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february 2016

Catholic Charismatic Renewal serving the The newsletter of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal. Melbourne, Australia. www.ccr.org.au Mind, Body and Spirit

By Lenyce Willason

We met with people whose parents had been in Catholic Charismatic Renewal in the past but thought their parents were “over the top”. Once having received for God to enter their lives said they had not ever experienced that amount of peace before. It was a profound experience for us and strengthened the need to take an example of the leadership style of – go where the people are. We will participate again this coming November – and to this end Renewal Day in November will be moved from the 19 November to the 12 November so that more prayer teams can be available. This is an expensive exercise and you can help us by your and your donations. Late November 2015 CCR took part in the Mind Body The following testimony highlights the searching that Spirit Festival held at the Exhibition Centre in Melbourne. drives people to find the answers outside . The stand was shared with the Archbishop’s Office for For a number of years I spent a long time in spiralling Evangelisation. Our stand was very simple – the words deeper and deeper into a dark hole. Nothing seemed “What are you seeking?” on one wall and some pictures to satisfy my – I thought exploring the of Pope Francis with the poor and sick on another wall. adventure would help – it didn’t. Thinking that I would get CCR fielded teams to offer prayer to those who would answers and that it would stop the feelings of despair, like to be prayed with. We put together 1000 “give away” helplessness, loneliness, searching and guilt – all those show bags containing little books on prayer and who dark negative feelings. I allowed them to enter my CCR is, plus a pair of beads and a leaflet on how soul and mind and this was dangerous but it made me to pray the rosary. We gave away 957 bags. One young more anxious, more worried and sicker. What a waste man said that he did not want the bag when offered to of energy. What a terrible way to spend those years. him but was encouraged to have a look at the prayer for Appearing to be a normal person, who has a , friends, the healing of the emotions. He then said, “I will take the etc. but I was tormented. This New Age adventure made whole bag please”! me feel emptier. continued on page 8 What an amazing experience it was for all of us. Not quite knowing what to expect we were staggered to be met with greetings like, “glad to see you guys here”! Our estimation was that 90% of the visitors (from all over Australia) were self-confessed “retired” Catholics. Comments like “I used to be Catholic or I was an altar boy when younger” or the “ has no oomph!” became common place as we moved through the 3 days. Yet, only a few refused a prayer when offered.

ACROSS MY DESK PAGE 2 • I am a leader – What if I no longer hear from God? PAGE 3 • 'People are not changed by what you say but by what they hear' PAGES 4 - 5 What is the gift of ? PAGE 6 • Why one man fled ISIS PAGE 7 • 10 ways to grow your faith in 2016 PAGE 8 • OPERATION MERCY PAGE 9 SIGNS AND WONDERS PAGE 10 • A WORD... FROM MIRIAM PAGE 11 • MARK YOUR DIARIES... PAGE 12 ACROSS MY DESK

What a wonderful retreat we had this year with Jim For enquiries about Catholic Charismatic Renewal, Murphy. There was an extraordinary anointing on his its events or prayer groups visit the: teaching as he led us day by day through the differing CCR CENTRE facets of God’s mercy. He challenged us to look deeply 101 Holden Street into our hearts to look at how mercy was outworking North Fitzroy in our lives; is it just something we talk about or is VIC 3068 (Car park entry in Dean Street) it something that we live? Being merciful requires a Telephone: (03) 9486 6544 certain death to self; a dying to the “I’m entitled’ thinking so prevalent Fax: (03) 9486 6566 today and replacing that with a giving of love and forgiveness, the Email: [email protected] very necessary ingredients of healing for both victim and perpetrator. The Centre is open 10.00am - 4.00pm, Jim reminded us over and over that we first must experience this Monday - Friday, except Public Holidays. in our relationship with God – unless we have experienced God’s Good News forgiveness and mercy we do not have the wherewithal to offer it to Good News is published quarterly, on each someone else. It was like having water poured into dry and thirsty Renewal Day (see back page). (Ps: 63). Editor: Lenyce Willason So, you can imagine my surprise when a couple of days later I read Email: [email protected] that there are conservative Catholics that perceive Pope Francis to Assistant Editor: Andrea Baxter be a greater threat than Isis. Astonishing!! Editorial Assistant: Mary Crawford The most pernicious threat that Francis poses to so many in our Distribution: CCR Centre Team society and our church is linked to his obsession with mercy. Yes, Articles, news items and other contributions should mercy. It is a far more dangerous weapon than terrorist bombs writes be sent to the editor at the above address. Robert Wickens in the National Catholic Reporter (21 January 2016). Good News is published by Catholic Charismatic Mercy appears to be the most misunderstood concept and highlights Renewal (CCR) in the Archdiocese of Melbourne, our real lack of comprehension of exactly what redemption and Australia, by the Co-ordinators: Lenyce Willason is all about. To accurately grasp what Jesus did for us in (Executive Director), Miriam Markis (Centre Manager), Daniel Serratore (Youth Co-ordinator), dying on the cross is a moment of grace. In fact, it is the Gospel – St Tony Grieve, Diana Tominac, Ban Wee, Christine Paul tells us that this is the Gospel (Good News) that he proclaimed Grech and Gunawan Goh. – the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The Gospel for him Neither the Co-ordinators nor the Editor necessarily was not the books of the Bible as we know it today. endorse opinions expressed in articles in this If we are to answer the call of Jesus and be merciful, as God is publication, nor does CCR necessarily endorse events mentioned, other than those events listed merciful, then we must be people who are willing to adopt a forgiving on the back page. lifestyle. Apparently to many in our church this is a worse fate than meeting with Isis. Mercy and forgiveness are the exact opposite Good News is distributed free of charge to registered CCR groups in the Archdiocese of of retaliation, vindication or even retribution writes Wickens, and it Melbourne. seems that as a society, even a Christian society, we prefer to “get For individuals who would like a copy mailed, even” rather than get free. the annual subscription is $15.00 for four issues. Father forgive them for they know not what they do. All subscription enquiries should be addressed to Whilst Jim Murphy was in Melbourne we were able to finalise the The CCR Centre, 101 Holden Street, North Fitzroy, VIC 3068. Pilgrimage for this year. What an exciting journey this will be as we Ph: (03) 9486 6544 blend service with Jim at Neza in Mexico among the poor that live on Good News can be downloaded in Adobe Reader the rubbish dumps and the orphanage for abandoned children with format from the CCR website: www.ccr.org.au the spiritual purposes of a pilgrimage. We will also visit Guadalupe and the Pyramids of Teotihuacan before moving onto San Antonio Unless otherwise indicated, any article printed in Good News may be reproduced without change in Texas, St Louis in Missouri and then to Montreal and Quebec in and in its entirety (acknowledging the source) Canada. Along the way we will visit the that established for non-commercial and non-political purposes the Catholic faith in America and visit with some Renewal Prayer without prior permission from Catholic Charismatic Groups in each of the places we visit. The journey home contains Renewal Melbourne. an option of either coming immediately back to Melbourne or going Copyright © 2010 CCR Melbourne. All rights reserved. on to Molokai, the to the work of St Damien in the Hawaiian Islands. This is going to be an exciting trip and we hope to have the finalised costs and brochures out to you all within the next month. The deadline for the next issue of Good News is The planned dates (at date of writing) are: leave Australia on 26 26 April, 2016. September and return around 10 October 2016. Start saving – don’t miss the experience of a lifetime!

2 GOOD NEWS • WWW.CCR.ORG.AU Guided by the Spirit: I am a leader – What if I no longer hear from God?

By Charles Whitehead Every leader wants and needs to hear from of the King Himself. I do not believe the devil is greatly God if he or she is to fulfil God’s purposes, concerned about getting between us and work; his great to know exactly what he is asking of them. concern is to get between us and God.Many a Christian worker has buried his in the grave of his activity”. But we know there are times in the life of every Christian when heaven seems closed, when God Sobering words! We do well to remember that he must seems very far away, when the falls silent. increase and I must decrease and if this is to happen we We have only to read the lives of some of the greatest must protect the time we spend with him. Saints to find examples of this – it’s not an uncommon Daily Time with the Lord. experience. At such times we need the grace of faithful perseverance; we need to stand firm in our faith, believing From the moment I was baptized in the Holy Spirit in that bushes still catch fire and that God still speaks to 1976, I have found that without my morning “quiet time” those who are putting into practice the last thing they my day will often be a struggle. My habit is to start each heard him say to them. day with a time of praise, Bible reading, prayer (partly in tongues), careful listening for the prompting of the Holy A Spiritual Wilderness Spirit, and some intercession. I have learned that at those When a leader has this type of wilderness experience times when I no longer seem to be hearing the voice of it is particularly painful. Why? Because people have God, I need to go back to the last time I was aware he high expectations of their leaders. A leader must always was speaking to me and to think again about what he was lead, and this means knowing what God is asking of the saying then. Have I acted on what he was asking me to group, community or church in his or her charge. They do? Or did it seem too challenging, too difficult, so that are expected to hear the voice of God the Holy Spirit I put it to one side and then forgot about it? It’s always and lead the people accordingly. The burdens of such important when God speaks to me, I must never ignore it, high expectations have crushed many good leaders. So set it aside, or forget about it. He never wastes his time or how does a leader overcome this problem, particularly ours on unimportant things. Just as Jesus always listened when God is silent? I do not believe that such wilderness to the voice of his Father, so we have to listen to the voice experiences can always be avoided. of Jesus and to act upon what he says. After his baptism by John in the river Jordan, the Spirit took When we fail to do this we’ll often find we can no longer Jesus into the wilderness where he was tempted by the hear his voice. Jesus himself tells us in John 8:47: “He Devil for forty days. God will sometimes take his leaders who belongs to God hears what God says. The reason into the wilderness today too, bringing us face to face with you do not hear is that you do not belong to God”. These a part of our lives where we need to be challenged, healed, are strong words for a leader to hear, but the point I am sorted out and prepared for whatever is to come. Such a making is that in order to be able to say we belong to God, challenging experience often precedes a time of powerful we must stay close to him and spend daily time with him. ministry and anointed service. But this is not always the Our personal relationship with Jesus must remain strong. case – more often we bring a wilderness experience on “The sheep that belong to me listen to my voice” John 10:27. ourselves. How do we do this and how can we avoid it happening? “This is a problem for My Spiritual Life Usually we do it by neglecting our own personal spiritual life, all leaders – putting the work by spending too little time with the Lord in prayer, reading of the Lord before the Lord his Word, receiving his sacramental life. In other words, by being too busy doing his work to have the right amount of of the work.” time to dedicate to receiving his life. This is a problem for all leaders – putting the work of the Lord before the Lord An Examination of Conscience of the work. In other words being so busy working for him As leaders we may also be prevented from hearing God’s that we have no time left to spend with him. Our personal voice when there is sin in our lives, or perhaps a lack time with the Lord must always be our top priority – only of love and forgiveness. With this in mind I need to give then can we do his work effectively. Activity that does not some time to a real examination of conscience – have I come from being in his presence is usually a waste of time unwittingly become too worldly in my outlook, thinking too and effort. A minister named Duncan Campbell, who was much about success, popularity, status? at the heart of a great revival between 1949 and 1953 in Or do I need to sort out problems in my relationships, the islands north of Scotland, wrote this: ask forgiveness of a colleague, perhaps recognize that “These are days of much activity in the church and in I was wrong and someone else was right? Hebrews mission work, but we must remember that no amount of 5:14 reminds us that: “Solid food is for the mature, who activity in the service of our King will make up for neglect by constant use have trained continued on page 7

3 GOOD NEWS • WWW.CCR.ORG.AU Teaching & Formation 'People are not changed by what you say but by what they hear' “Your reference

point must By Christine Grech Our January 2016 annual retreat, led by Jim Murphy, in this Jubilee Year of Mercy, be God, examined where mercy and faithfulness meet. not the needs Jim firstly looked at the Genesis story where God is portrayed as “maybe one that can’t be trusted or not the good person he is supposed to be”, and where sin appears of humanity.” to be a quick fix for something with which we are struggling. Adam blamed Eve, Eve blamed the snake. Neither took responsibility for their actions. Jim reminded us that love and relationship is always a choice. We need to remain rooted in Christ and Catholic Charismatic Renewal needs to stay connected to Jesus. Jim Murphy led and taught us in an amazing week where we were gently challenged to commit ourselves to be merciful and not just do merciful things. We are to define our lives by whom we are in Christ Jesus and we must first experience His mercy before we share His mercy with others. The fruit of the Spirit is a package, they are the personality traits of God’s nature and we are to allow ourselves to be transformed into His nature. The presence of the Holy Spirit was tangible as we worshiped but also as Jim recalled many stories from his journey travelling across the United States carrying the cross of Christ. Many a tear was shed as he recalled the mercy of our God who healed and restored ordinary people who were either moved to embrace the cross he carried or for whom he was led to pray. One such story was about a man who had drowned as a young boy and had been resuscitated. His disability as a result of this accident was not evident at first but caused great concern as his behaviour became problematic for his family as he grew. He was eventually put to live out in the shed and not allowed to interact with his brothers and sisters. Greatly troubled this man now lived in a rundown house and looked dishevelled. His sister asked Jim, “the man with the cross”, to call in on her brother. Jim obliged and said a prayer with him leading him in a prayer of forgiveness Christine Grech but then had to leave that town. When he returned he wanted to catch up with this man and went to the house which to his surprise was now quite tidy. He asked a young man if he knew where the man who lived in this house was now. Jim was shocked when the young man revealed that it was he. He was unrecognisable as the original elderly man. God had restored and healed this man so that he was able to be in relationship with his community. This is the mercy of God in action. Jim explained that Mercy is a God thing. We need to be connected to the person of mercy to be merciful. He warned that there is no substitute for prayer.

4 GOOD NEWS • WWW.CCR.ORG.AU He encouraged us to say our prayers on the days we felt wisdom of God to help the person hear our message. we couldn’t pray. The prophetic word confirmed powerfully There was much wisdom shared under this topic of that we are to keep our eyes on Jesus and stay close to correction, including such things as; where to meet, what him. Jim reminded us again and again, “Your reference is the best time for them, when to be gentle and when to point must be God, not the needs of humanity.” be strong, where is my heart and my motivation, Lord do The Spiritual works of mercy include; instruct the ignorant, you want me to address this problem? What shall I say? counsel the doubtful (it is not to console), admonish “People are not changed by what you say, but changed sinners, bear wrongs patiently, forgive offenses willingly, by what they hear” said Jim. comfort the afflicted, pray for the living and dead. Jim taught that fasting breaks down our own will and Mercy is not just looking the other way but involves action pride and is good in these situations. Affirmation before and between the conviction of the Holy Spirit correction is important. Ask questions and be sure and the condemnation of the evil spirit. and specific about any correction offering evidence as required. After the conversation affirm them again and Conviction points out the truth with a thread of hope and tell them it was difficult for you too. is always for our good and healing. It moves us to cry to God for mercy. Ask them to recap the conversation so that they can repeat precisely what was said. The rest is in God’s Condemnation on the other hand rubs our face in our hands. We owe people the truth. Our only goal is that sin and failure and is without hope. The accuser of the they hear. brethren pushes us into self-pity and despair. Jim explained that someday someone will ask us, The corporal works of mercy include; feeding the hungry, “Where was God when...?” It is one of those themes drink for the thirsty, clothe the naked, harbour the that run through scripture. Our faith is not the absence of harbourless i.e. a place to live for those who have no doubt but it is hanging on when in doubt. The dark night place to live, visit the sick, ransom the captives, bury the of the soul that Mother Teresa endured and expressed dead. in her letters is an example. Jim proposed that maybe Reading to us the three parables of Jesus contained we are the rocks with crevices that others can hang onto in Matthew 25 (the parable of the ten bridesmaids, the when they are in doubt. We who have suffered are the parable of the talents and the judgement of the nations) wounded healers that again are the rocks that others Jim said that he came to the conclusion that no-one had hang onto in their suffering. done anything wrong. The problem was that they did not Paul prayed to God to remove the thorn from his side. do anything. They didn’t exercise responsibility. Matthew Three times he prayed till he received an answer from 7:21 reads ‘Not everyone who says to me, ’Lord, Lord,’ God. Maybe we quit too early. We need to persist in will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who prayer till we hear from God and need to be discerning. does the will of my Father in heaven.’ God will use suffering at times to bring about a greater good. Faith is a choice rather than an emotion. We have to hold on and choose to believe when things go wrong. Remind ourselves what we believe. “I believe there is a good and loving God. God loves me. I believe no matter what happens, God will get me through.” I believe that Jim was able to take us to places we would rather not go because the power of the Holy Spirit was so present throughout the week. His insights and practical advice indicated that he has walked this path before us. Jim visited forgiveness, guilt and the practical aspects So often he would declare how difficult it is to live out of mercy and faithfulness. He warned us against our these things we are called to do but it didn’t stop him from capacity to work out of judgement asking us to check calling us higher and deeper into the things of God. for the splinter in our own eye first before we deal with others. His advice on correcting our brothers and sisters, It was my great privilege to spend some time with Jim an act of mercy, included that it was easy to slip from and I found him to be such a warm, gentle and genuine pastoral care into gossip, so we should ask ourselves; soul. This man lives what he teaches and I’ve never met if talking about a third party, is it true? Do you know that another person to be so grateful for the little things in life. for sure? Is it necessary that I say this? Is it helpful or He has truly enriched my life just by his presence and I relevant? suspect that that was the lesson for me. If you have to talk about someone, imagine that the Christine Grech is a member of the Co-ordinating team of person is sitting in the room while you talk. We need the Catholic Charismatic Renewal, Melbourne.

5 GOOD NEWS • WWW.CCR.ORG.AU What is the gift of tongues? By ALICE HALL

For someone who is seeking more of the Holy Spirit in their lives, and more of the gifts of the Spirit, the gift of tongues is sometimes called the first of the gifts (even though, according to St. Paul in 1 Cor 14, it is less important than other gifts such as ) and can be considered as a 'gateway' to the other gifts and life in the Spirit. In my Alice Hall explains the charismatic gift of tongues and experience the personal and intellectual 'surrender' of our what the Catholic Church has to say about it. minds needed to allow God to speak through us in this way is something that teaches us to become docile to the “Whenever the Spirit intervenes, He leaves people Spirit and receptive to His gifts in general. astonished.” So said St. Pope John Paul II to those gathered in St. Peter's Square on 1998. There seems to be nothing more astonishing, or fascinating, to As with all the gifts of the Spirit, these graces (or charisms), people than the idea of speaking in 'tongues' – speaking a as St. taught, are for evangelisation language that we have never had to actually learn, be it a – the sharing of the faith. This is obvious in the case of language of this world or the language of “angels”, as St. speaking in tongues (as opposed to praying in tongues); Paul calls it (1 Cor 13:1). for example, one friend at university was enabled by the Holy Spirit to speak to a group of French students, even I once shared with a Muslim friend that I could speak in an though he knew no French. He was not only able to help 'unknown' language that God's Spirit speaks through me, them but also to share his faith with these young people. and he was totally thrown. I've also heard of a man who went to a synagogue and It is of course first and foremost a gift... not something we started praying along in tongues and heard later from his learn and pretty difficult to 'make up'! St. Paul says we neighbour in the service that he had been praying fluently are to earnestly desire the gifts of the Holy Spirit; alone in in Hebrew. your room, or in a prayer meeting, the gift of tongues is a gift you can easily ask God for and be ready to receive. The most obvious example of speaking in tongues was at Practically, to speak in tongues you need to be opening the very first Pentecost inActs 2:4-11, where the disciples you mouth (He can't speak through you with your mouth shared the gospel and all the people present heard “telling closed!) so pray for the gift and in faith pray aloud, or in our own tongues the mighty works of God!” praise God in some way and ask for the Lord to pray Whether to demonstrate God's existence through through you. Alternatively, ask a friend who has the gift to 'astonishing' the hearer, or simply by enabling a person to pray for you. When I first prayed for this gift as a teenager, be able to hear God's word in their own language, it is an I remember saying 'Hallelujah' a lot over and over again obvious gift for evangelisation. At times in public worship a in my bedroom, but it actually came naturally when I was person might 'prophesy' in tongues. On these occasions, praying over a friend of mine a few days later. the group should pray for an interpretation of what has Perhaps this is a reminder that, as it says in the Catechism been said in order that the group is able to hear God's of the Catholic Church (CCC paragraph 768), the gifts of word. The interpretation of tongues is another gift that the the Spirit are to help us fulfill our mission from Jesus to Spirit gives. build God’s Kingdom here on earth. What the Church says about it Praying in tongues The gift of tongues is one of the '' gifts of the For most Christians, the gift of tongues is primarily a Holy Spirit that St. Paul writes about to the Corinthians gift for prayer. When we pray in tongues, the Holy Spirit (see 1 Cor 12, 13 and 14), speaking of “the tongues of speaks directly to God through us, even if we ourselves men and of angels” (1 Cor 13:1). St. Paul says he wants us don't understand what we are saying. It can be used for “all to speak in tongues” (1 Cor 14:5), although he earlier private prayer or together with others who are also praying recognises that not all believers do so (1 Cor 13:30). in this way. During times of praise, for example, a group The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches that the may sing together in tongues, which is a beautiful way to gift of tongues is one of the special graces or “charisms” glorify God and often results in a communal sense of joy of the Holy Spirit: “Whatever their character - sometimes it and the presence of the Holy Spirit. is extraordinary, such as the gift of or of tongues I asked a friend how she would describe the gift of tongues - charisms are oriented toward sanctifying grace and are and she said 'it's your soul speaking directly to God' – in intended for the common good of the Church.” (CCC other words effortless prayer! Isn't that appealing? paragraph 2003) The Spirit speaks through us – sharing our heart with Showing his support for Catholic Charismatic Renewal, God's heart. The gift of tongues is not experienced as Pope Francis in May 2014 knelt down in front of nearly something that 'takes you over' – we are always in control 52,000 charismatic Catholics in Rome’s Olympic Stadium of its use - but the “one who speaks in a speaks not as they prayed for him in tongues. to men but to God” (1 Cor 14:2). Used with permission www.ccr.org.uk

6 GOOD NEWS • WWW.CCR.ORG.AU Why one man fled ISIS

Airlift to Austria A Catholic priest paid for them to be airlifted out among several hundred Christians taken to Austria by the United Nations. “We wouldn’t have got out without the Catholic Church,” he says. Austria has the highest number of asylum seekers per capita in Europe. Some 80,000 people are expected to seek asylum there this year alone. That follows 28,000 in 2014 and 17,000 in 2013. Asylum requests for Austria - a country with a population of just 8 million people - rose nearly 180% in the first five months of 2015. Like many countries, it is struggling to meet the needs. Last week, Amnesty International dubbed its asylum reception centre as George and his family. Photo by Clare Kendall “inhumane”.

Hazel Southam tells the story of George, a Catholic The Arab-speaking Catholic church that George attends who fled Syria after his five year-old son witnessed is packed on Sundays. The congregation has doubled an atrocity. since people started arriving in Vienna seeking asylum. The church organises German lessons, helps people “I knew I had to find a way to leave Aleppo,” says find lawyers and doctors and runs children’s and youth George, a printer, and a Catholic, “when my five-year- groups “to let the children just be children”. Parish old son saw an ISIS fighter kill a man in the street and priest Father Michel Harb says: “I was born in a war eat him.” in Lebanon. I know how hard it is. That’s why I have to George is among three million people to flee Syria’s offer as much help as possible.” The Bible Society of brutal civil war. He now lives in Vienna, where he has Austria supplies the church with Bibles. More than 120 been granted asylum and attends the Catholic Arab- have been donated so far this year. Dr Jutta Henner, speaking church. “Our house was on the front line in director of the Bible Society of Austria says: “In the Aleppo,” he says. “Bombs fell every day. There was Bible they find stories of people who, like them, found constant shooting and snipers were a real risk. “Often themselves far away from home, facing an uncertain we didn’t have electricity or water. My children ate future, not being made welcome, being persecuted and mouldy bread that they found on the street. “We lived afraid. ‘They can cry to God as they read and I hope in fear all the time. We didn’t know if we would live that they will find that there is always hope in Jesus through each day. If we went out, we didn’t know if we Christ.” would come back. At night we didn’t know if we would Back in his flat on the other side of town, George says: be alive in the morning. “But we only left Aleppo when “God’s hand was on us. He brought us to safety.” But this happened, at the bitter end.” his eyes are hollow, sunken and grey. His home and During a 25-minute official cessation in fighting, George business in Aleppo have been destroyed. He has piled his family into the car, picked up a plastic bag little prospect of work in Austria, and lives on meagre that contained their documents and fled. By the time benefits. ‘The children will be at peace here, but we are they reached a safe house, six hours later, the car was lost,” he says. “We are not where we belong.” riddled with bullets. They were passed from Christian to Used with permission www.ccr.org.uk Christian and smuggled out of Syria into neighbouring Lebanon. “By then I only had $25 left,” says George. continued from page 3 themselves to distinguish good from evil.” There may of course be unconfessed sin in my life, and this may be preventing me hearing the voice of the Lord. We must always be aware of those three recognized areas of sin which often face leaders: money, sex, power. There’s only one solution for unconfessed sin – acknowledge and confess it without delay, knowing that the Lord will always forgive and restore us. When we do this, another blockage to hearing the Lord’s voice is removed. There may be other personal reasons why we as leaders are no longer hearing from God, but in my personal experience the most common one is that I am not giving enough of my time to just being with the Lord in prayer. The busier we are, the more we must protect our quiet time with the Lord. Yes, we must of course deal with any sin in our lives, maintain good relationships with others, and make sure we are not becoming personally ambitious, but above all we must spend quality time with the Lord every day if we are to hear his voice. He is always there for us – are we always there for him?

Used with permission. ICCRS Newsletter January – February 2016.

7 GOOD NEWS • WWW.CCR.ORG.AU 10 ways to grow your faith in 2016 By Andy Drozdziak

7. Embrace the Other It is easy to associate with people who are just like us. Jesus spent time with society’s rejects and revealed their dignity as God’s children. What is my attitude towards refugees, AIDS victims, sex offenders? How would Jesus treat them? At the start of a new year, Andy Drozdziak looks at 10 8. Take A Risk! steps we can take to grow in our faith over the next 12 We are all called to use the gifts of the Spirit to build months. God’s kingdom, and doing so means taking risks and making leaps of faith. My son Ben once woke up doubled 1. Carpe diem! up in pain, with a terribly sore stomach. My wife and I This ancient saying, meaning “seize the day”, echoes remembered Jesus’ words: “Lay your hands on sick people Jesus’ call to live “life to the full” (John 10:10). When rugby- and they will get well” (Mark 16:18). We prayed for healing, mad teenager Stefanie Reid had her right foot amputated refused the illness and Ben was immediately healed. We after a boating accident, she was devastated that she could need to take risks. no longer play rugby. Yet she felt God’s call to seize the day. With a prosthetic leg, Stefanie became an athlete and 9. Joy to the World won a silver medal at the 2012 London Paralympics. “God Pope Francis challenges us not to look like undertakers, is not limited by physical disabilities or social stigmas,” she but to be joyful. As a child, I was inspired by Christians said. bursting with joy. I discovered that these people had suffered through depression and financial ruin. However, 2. Pray they had encountered God’s love, which gave them joy. Sometimes prayer can be a struggle. “Pray like you can, What is stopping you from experiencing such joy? not like you can’t”, a wise priest once said. I was once struggling to believe God’s personal love. I spent a year 10. Worship applying God’s words to Jesus at his baptism to myself: We experience the depths of God’s love in worship. “You are my son, whom I love; with you, I am well pleased.” Worship leader Rónán Johnston says: “Worship does (Mark 1:11) This completely transformed me. Find YOUR transform us… how God loves us! And worship is the way of praying - and stick to it. place where we finally get to experience it.” Go deeper in 2016! 3. Forgiveness With Paris, Syria and the refugee crisis, Pope Francis’ Used with permission www.ccr.org.uk announcement of a Jubilee Year of Mercy is well timed. Jesus said we should be merciful like our Father. The continued from page 1 Railway Man is an autobiographical book that tells the story of World War II prisoner of war Eric Lomax, who worked It is like a hook and the horrible thing is you keep being on the Thai-Burma Railway and was tortured. After severe reeled in. I was still going to church but was terribly torn. I psychological distress, Lomax found his torturer Takashi attended a Charismatic Mass and found myself having to Nagase. “I assure you of my total forgiveness,” he told leave half way through as I couldn’t stop crying. I waited Nagase. “Sometime the hating has to stop.” a few weeks and then went back to the Charismatic Mass. I waited. It took a few attempts for me to really 4. Sabbath open up – more tears flowed but this time I was able to Many mark the Sabbath on Sundays in creative ways. stay and my soul started to feel lighter. I then took steps One couple turn off their devices to reconnect with each to speak to a Priest and also contacted a person from other and God. Ron Rolheiser suggests that answering the Healing Ministry in the Charismatic Prayer Group the question “what puts me in touch with God?” will show who helped me to encounter Jesus who healed my soul us how to best mark the Sabbath. and took a lot of the negative stuff away. She helped me 5. Community understand (over time) that the Lord is there for me and While watching The Gift DVD series, I was inspired and we find peace, harmony and love as long as we trust. challenged by others’ reflections. We are called to grow To completely trust is not easy and this process didn’t in faith together. Joining or starting a new prayer group, happen overnight. I have found even when things aren’t or running courses such as The Gift are effective ways of going well – and circumstances do happen to all of us - sharing life in Christ. but with trust in the Lord it will be okay – it’s not done in our time (which can be hard – the waiting time is always 6. Get involved! hard) but He knows best. I continue to pray especially During the recent floods in Cumbria, which have caused as we all have our challenges. Praying the rosary in my misery and homelessness, Carlisle Utd FC football players times of sheer desperation helps me. I know without the helped empty houses and dump furniture, showing Lord in my life that I would have remained in a helpless compassion in real, practical ways. Ask God where He state. I am happy to have made the choice from darkness wants you to be “the light of the world”- and then do it. into light and peace. Sharlene.

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“More Love, More Power, More of You (God) Offer it up! in my life” is a well renowned song that is often By LENYCE WILLASON sung by Charismatics with great gusto. Yes, MORE, MORE AND MUCH MORE is what God Recently it took me just over 2 hours, on a hot humid wants to give us. So what’s stopping us from evening, to travel 5 kms! All that could be seen in front receiving the “MORE” that God has prepared for us? Is of me were the brake lights of cars and trucks as every lethargy assailing you? Or could it be indifference? Or even few minutes I crept another inch forward. Tapping the something else that’s paralysing you such as fear, distrust steering wheel with impatience I found myself pondering or complacency. Then there’s that dreaded ‘comfort zone’. what a person is meant to do about such unpleasantries: We can all fall into that trap. Or perhaps it might just be a being stuck in such traffic comes close behind a visit to simple thing like “I’ve heard it all before?” But have you? the dentist in my book. NO. NO. NO. Guess what? There’s always MORE to what While sitting there, not moving, grumbling away at the God wants you to receive. There’s heaps MORE! hot car I heard a “blast from the past”! ‘OFFER IT UP’ If we fall under one of the above categories well then we’re said Sr Dolores as we said the Morning Offering before simply limiting GOD. Yes, that’s right, we’re limiting GOD school commenced. ‘OFFER IT UP” said my mother and what he wants to achieve with our help. Let’s say God whenever we griped about some sacrifice in our young has a plan for your life. Well, that plan can’t be realised lives. It seems as if it was in fashion back then to “offer it without a little help from you. God is not a Puppeteer and up”. Not so anymore. It seems as if we have lost sight of we’re not Puppets simply dancing to His tune and God this simple message and yet there is grace and power in does not want to simply push us around like pieces on a this traditional Catholic practice. Chessboard. God does not want us to do anything against Lent is a fitting time to recall this practice. The truth is our free will. So when St Paul says in Eph 3:20 “ Now to that when we offer up our setbacks, difficulties and him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask dissatisfactions in union with Jesus, we share with him in or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us” his work of redemption. then it is God working through us because we have allowed One of the mysteries of the Christian life is that nothing is Him to enter into our hearts and our lives. To the degree that wasted. Whatever we call our least favourite things, like we allow God to enter in is the degree to which he will work sitting in a long line of traffic when you are really eager to in and through us. get home, can become a channel of grace as we offer it Have you stopped to think what might be stopping you from up in union with the cross of Jesus. Everything can be knowing and experiencing to a much greater degree the offered to God, and when it is it will help us to draw closer almighty power and hand of God on your life? Could it be to Jesus and release more of his healing love into our fear? Do you let it control you? 1 John 4:18 says “There is lives. Sometimes, as I discovered, it is the only sensible no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because thing to do. As I began to offer up my impatience for the fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not lost souls in the world I found myself praising God for the made perfect in love.” Could it be that you don’t trust God blockage the traffic was causing. This in turn released enough with your life’s problems? Proverbs 3:5 says “Trust a sense of peace within me and I found myself actually in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own thanking God for the predicament because it meant that I understanding;” Then again, you might just think that God is had more time in that day to draw near to him. only interested in other peoples’ lives but not in yours so you Perhaps we could try during this season of Lent to get back become complacent forget to consult the Lord in all things, into the habit we learned as children. Perhaps also we can but 3:15-17 says “'I know your deeds, that you teach it to our children. OFFER IT UP! Unite yourself to are neither cold nor hot; I wish that you were cold or hot 'So Jesus in sorrow or in joy and offer it up! It really does make because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will a difference. spit you out of My mouth. 'Because you say, "I am rich, and have become wealthy, and have need of nothing," and you do not know that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked.” So how do you receive More Love, More Power, More of God in your life? We must surrender to God and abide in Him. Then be prepared to give away or share what we have received as gift so as to remain in the anointing of God e.g. remember Elijah’s encounter with the widow at Zarephath. She obeyed the ’s request and her jar never ran dry and her meal was not spent. Be partakers of the refreshing wellspring of the Holy Spirit for it never runs dry. Then watch and see how God will work in your life. You will receive More Love, More Power, More of God in your life.

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Renewal Days 21 May 2016: Special guest Aneel Aranha from Dubai. An opportunity for Other 2016 dates: 20 August and 12 November. fellowship with others Our Lady Help of Christians Hall, 49 Nicholson St, East Brunswick. NO PARKING IN SCHOOL and growth through GROUNDS. Public Transport: train to Parliament Station,tram no.96 along Nicholson St to stop no.22. teachings.

Ladies Days Come along for a day of surprises. Coffee and welcome 9.30am Thursday 7 April 2016 with a 3pm finish. CCR Centre, 101 Holden Street, Fitzroy North.

Easter Dining This is our annual fundraising for the ICCRS Office in Rome. & Dancing Venue: L’Unica Receptions, 476 Brunswick Road, West Brunswick. Sunday 17 April 2016 3 course meal, soft drink and dancing from 12.30 - 5pm. Tickets $60. Kids 3 course menu available for $35. Tickets now on sale from the CCR Centre on 9486 6544.

National “Signs and Wonders” conference See Registration details on page 10. 1 – 3 July 2016

Can’t make it to a Healing Prayer Centre during the week? Then you are welcome to come to the Open House Healing Ministry Days 2016: Saturday’s 5 March, 4 June, 3 September, 3 December. 9.30am - 2.30pm at the CCR Centre.

Charismatic MASSES TIME VENUE Third Sunday 12 Noon St Benedict’s, Burwood HEALING MASSES TIME VENUE Each Sunday 7.00pm Holy Family, Doveton (Ministry after) First Saturday 2.30pm – 5pm Adoration followed St Peter’s, 38 Guinane Ave, by Healing Mass Hoppers Crossing First Sunday 2.30pm St Peter Chanel, Deer Park 3.30pm Praise & Worship, 4.00pm Mass St Christopher’s Parish, 5 Doon Ave, Glen Waverley 5.00pm St Benedicts, Burwood. Prayer Ministry after Mass, Praise Rally at 7.00pm 5.30pm Praise, Worship, Adoration St Marks, Fawkner 6pm Mass, followed by Prayer Ministry First Monday 7.00pm Praise, 7.30pm Mass St Joseph’s, Springvale Phone 9547 9557 First Friday 8.00pm St Patrick’s Parish, Rovira House, 5 Dalny Road Murrumbeena 8.15pm St Peter’s Clayton Third Wednesday 7.30pm St Mary’s, Castlemaine Third Thursday 7.30pm Our Lady Help of Christians, Henry St, Eltham Third Sunday 5.30pm St Francis Xavier, Frankston 5.30pm Praise, 6.00pm Mass Good Samaritan Chapel, 1-29 Southern Cross Drive, Roxburgh Park Fourth Tuesday 10.00am St Joseph’s, Chelsea First Friday 10.00am For Priests St Anthony’s, Noble Park St Peter’s, East Bentleigh. Mondays 16 May & 28 November St Joan of Arc, Brighton. Thursdays 8pm - 3 March & 7 April 2016. Praise & Worship, Ministry after Mass.

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