SR. MARY VIANNEY RAMIREZ, SPC CEAP NATIONAL CONVENTION 2012 Building a Culture of Peace Shaping the...

SR. MARY VIANNEY RAMIREZ, SPC

CEAP NATIONAL CONVENTION 2012

Building a Culture of Peace

Shaping the Vision,

Living the Dream.

Let There Be Peace On Earth.ppt

CEAP NATIONAL CONVENTION 2012 – September 22, 2011

Cultivating Inner Peace

Integrating Peace Education in the Curriculum

Gender, Justice and Peace

Peace through Music

Interfaith Process in the Service of Interfaith Dialogue

Challenging Bullying and Discrimination

Peacemaking through Sports

Creating Safe Spaces for Children


INNER PEACE

CURRICULUM

SAFE SPA

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GENDER SENSITIVITY

CHALLENGE BULLYING

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MUSIC AND ARTS

INTERFAITH DIALO

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SPORT

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CULTU

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Academic

Excellence

Development

of the Whole Person

Community Extension Program / research

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

CHRISTIAN


Integrated View

of the Human Person

Grounded in the

Person of Jesus Christ

Christian Life Intimately Woven in School CommunityFaith,

Integrating Factor

in various academic fieldDistinctive Worship, Creed, Morals

CATHOLIC CHRISTIAN


Systematic Understanding of the Link and Life/ Participating in the

Living Tradition of the Church

CATHOLIC EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION

OF THE PHILIPPINES

School’s History,

Spirituality

Culture, Vision, Mission

P

GOAL:

Primacy of Final Union with GOD

Mission:

Proclamation of Good News

Vision:

Kingdom


Christian Education

Catholic Christian Education

CEAP

PVMG

Living Tradition

of the Church

Forms, Informs,Transforms

Grounded in the

Person of Jesus ChristEucharistic Centered

Spirituality

Culture



OPENING PRAYER

Lord Jesus, open my heart to the gift of your Holy Spirit.Help me to surrender myself fully to His direction.Holy Spirit,fill me with your gift of peace.



OPENING PRAYER

Holy Spirit, enlighten me with your inspiration.Holy Spirit, inflame my heart with love.Reveal Jesus to me and enable me to understand and to be convinced that He is my Peace, as He Himself promised.Let my heart listen to the words of Jesus.

“Peace is my farewell to you, my peace is my gift to you,

I do not give it as the world gives peace.

Do not be distressed or fearful.”(John 14:27)

Peace in Sacred History

Peace, a Desire for God

Inner Peace, Life with God

Ways of Growing in Inner Peace

Fruits of Living Inner Peace



GOD

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HIMSELF

PEACE AND WELL-BEING

“God is wise in heart and mighty in

strength; who has withstood him and remained

unscathed:” (JOB 9:4)

1. PEACE IN SACRED HISTORY

PEACE, PERFECT HAPPINESS


PEACE AND HAPPINESS

PEACE AND WELL-BEING

PEACE AND SALVATION

PEACE AND JUSTICE



PEACE AND JUSTICE

“No Peace for the Wicked” (Isaiah 48:22)“behold the just man:

there is posterity for the man peace” (Psalm 37:11)


The God of Peace

“YAHWEH SHALOM” (Judges 6:4)

“God can indeed create peace” (Isaiah 45:7)


PEACE, GIFT OF GOD

The God of Peace


“Yahweh is great wishing peace for his servant” (Psalm 35:27)



The God of Peace

“Yahweh is great wishing peace for his servant”

(Ps 35:27)


PEACE, GIFT OF GOD

The God of Peace





The God of Peace

“Pray for peace of Jerusalem. May those who love you

be in security ” (Isaiah 45:7)


PEACE, GIFT OF GOD

The God of Peace





Give Peace, O Lord

The struggle for Peace


PEACE, GIFT OF GOD


The God of Peace


PEACE, GIFT OF GOD





PEACE, GIFT OF GOD


The prophetic combat “They would repair on the surface the injury to my people in saying:

“Peace! Peace! And yet there is no peace” (Jeremiah 6:14).


The God of Peace


PEACE, GIFT OF GOD





PEACE, GIFT OF GOD


Eschatological peace Isaiah dreams of the “prince of peace” (Isaiah 9:5)

“peace without end” (Isaiah 9:6)

“it is he who will be peace” (Micah 5:4)


The God of Peace


PEACE, GIFT OF GOD





PEACE, GIFT OF GOD


Wisdom reflection takes up the question of true peace.

“The souls of the just are in the hand of God. . . . in the view of the foolish they seem dead. . .

but they are in peace” (Wisdom 3:1 ff. )


The God of Peace


PEACE, GIFT OF GOD





The PEACE OF CHRIST

Luke, the Evangelist

“Blessed is he who comes as king in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory in the

highest!” Coming within sight of the city of Jerusalem, Jesus wept over it and said: “If only you had known the path of peace this day; but you have

completely lost it from view! . . .” (LK 19:38)


The God of Peace


PEACE, GIFT OF GOD





The PEACE OF CHRIST

Paul

“. . . the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness,

generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control”

(Galatians 5:22-23).


The God of Peace


PEACE, GIFT OF GOD





The PEACE OF CHRIST

John

“peace is the fruit of the sacrifice of Jesus” (John 16:33)


The God of Peace


PEACE, GIFT OF GOD





The PEACE OF CHRIST

Vision of Blessed Peace

“Blessed are the peacemakers!” (Matthew 5:9)


The God of Peace


PEACE, GIFT OF GOD





The PEACE OF CHRIST

Guiding principles in the pursuit of peace

Only the universal acknowledgment of the Lordship of Christ by the entire universe at the last coming will establish definitive and universal peace.


The God of Peace


PEACE, GIFT OF GOD





The PEACE OF CHRIST


Only the Church, which transcends distinction of race, class, and sex is the focus, the sign, and the source on earth of peace among peoples; for she is the body of Christ and the giver of the Spirit.


The God of Peace


PEACE, GIFT OF GOD





The PEACE OF CHRIST


Only justice before God and among men and women is the foundation of peace; for it is justice which eliminates sin, the source of all division.

“What God proclaims is peace to His people. . .

Truth shall spring from the earth, and justice shall

look down from heaven.Yahweh Himself will give His benefits,

and our land shall yield its increase.Justice shall walk before Him

and peace along the path of His steps”

(Psalm 85:9-14)

2. PEACE, A DESIRE FOR GOD

We desire peace from the depths of our hearts.”

“For our hearts are restless until it rests in God”

(St. Augustine)

“Like the deer that years for running streams,

so my soul is yearning for you, my God.”

(Psalm 42:1)

THE ENCOUNTER“How shall I encounter God?”

“Through desire,” answered the master.One day they were both swimming in a river.

The master pushed the youth’s head under water, and the poor fellow desperately struggled

to break free and to breathe.

THE ENCOUNTER(con’t..)

The next day the master asked his disciple:“Why did you struggle so hard

when I held your head under water?”“Because I needed air.”

“Good – when you feel the need for God the way you felt the lack of air under water –

at that point, you will know that you have encountered God.

“,,,glue my eyes upon you. Call loudly and clearly, and I will follow. For in your voice, O Divine Beloved, is the grace to be free.” – Edward Hays

“Every moment in God is the moment to begin again. Isn’t that freeing and liberating!”

“In the morning light, O God, may I glimpse again your image deep within me, the threads of glory woven into the fabric of every man and woman. Again, may I catch sight of the mystery of the human soul fashioned in your likeness, deeper than knowing.”

YOUR LOVELet Your love play upon my voice

and rest on my silence.Let it pass through my heart into all my

movements.Let Your love, like stars,

shine in the darkness of my sleep and dawn in my awakening.

Let it burn in the flame of my desires and flow in all currents of my own love.

Let me carry Your love in my life as a harp does its music,

and give it back to You at last with my life. [Rabindranath Tagore]

GOD’S DESIRE FOR ME IS INFINITELY

GREATER THAN MY DESIRE FOR HIM.

INNER PEACE, LIFE IN UNION WITH GOD

3. INNER PEACE, LIFE INUNION WITH GOD

“In the beginning was the WORD, and the WORD was GOD. He was in the beginning with God. All things came to be through him, . . . what came to be through was life . “ (John 1:1-4).

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THE FIRST PRINCIPLE AND FOUNDATION

The goal of life is to live with God forever.

God, who loves us, gave us life.

Our own response to love allows God’s life to flow in us.


All the things in this world are gifts of God, presented to us so that we can know God more easily and make a return of love more

readily.


As a result, we appreciate and use all these gifts of God

insofar as we develop as loving persons, but if any of these gifts become the

center of our lives, they displease God and so hinder our

goal toward our growth.


In everyday life, then, we must hold ourselves in balance

before all of these created gifts insofar as we have a choice and are not bound by some

obligation.


We should not fix our desires on health or sickness,

wealth or poverty, success or failure, a long life or a short one. For everything has the potential of calling forth in us

a deeper response to our life in God.


Our only desire and our one choice should be this:

I want and I choose what better leads

to God’s deepening his life in me.


“In the beginning was the WORD, and the WORD was GOD. He was in the beginning with God. All things came to be through him, . . . what came to be through was life . “ (John 1:1-4).


WAYS OF GROWING IN INNER PEACE

Jesus said: “I am the true vine and my Father is the vine grower. He takes away every branch in me that does not bear fruit, and everyone that does he prunes so that it bears more fruit. You are already pruned because of the word I spoke to you, Remain in me, as I remain in you, Just as a branch cannot bear fruit on its own unless it remains on the vine, so neither can you unless you remain in me” (John 15:1-4).

Take Lord, and receive , my liberty,Take all my will, my mind, my memory, All things I hold and all I own are Thine Thine was the gift to thee, I all resign Do Thou direct and govern all and swayDo what thou wilt, commandand I obey, Only thy grace, thy love on me bestowThese ,make me rich, all else will I forgo,



(Margaret Silf, Inner Compass)



I place myself into your hands, Lord.

Take me and receive me.Take me for I am yours.Receive me,

for I give myself freely to you.



I place my liberty into your hands.It sets me free to love and to serve. It gives me the great gifts of choice and self-determination.



But it tempts me into choosing the lesser good, the lesser gods. It leaves me free to choose for myself, instead of for love.



It beguiles me into believing only in myself. It allows me to choose to do harm, to destroy, and to die.Take, receive my liberty under your leadership. It is made over to the Lord.



I place my power to feel into your hands.My feelings draw me into the depth and joy of love. They invite my life stream to pour into yours.



They open my arms and my heart and unlock my griefs and my longings. They also suck me down the spirals of bitterness and despair and hold me captive to my passing moods.



They are a candle warm with love light, or the destructive sweep of a forest fire.



Take and receive my feelings under your leadership.

They are made over to the Lord.



I place my entire will into your hands.Once, when time began, it was in

harmony with yours. But sin fragmented your creation, and every creature took hold of its own little world and ruled according to its own narrow will.



I want it to be otherwise, but my wanting achieves nothing because my will remains stubbornly my own.

Take, receive my entire will under your leadership.

It is made over to the Lord.



Give me only your love and your grace, for that is all I need.Then, I, too shall be made over to the Lord.



Prayer fastens the soul to God (Julian of Norwich)

Prayer is opening our minds and hearts to God

(Fr. Thomas Green).



Prayer is a gift of grace.It is God “who is able to accomplish far more than all we can ask or imagine” (Ephesians 3:20).



a sacred time and space intentionconscious choice temples of the sacred



AWARENESS

Being alert, mindful

Example of JesusBeing attentive



LISTENING TO THE SPIRIT’S STIRRINGS

Praying our Life



Praying our LifeIf we don’t meet God in the everyday, we won’t meet God at all.



The Way of the Sacraments

The Way of the Examen

Eucharist ReconciliationBaptism Confirmation



Living the present moment

Being in tune to the rhythms of every day

Give my best to the work at hand



Live in the presence of the Lord.

Just BE (ing) in silence and solitude

A BENEDICTION AT THE END OF A SESSION

O God of kindness and compassion, I have come to the conclusion

of this session.May the graced fruitfulness

radiate from within me to all whom I encounter and serve.

Edward HaysPrayers for a PlanetaryPilgrim


(CON’T)

I throw wide open the windows of my heart

so that the peace of your presence may pour out in all four directions,

showering its blessing upon all the earth.



(CON’T)May this benediction heal the wounds of war, bind up the bitterness of painful divisions and mend broken hearts and failed friendships.



(CON’T)May this benedictionheal the wounds of war, bind up the bitterness of painful divisions and mend broken hearts and failed friendships.



(CON’T)As the blessing of your presence encircles the earth, may it awaken in all people a great desire to serve one another in humble and loving ways.



(CON’T)

May it call proud hearts to gentleness and awaken the child in those who seek to hold power over others.



(CON’T)Inflame those hearts that have grown cold; reawaken within the weary of soul your spirits of youthfulness and joy. Stir up your breath of freshness and enthusiasm that slumbers in tired hearts.



(CON’T)May this blessing flow forth from my heart, in your holy and infinite Name, in the redeeming name of your Son and in the living presence of the Holy Spirit. Amen+


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