Did you know that:

• The Bible is God’s love letter to us…

• The word Liturgy comes from the Latin words

        LEITON + ERGON   [Laity + work]

           = work of the people of God

• According to St. John Bosco [Founder of the Salesian Congregation]

“God’s greatest gift to a family is to have a Son-Priest.”

• Characteristics of a Mature Faith:
  
  
  • Personal
• Reasonable
• Committed
• Living and Dynamic
• Sharing with others [apostolic or missionary]
  
  
• The gospel stories passed through three stages of gospel tradition [= ‘handing on’ process]:
  

• [1] In the life of Jesus
• [2] In the life of the Church
• [3] In the life of the Gospel
  
  
• Jesus’ Coming:

• In History [Luke 1 & 2]
• In Mystery [Mat 25:34-46; Rev 3:20]
• In Majesty [Mat 26:64]
  
  
• In the Course of Jesus’ Ministry, He did the following (see Matthew 4:23; 9:35):

• Preaching – to call non-believers to faith [Kerygma]
• Teaching – to deepen the faith of those who already believed [Didache]
• Healing – to prove His power over evil

• Do you know that… “TO KNOW”  in the biblical sense is not a result or end–product of an intellectual process but rather a result of an experience, personal contact? (When knowledge matures, it is love.)
• Abraham – Our Father in the Faith (see Rom 4:16)
• John the Baptist – Last prophet of the Old Testament
• St. Mark –the first to write a ‘gospel’

Bible -from Greek Biblos which means 'book' .. THE BOOK

Original languages of the Bible:

• Hebrew
• Aramaic
• Greek

The Bible should read in four context :

• Literary
• Historical
• Social
• Cultural

If challenged to write the whole story of the Bible behind a stamp, what would you write?

• God has a plan for us
• Man destroyed that plan through sin
• God promised salvation
• The Bible tells the story of how God fulfilled His promise

… Do you know how many books there are in The Bible?

Answer to Trivia:
72 + 1

...The shortest Psalm

Answer to Trivia:
Ps 117

… The longest Psalm

Answer to Trivia:
Ps 119

… Center Verse

Answer to Trivia:
Ps 118.8 "It is better to take refuge in the Lord after Ps 119

There are 594 Chapters before Ps 118.8 and there are exactly 594 Chapters after Ps 119. When added, 594 + 594 = 118.8. Is this a coincidence or act of the Holy Spirit?