raced, hurried and anxious.
But at that moment, a turkey approached him asking what he was doing. He
he laughed at him when he felt his confiding. He told him that he was a romantic, and to stop it.
nonsense. They were into something else. I had to be realistic and take her to a place
where I had found a lot of ripe little fruit and all kinds of worms.
Disoriented, the poor little animal let itself be taken out of its spell and followed its companion.
that returned him to foolishness. He resumed his normal life, always tormented by a
deep inner dissatisfaction that made him feel strange.
He never discovered his true identity as a condor. And upon reaching old age, one day he died. Yes,
unfortunately he died in foolishness as he had lived.
And to think that I was born for the peaks!