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SAME WAVELENGTH , THE LIVING SACRAMENT Unless otherwise noted, Scripture passages have been taken from the Revised (Pg. 10) Standard Version, Catholic edition. Copyright ©1946, 1952, 1971 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA. Used by permission. All rights reserved. PARALLEL UNIVERSE Quotes are taken from the English translation of the Catechism of the Catholic GRACE Church for the United States of America (indicated as CCC), 2nd ed. Copyright ©1997 by United States Catholic Conference – Libreria Editrice Vaticana. (Pg. 30)

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2 OTHERWORLDLY 3 ABOUT THIS SERIES INTRODUCTORY MATERIAL Each Life Night begins with a Goal, Key Concepts, Key ABOUT THIS SERIES Terms, and Scripture and Catechism references. These Jesus wants to start something new every time you sections work together to provide an overview of the walk through the doors of the church for Mass, but the content and themes of the Life Night. disposition with which you respond is up to you. This series, Otherworldly, is about encountering Jesus in the Mass and ABOUT THIS LIFE NIGHT being transformed, but it is also about how we approach About This Life Night briefl y describes the Gather, Proclaim, the Mass and what we do after Mass has concluded. It Break, and Send. It provides a step-by-step framework for will challenge teens to let go of whatever preconceived the Life Night. notions or expectations they have of the Mass so they can look at it in a new light. ENVIRONMENT The Environment section off ers ideas on how to create a STRUCTURE AND METHOD meeting space that supports the content and main themes Otherworldly is a four-part series and is best implemented of the Life Night. Not only can the environment be part when the Life Nights are executed in order. If this is the of the evangelization and catechetical process, but the fi rst programming of your semester, implement a Social or eff ort and creativity put into it can also make the teens Kick-Off Life Night before beginning. feel valued and welcomed.

The Life Nights in this series fl ow easily from one to the MEDIA SUGGESTIONS next. However, if you would like to take a certain topic Media Suggestions provide music and video clip further, you can either schedule an additional mid-week suggestions that creatively support the content and main Life Night or add a Life Night to the series itself. themes of the Life Night. While planning, take a look at the media suggestions and consider weaving a video clip Between Otherworldly and the next Life Night Series or or song into the Life Night. Media communicates with our curriculum guide, off er a Social Life Night to add variety. hearts and minds in a unique, powerful way — especially the hearts and minds of teenagers.

CORE PREPARATION FLOCKNOTE Prior to the Otherworldly series, schedule an opportunity For those that also subscribe to Flocknote, Parent for the Core Team to go to daily Mass together. After Updates and text messages are loaded into the interface. Mass, serve dinner and have a discussion about each Simply log in to schedule and send these communications. Core Member’s relationship with Jesus and how that Find more information about subscribing to Flocknote at impacts their experience of the Mass. Adapt the small fl ocknote.com. group discussion questions from the Life Night, Same Wavelength, to aid in this conversation. AS YOU GET STARTED As You Get Started off ers adaptations to keep in mind as For a Core Team that wants explore the topic further, you plan the Life Night. consider hosting a Core Team small group study using Bishop Robert Barron’s fi lm series called, “The Mass.”

4 OTHERWORLDLY 5 HISPANIC INCULTURATION If possible, have the same Core Members lead the same The Hispanic/Latino population in Catholic parishes across small groups for each Life Night. This will lead to greater the United States is large and growing. According to the trust and deeper small group discussions. National Study of Catholic Parishes with Hispanic Ministry, 38 to 40 percent of adult Catholics self-identify as Hispanic. HANDOUTS Additionally, Hispanics account for 71 percent of growth of All of the Life Night handouts can be found on the January the Catholic population in the United States since 1960. 2019 Life Teen USB and online at lifeteen.com under Life Support: January 2019. The handouts are formatted for According to the USCCB’s survey, Hispanics in the United you to easily print on standard letter-size paper. Be diligent States and the Catholic Church, 54 percent of Catholic in accessing the handouts while planning the Life Nights. millennials (those born in 1982 or later) are Hispanic. To meet this growing need, Life Teen has added a Hispanic Inculturation SOCIAL MEDIA RECAP AND PACKAGE section to Life Nights. This section was developed by a group The Social Media Recap and Package provides Instagram of dedicated youth ministers who serve at largely Hispanic/ images, hashtags, and tweets that both you and your teens Latino parishes throughout the United States and Mexico. can use to engage social media throughout the week. They recap the main themes and remind teens of the important We recognize that not all Hispanic/Latino communities are the aspects of the Life Night. Find these at the beginning of same. However, it is our hope that this section assists youth every Life Night and on the January 2019 Life Teen USB. ministers in adapting to the needs of their specific community by providing insight into the Hispanic/Latino culture. PARENT LETTER The Parent Letter contains Content Overview and PROCLAIM Conversation Starters for each Life Night. The Parent Letter In this series, you will find two versions of the Proclaim for not only includes and equips the parents in the formation each Life Night. The Proclaim Outline lays out the key terms and catechesis of their teens, but also provides them with and main points quickly so the person giving the Proclaim can an opportunity for ongoing conversion and catechesis. expand upon them with his or her own insight and ideas. The Proclaim Details offers a more robust version of the teaching The Parent Letter can be emailed to parents before or after with examples, ideas for a personal testimony, and suggested a Life Night. It can also be printed and handed out at the expansion on the key points. Use them both to help write a end of a Life Night. Consider having Core Members at the Proclaim that fits your youth group and local community. doors and in the parking lot during pick up, passing out the Parent Letter and looking out for the safety of the teens. SMALL GROUPS In order to hold the teens accountable in attending all The Parent Letter is available in both English and Spanish. of the Life Nights in the series and to build a sense of If you have a bilingual community, we recommend trust and community, it is recommended that the teens double-side printing the Parent Letter in both English are divided into small groups on the first Life Night of the and Spanish. Teens, and sometimes even Core Members, series and stay with those groups for the duration of the have the tendency to grab any handout, not necessarily series. This allows for deeper conversations and a greater the right handout. We want the right handout to get in sense of openness among the teens. the hands of parents. Also, if the word gets out in your community that you are handing out bilingual materials,

6 OTHERWORLDLY 7 the Spanish speaking community will feel more welcomed ______and encouraged to become involved. ______USCCB FRAMEWORK For parishes using the USCCB framework for high school ______catechesis, this series will work with your Sacrament ______semester. ______Notes: ______

8 OTHERWORLDLY 9 LIFE NIGHT OVERVIEW which the teens refl ect on their relationship with Jesus. The Send invites the teens into a prayer that directly responds to an area of their relationship with Christ that needs to be SAME WAVELENGTH strengthened. JESUS, THE LIVING SACRAMENT ENVIRONMENT GOAL Place six chairs in a line at the front of the main meeting space. The goal of Same Wavelength is to introduce Jesus as the Position each chair so they are back to back with another, living sacrament, who we can encounter concretely in the creating three pairs of two. This setup will be used for the Mass, and provide the teens an opportunity to deepen their Gather. relationship with Him. Place a crucifi x or image of Jesus at the front of the main KEY CONCEPTS meeting space. Set up four tables with tablecloths near the crucifi x or image and label them with signs that read “listening,” • God communicates Himself to us through sacraments — “quality time,” “asking for forgiveness,” and “honest sharing.” material realities we can see, touch, hear, and taste. Print and cut the Relationship with Jesus Cards handout, which can be found on the January 2019 Life Teen USB and online • Jesus is the living sacrament, who we encounter at lifeteen.com under Life Support: January 2019. Spread concretely in the Mass; a relationship with Jesus is essential out the cards and additional supplies on the corresponding in order for the Mass to be central to our lives. tables. For example, if the card suggests “Scripture reading,” place the cards and on the “quality time” table; or if the • We should off er our “fi rst fruits” with a sincere heart card suggests “journaling,” have notepads and pens available when we celebrate the sacrifi ce of the Mass. at the “honest sharing” table. These materials will be used for the Send.

Project the Same Wavelength environment image, which can KEY TERMS: SCRIPTURE: CATECHISM: be found on the January 2019 Life Teen USB and online at Disposition Colossians 1:15 774 lifeteen.com under Life Support: January 2019. Incarnation Hebrews 1:3 1076 Sacrament John 14:9 1088 MEDIA SUGGESTIONS 1374 “Touch of Heaven,” Hillsong Worship (There Is More, Hillsong (HIL), 2018) ABOUT THIS LIFE NIGHT “It is Well,” Bethel Music (You Make Me Brave: Live at the Civic, The Gather tests how well the teens and Core Team know each Bethel Music, 2014) other. The Proclaim illustrates how the Mass is an opportunity to encounter Jesus, the living sacrament, and strengthen “O Come to the Altar,” Elevation Worship (Here as in Heaven, our relationship with Him. The Break is a discussion during Elevation Worship, 2016)

10 OTHERWORLDLY 11 SOCIAL MEDIA HASHTAGS: Notes: ______#LT_SameWavelength ______AS YOU GET STARTED... ______For an alternate Gather, consider playing Pictionary. Instead ______of using a word, give the teens a box of items, combining ______items that are obvious and others that are more obscure. ______Make sure the teens cannot see the items but can reach into ______the box and feel what they are. Choose one teen to draw what they perceive the items to be while the other teens ______guess. ______For a deeper Send, consider asking a teen to give a testimony ______about their relationship with Christ and the practices that have allowed it to grow. Be sure to practice the testimony ______with the teen before the Life Night. ______HISPANIC INCULTURATION ______By Stephanie Espinoza ______Contributors: Juan Aznaran, Ivan Garcia, and Jessica Maciel- Hernandez ______Cultural Insights ______Hispanic/Latino culture places greater emphasis on ______relationships and face-to-face encounter than mainstream ______American culture. For example, where non-Hispanics/Latinos might embrace impersonal communication by telephone or ______email, Hispanics/Latinos tend to prefer in-person visits and ______extended face-to-face conversations, even though they take ______more time. Remind the teens of this reality as you explain the ______great gift we have to encounter Jesus, the living sacrament, in the Mass. Encourage them to model the relationships their ______families have cultivated with others as a way to approach ______a relationship with Jesus. Challenge them to pursue a ______relationship with Jesus that is not distant or unfamiliar, but ______rather, an intimate and authentic encounter. ______

12 OTHERWORLDLY 13 • Who woke up earliest this morning? • Who has the longest Snap streak? LIFE NIGHT: SAME WAVELENGTH • Who stayed up the latest last night? • Who has the most unread text messages on their phone right now? GATHER • Who went to confession most recently? Welcome and Opening Prayer (5 min) • Who lives closest to the ? Gather the teens in the main meeting space. Welcome them • Who was the last person to watch a movie in theaters? to the Life Night, introduce any teens or Core Members attending for the fi rst time, and begin in prayer. PROCLAIM The Shoe Game (15 min) Invite two teens who have not met, two teens who are friends, “Same Wavelength” Teaching (15 min) and two Core Members who are really good friends to sit The Proclaim Outline and Proclaim Details can be found on in the chairs; they should be sitting back to back with their pages 18 to 26. partner. Have the partners remove their shoes and exchange one, so each person is holding one of their shoes and one of BREAK their partner’s shoes. Small Group Discussion (20 min) Explain that they will be asked a series of questions, with the Divide the teens into small groups of six to eight with one Core answer being either themselves or their partner. To answer, Member in each group; these will be their small groups for the the volunteers hold up the corresponding shoe. For example, remainder of the series. Begin with a prayer and then use the for the question, “Who is older?,” the partner who is older following questions to facilitate a discussion, beginning with holds up their shoe, while the younger partner holds up the a series of get-to-know-you questions before breaking open other person’s shoe. If both partners hold up the same shoe the Proclaim: and it is the correct answer, the pair receives two points. If both partners hold up the same shoe but it is the incorrect answer, the pair receives one point. If they both hold up the • What was the last thing that made you laugh? other’s shoe or answer incorrectly, no points are received. The • What has been the highlight of your day? Why? pair with the most points at the end of the game wins. • Do your friends consider you a shy or outgoing person? What reasons would they give to support The following are suggestions for questions with objective their answer? answers, but feel free to add your own: • What three words would your parents or siblings use to describe you? • Who has been coming to youth group longer? • What is one thing people need to know about you • Who has more siblings? before being your friend? • Who has the most followers on Instagram? • What words would you use to describe your current

14 OTHERWORLDLY 15 relationship with Jesus? (Awkward, distant, close, relationship that need to be strengthened, we can begin to friendly, familiar, bff s forever, complicated, committed, actually strengthen them; and in that way, we will be better nonexistent, under construction, working on it, etc.) disposed to encounter the living sacrament — that is, Jesus Do these words explain where you would like your — in the Mass. relationship with Jesus to be? If not, what words would you use to describe your desired relationship After a few moments of silent refl ection, invite the teens to with Jesus? prayerfully approach the table marked with the aspect of their relationship with Jesus that requires the most attention • Do you think Jesus wants a close and personal right now. Instruct them to take any card at that table, read friendship with you? How do you know? the instruction, and gather the necessary materials needed • Was there a period in your life when you felt close to for the prayer activity. Once all of the teens have what they Jesus? What was that experience like? need, they should fi nd a quiet spot in the room to complete • Was there a period in your life when you felt far from the prayer activity. Jesus? What was that experience like? What caused the distance? How can that be prevented in the future? Close the Life Night by projecting and praying the Glory Be: • Why is it diffi cult for you to maintain a relationship with Jesus? What might help make it less challenging? All glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, SEND world without end. Amen. Going Deeper (20 min) Gather the teens in the main meeting space. Create a prayerful environment by playing instrumental music in the Notes: ______background. Use the following to transition into the prayer: ______Our relationship with Jesus during the week has a signifi cant ______impact on how we celebrate the Mass on Sunday. If we show ______up on Sunday without having spent any time with Jesus throughout the week, we will most likely be distracted and ______unengaged. However, if we remain close to Jesus during ______the week and invite Him into the diff erent parts of our day, ______the Mass can take on a deeper and more powerful meaning, ______impacting our lives and strengthening our friendship with Jesus. ______Ask the Lord to show you the areas of your relationship ______with Him that need improvement. Maybe you need to be a ______better listener or need to be more willing to spend quality time with Him. Maybe you need to ask for His forgiveness or ______simply be more honest. When we identify the areas of our ______

16 OTHERWORLDLY 17 PROCLAIM OUTLINE • Jesus reveals God’s love to us and, as this happens, we begin to understand who we are in light of God’s love. • Jesus came so we might be reconciled with God, know SAME WAVELENGTH His love and how to live in that love as holy people, and participate in His divine life. Jesus’ entire mission in our world centered on our salvation and holiness. KEY TERMS • Jesus is fully God but also fully human. We call this mystery the Incarnation. Disposition: Our general attitude or approach to a given situation or circumstance. It is the posture of JESUS IS THE LIVING SACRAMENT our heart. • Jesus is the visible revelation of God. He makes what Incarnation: The moment in history when the was previously invisible visible to all of humanity. He second person of the , Jesus Christ, assumed is God’s defi nitive revelation. Since Jesus makes the human fl esh and lived among humanity. invisible visible, we call Him a living sacrament. Sacrament: An effi cacious sign of grace, instituted • We say Jesus is a living sacrament because He by Christ and entrusted to the Church, by which promised to always be with us. divine life is dispensed to us through the work of the Holy Spirit. • Jesus, the living sacrament, instituted the Church as a perpetual sacrament and sign of salvation for all of TEACHING POINTS humanity. • Even when the Church seems to be struggling GROWING OR DRIFTING because of the sins of its members, Christ is always • We have many diff erent kinds of relationships in present — especially in each liturgical celebration our lives, all of which have varying levels of depth. and, most importantly, in the Mass. Generally, the more we know about a person and the more common experiences we share with them, the ENCOUNTERING CHRIST better our relationship becomes. • Jesus is present at Mass in a real and concrete way — • When we stop caring for someone and communicating in the community, the presider, the Word of God, and with them, our friendship becomes stale and may end. most especially, in the Eucharist. • We are either growing in a relationship with Jesus or • Every Mass is an opportunity for our hearts to be are drifting apart from Him. However, even if we aren’t transformed, even if we don’t feel like attending. As choosing Jesus, He is always choosing us. Catholics, we are obligated to attend Sunday Mass every week. KNOWING JESUS HELPS US KNOW OURSELVES • Our disposition — the attitude we bring to something • Jesus is not just another person; Jesus is the Son of — matters when we come to Mass. Our disposition God. When we get to know Jesus, we also get to know must be one of worship. and God the Holy Spirit. And, in turn, we get to know ourselves as well.

18 OTHERWORLDLY 19 • Worship is giving God the praise and adoration that is ______due to Him through prayer. We worship God because ______He loves us enough to save us and be present to us ______in the liturgy. ______• Jesus is waiting to take the friendship you have with ______Him even deeper. He wants to start something new every time you walk through the doors of the church ______for Mass. However, the disposition with which you ______respond is up to you. ______Notes: ______

20 OTHERWORLDLY 21 PROCLAIM DETAILS drifting is always on us, though. Jesus continually chooses and calls us. Even when we stop trying to get to know Him, Jesus always knows us. SAME WAVELENGTH John 15:16, Luke 12:7 KNOWING JESUS HELPS US KNOW OURSELVES TEACHING When we build a relationship with Jesus, we engage in a GROWING OR DRIFTING friendship that is unlike any other. Jesus is not just another person; Jesus is the Son of God. This means that when we We have many diff erent kinds of relationships in our lives, get to know Jesus, we also get to know God the Father and all of which have varying levels of depth. You may have a God the Holy Spirit. On top of all of that, when we get to really deep relationship with one friend and a more surface- know Jesus, we get to know ourselves as well. level relationship with another. Perhaps you are closer to Gaudium et Spes 22; John 14:16; Matthew 11:27 one of your siblings than another one. This isn’t a bad thing — it’s normal (and healthy) for us to have diff erent depths Jesus reveals God’s love to us and, as this happens, we to diff erent relationships. begin to understand who we are in light of God’s love. That’s a big deal. Many of us feel lost and directionless as Generally, the more we know about a person and the we search for our purpose and identity. But when we know more common experiences we share with them, the better Jesus, our most fundamental identity as a son or daughter our relationship becomes. We become more loyal to that of God is revealed. person. We are even more forgiving because we have a better understanding of their actions. We appreciate their 2 Corinthians 6:18; Mark 1:11 quirks and mannerisms. Jesus came so we might be reconciled with God, know Our level of understanding and knowledge of a person His love and how to live in that love as holy people, and helps us love them more. As we love someone more, we participate in His divine life. Jesus’ entire mission in our often want to get to know more about them. This is a world centered on our salvation and holiness. natural cycle in healthy and thriving relationships. We meet CCC 457-460 someone and get to know them. As we get to know them, we come to care about them. As our care for them grows, so does our desire to get to know them even better. Jesus is able to reveal this love to us and save us from our sin because He walked among us, assuming a human body. The cycle breaks down when one or both people no Jesus is fully God but also fully human. We call this mystery longer desire to learn about the other. When friends stop the Incarnation. It is a defi ning characteristic of Christianity. setting aside time to get to know each other, the friendship We believe that our God loves us so much that He wanted becomes stale and may end. to walk among us and reveal Himself to us through both His humanity and divinity. God has loved us with a human heart. We can have a relationship with Jesus in the same way that we can have any relationship. We are either growing in a CCC 463, 478; John 1:18 relationship with Jesus or are drifting apart from Him. That

22 OTHERWORLDLY 23 JESUS IS THE LIVING SACRAMENT important is the Eucharistic celebration — which we call the Mass. Everything in our Church revolves around this liturgy. When Jesus was born into our world, God made something CCC 1088, 1113 visible that was invisible. No one had ever seen God, but He was now revealed through Jesus Christ, the Son of God. ENCOUNTERING CHRIST This means that everything Jesus did, both publicly and privately, revealed God to us. If we want a relationship with Jesus, we need to encounter Hebrews 1:1-3 Him, which we can do in a concrete way during the Mass. Every Sunday (and every day if you are able) you can find We say Jesus is a living sacrament because He took on our Jesus at Mass. He is physically present in the Eucharist — humanity. A sacrament is a perceptible sign, either in word in His Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity. He is present in the or action, that is accessible to our human nature. Again, Gospel — the Word of God. He is also present, in a mystical Jesus, who is the Son of God and the second person of way, through the community that gathers and the priest the Trinity, was revealed to humanity at the moment of the when he celebrates the Mass. Incarnation. Jesus did not come as a pure spirit, apparition, CCC 1088; Matthew 18:20 or disembodied voice. He came as a human person who was able to touch, smell, see, hear, and eat. Similarly, Jesus If we understand the power of our encounter with Jesus was able to be seen, spoken to, touched, and interacted at Mass, we can be transformed. This doesn’t just happen with. People ate meals with Jesus, laughed with Jesus, and by showing up, though. While we must attend Mass every wept with Jesus. Sunday — even if we don’t feel like it — we need to make an CCC 1084; Colossians 1:15 effort to not simply be physically present, but to be present in body, mind, heart, and soul. Jesus promised that He would always be with us, but He didn’t mean this in an abstract way. Jesus instituted If you were talking to a friend, but she was distracted, sacraments so that we can physically encounter Him, even disengaged, or looked like she didn’t care, you would after He ascended into heaven. probably think she wasn’t interested in the conversation. Similarly, our disposition — the attitude we bring to CCC 774; Matthew 28:20 something — matters when we come to Mass. The first sacrament that Christ instituted was the Church. The Church is a visible sign of God’s salvation — offered When we show up at Mass and are tired, bored, or inattentive, to all — and the unity of all people. Not only that, but the our disposition toward Christ is not one of love, but one of Church represents the unity of all people that is to come annoyance or indifference. We are simply going to Mass to someday in heaven. It is the visible plan of God’s love for fulfill an obligation. But if we show up to Mass because we humanity. love Christ — because we want to encounter Him and grow CCC 775-776 in our relationship with Him — the disposition of our heart is worship. Worship is giving God the praise and adoration Even when the Church seems to be struggling because that is due to Him through prayer. We worship God because of the sins of its members, Christ is always present — He loves us enough to save us and be present to us in the especially in each liturgical celebration. There are many liturgy. kinds of liturgical celebrations in the Church, but the most

24 OTHERWORLDLY 25 This series is about encountering Jesus in the Mass and ______being transformed, but it is also about how we approach ______the Mass and what we do after Mass has concluded. Our ______challenge to you is to let go of whatever preconceived notions or expectations you have of the Mass so you ______can look at it in a new light. Jesus is waiting to take the ______friendship you have with Him even deeper. He wants to ______start something new every time you walk through the ______doors of the church for Mass. Ultimately, the disposition ______with which you respond is up to you. ______Notes: ______

26 OTHERWORLDLY 27 CORE TEAM OVERVIEW • Was there a period in your life when you felt far from Jesus? What was that experience like? What caused the distance? How can that be prevented in the future? SAME WAVELENGTH: Jesus, the Living Sacrament • Why is it diffi cult for you to maintain a relationship GOAL: The goal of Same Wavelength is to introduce Jesus with Jesus? What might help make it less challenging? as the living sacrament, who we can encounter concretely in the Mass, and provide the teens an opportunity to SEND (20 MIN): deepen their relationship with Him Going Deeper: ______

GATHER (20 MIN): Notes: ______Welcome and Opening Prayer: ______The Shoe Game: ______PROCLAIM (15 MIN): ______“Same Wavelength” Teaching: ______BREAK (20 MIN): ______Small Group Discussion: ______• What was the last thing that made you laugh? ______• What has been the highlight of your day? Why? ______• Do your friends consider you a shy or outgoing person? ______What reasons would they give to support their answer? ______• What three words would your parents or siblings use ______to describe you? ______• What is one thing people need to know about you before being your friend? ______• What words would you use to describe your current relationship with Jesus? Do these words explain where ______you would like your relationship with Jesus to be? If not, ______what words would you use to describe your desired ______relationship with Jesus? ______• Do you think Jesus wants a close and personal ______friendship with you? How do you know? ______• Was there a period in your life when you felt close to ______Jesus? What was that experience like?

28 OTHERWORLDLY 29 LIFE NIGHT OVERVIEW ENVIRONMENT

Have the main meeting space set up as normal, but spread PARALLEL UNIVERSE out the items the teens typically use (including the ones that A LIFE NIGHT ON GRACE are used for the Gather) so they are not all in the same place. Project the Parallel Universe environment image, which can GOAL be found on the January 2019 Life Teen USB and online at lifeteen.com under Life Support: January 2019. The goal of Parallel Universe is to reveal the reality of grace and help the teens understand and cooperate with it. MEDIA SUGGESTIONS

KEY CONCEPTS “Valentine Song,” Hillsong Worship (There Is More, Hillsong (HIL), 2018) • Grace is a free and undeserved gift from God. “Scandal of Grace,” Hillsong United (Zion, Hillsong, 2013) • Grace is a share in God’s life and transforms us to be like God. SOCIAL MEDIA HASHTAGS • Grace impacts us even if we don’t feel it. #LT_ParallelUniverse

AS YOU GET STARTED... KEY TERMS: SCRIPTURE: CATECHISM: Actual Grace 1 Corinthians 2:7-9 1086 For an alternate Gather, consider playing an observation Grace Philippians 1:6 1996-2001 game. While the teens are socializing with one another, have Sacramental Grace Psalm 63:1 2005 a Core Member walk around with a tray of items and ask Sanctifying Grace them to “observe.” After a short period of time, put the tray away and host a competition between the teens to see who can answer the most questions about what they observed. The catch is that the questions are not about the items on ABOUT THIS LIFE NIGHT the tray, but other elements like the Core Member’s shirt or type of shoes. The Gather is a scavenger hunt that tests that teens’ ability to see both visible and invisible realities. The Proclaim For a deeper Break, consider having a Core Member share describes the diff erent kinds of grace and the unique way a testimony about the work of grace in their life. Be sure to that grace is received through the Mass. The Break invites practice the testimony with the Core Member prior to the the teens to identify the eff ects of grace in various Scripture Life Night. stories. The Send leads the teens through an Examen and encourages them to evaluate their disposition to grace.

30 OTHERWORLDLY 31 HISPANIC INCULTURATION ______By Stephanie Espinoza ______Contributors: Juan Aznaran, Ivan Garcia, and Jessica Maciel- ______Hernandez ______Important Notes for Pastoral Care ______Sometimes, the grace present in the sacraments is seen ______as a superstitious bandage that simply covers our human ______wounds rather than as a source of true healing. For example, ______some Hispanic/Latino parents have their children baptized so they can be “fixed”; they don’t view the as the ______beginning of an intimate and transformative relationship ______with the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. With that in mind, it ______is important to distinguish the invisible and visible realities ______of grace from superstitious ideas. The fact that grace is a ______mystery does not mean it is magic. Rather, grace draws us into a deeper relationship with the Trinity. ______Cultural Insights ______The reality that grace is a free and undeserved gift from God ______might be a difficult notion for Hispanic/Latino teens to grasp. In Hispanic/Latino culture, God’s goodness is sometimes ______viewed as conditional — God will be gracious insofar as you ______are “good” (e.g., listen to your parents, do your homework, ______don’t get in trouble at school). Conversely, God will withhold ______goodness if you are “bad.” When talking about grace as a ______gift in the Proclaim, emphasize that it is undeserved — that, in spite of our sins, failures, shortcomings, God continually ______pours Himself out to us. Though we determine our disposition ______to grace, we do not limit God’s ability to give it. ______Notes: ______

32 OTHERWORLDLY 33 PROCLAIM

“Parallel Universe” Teaching (10 min) LIFE NIGHT: PARALLEL UNIVERSE The Proclaim Outline and Proclaim Details can be found on pages 38 to 46.

GATHER BREAK

Welcome and Opening Prayer (5 min) Grace in Scripture (25 min) Gather the teens in the main meeting space. Welcome them Divide the teens into their small groups. Begin in prayer, to the Life Night, introduce any teens or Core Members asking the Holy Spirit for a greater awareness of both the attending for the fi rst time, and begin in prayer. visible and invisible ways in which grace operates in our lives and the world around us. Give each teen a and No Ordinary Scavenger Hunt (20 min) have them locate one of the following passages: Prior to the Life Night, gather a large quantity of items that are typically in the meeting space, making sure there is • The Hemorrhaging Woman (Mark 5:25-34) one of each item for each small group. These can be pens, • Mary’s Fiat (Luke 1:26-38) notebooks, books, Bibles, rosaries, etc. Have the Core Team • The Call of Levi (Luke 5:27-32) use paintbrushes or cotton swabs and Tide liquid laundry • The Woman at the Well (John 4:7-26) detergent to “draw” symbols on the items; the symbols will • The Conversion of St. Paul (Acts 9:1-19) only be visible under blacklight. Have more unmarked items than marked and place them where they would normally be Invite a teen to read the passage aloud and then use the found. The following are ideas for symbols: following questions to facilitate a discussion. Repeat the process with each passage, or with as many passages as • Pens are marked with a star. time allows. • Bibles are marked with a heart. • Notebooks are marked with an arrow. • What were the visible eff ects of grace in the passage? (E.g., the ceasing of the hemorrhage, Mary’s “yes,” Levi Assemble a handful of “tools” for each team to use to fi nd the getting up to follow Jesus, the woman going into the diff erent items. Every team needs a blacklight fl ashlight, but city to tell people about Christ, Saul’s fall and loss of include other useless tools, such as a bag, plastic shovel, or sight.) staple remover. Make a list of the items that need to be found • What were the invisible eff ects of grace in the passage? and print a copy of the list for each small group. (The responses to this question can be a bit more open ended. However, encourage the teens to think Divide the teens into their small groups. Give each group their about the grace of faith working in the hearts of each tools and a list of the items that need to be found. Explain stories’ protagonist — leading up to the event or as a that their mission is to only use the tools given to them to consequence of it — the graces received by those who fi nd the items on the list. Do not off er an explanation as to witnessed or heard about the event, the conversions of how the tools will help them. Give them 15 minutes to fi nd as heart that happen in quiet, etc.) many of the items as they can. The group that collects the most items wins. 34 OTHERWORLDLY 35 Once all of the passages have been read and discussed, ______use the following questions to continue the discussion: ______• What are some examples of visible grace in your life? ______What are some examples of invisible grace in your life? • What makes us more capable of seeing grace at work ______in our lives, within or around us? ______• How can we help one another see grace more clearly? ______SEND ______Examen of Grace (15 min) ______Gather the teens in the main meeting space. Give each ______teen a pen and a copy of the Examen of Grace handout, ______which can be found on the January 2019 Life Teen USB and ______online at lifeteen.com under Life Support: January 2019. ______Use the following to transition into the prayer: ______The Mass is one of the most accessible fountains of grace. ______Our attendance is a weekly reminder that we ought to ______remain open to grace. The Mass also opens our eyes so we can see grace more clearly. How open are you to receiving ______grace in your everyday life? How can you more willingly ______allow grace to enter into every moment of your life? ______Give the teens time to silently refl ect and pray with the ______handout and then close the Life Night by praying the Receptivity Prayer found at the end of the handout. ______Challenge the teens to pray this prayer each morning this ______week. ______Notes: ______

36 OTHERWORLDLY 37 PROCLAIM OUTLINE • One incredible spiritual reality that is critical to our faith, our life with Christ, and our hopeful entrance into heaven is called grace. PARALLEL UNIVERSE • Grace is God’s favor and help toward us. We cannot earn, nor do we deserve, grace. It is given completely on KEY TERMS God’s initiative because of His love for us. • Grace is what allows us to become adoptive sons and Actual Grace: God’s specifi c interventions in our daughters of God. It allows us to partake in His divine lives. nature. Ultimately, grace transforms us. Grace: Free and undeserved favor given by God and • Grace is beyond our human understanding and can a participation in the life of God. escape our lived experience. We may know it is real and Sacramental Grace: Grace specifi c to each of grasp parts of it, but because it is from God, it will always the seven sacraments and imparted when that be a mystery to us. We can only “view” grace through sacrament is received. the eyes of faith. Sanctifying Grace: The grace necessary for us to attain eternal salvation. This grace is received at our UNSEEN REALITY, REAL IMPACT baptism. • We trust that grace is at work in us because we can see the fruit it bears in our lives. TEACHING POINTS • Since grace is given to us to make us holy, we experience INVISIBLE, BUT NO LESS REAL it anytime we come to know Jesus more. Our ability to believe in Jesus is a result of grace. • “Invisible” realities impact us all of the time. The fact that we cannot see something doesn’t mean it doesn’t • Grace is available to everyone. We have all been created exist; in many cases, we can use special tools to make by God and thus, we each have natural desire for good, it visible. a longing only He can satisfy. Our experience and reception of grace prepare us for eternal life by allowing • There are some things — love, happiness, knowledge, us to enter into our longing for heaven with joy rather etc. — that aren’t any less real although we are unable than sadness. to see or directly measure them. • God freely gives us grace, but we have to respond to it. • We can’t directly measure love, but we can measure its God doesn’t force us to accept the divine life He off ers eff ect. We can tell two people love one another by the us or the help He wants to give us. way they act around and apart from each other.

PLACES FOR GRACE SPIRITUAL REALITIES • There are three kinds of grace: sanctifying grace, • Our faith often rests in real things we cannot see. When actual grace, and sacramental grace. Jesus instituted the sacraments, He gave them physical components — words, actions, and materials — that • Sanctifying grace is given to us at our baptism. It allow us to see the grace they are making present. is the grace that gets us to heaven. We can reject

38 OTHERWORLDLY 39 sanctifying grace by entering into , however, ______the Sacrament of Reconciliation restores us to a state ______of grace. ______• Actual grace is God’s intervention throughout our ______lives. This grace is always given in order that we might ______become holier. ______• Sacramental grace is proper to each of the sacraments. We receive this grace regardless of our disposition, ______but our disposition and openness impact how much ______it affects us. ______• Mass is a profound place to encounter God’s grace, ______especially since Christ is present there. We may not ______always see it, so we need to change the way we are ______looking. ______• Grace is a vital part of our relationship with Christ ______because it leads us to a deeper friendship with Him and allows God to continue the work He is doing in us. ______Grace helps us grow in holiness and will one day lead ______us to eternity in heaven. ______Notes: ______

40 OTHERWORLDLY 41 PROCLAIM DETAILS We can’t directly measure love, but we can measure its eff ect. We can tell two people love one another by the way they act around and apart from each other. PARALLEL UNIVERSE SPIRITUAL REALITIES

TEACHING The spiritual world is fi lled with invisible realities. Our faith often rests in real things we cannot see. When Jesus instituted INVISIBLE, BUT NO LESS REAL the sacraments, He gave them physical components — words, actions, and materials — that allow us to see the grace they Begin by asking the teens to name some “invisible” are making present. realities that we need another tool to see. Some examples CCC 1084 include the symbol that showed up under the black light in the Gather, wind, and microscopic organisms. Prepare Water in Baptism is a great example. Physically, water purifi es a slideshow with some “invisible” realities that are made us and is necessary for life. If we are held underwater for too visible with specifi c tools. long, we could die. In Baptism, we are purifi ed of and the gateway of eternal life becomes open to us. Baptism Our world is fi lled with things we cannot see yet still aff ect symbolizes our “dying with Christ” so we can also rise with Him. us. We can’t see the movement of atoms and molecules, CCC 1220 but they profoundly impact our lived experience. This room is fi lled with billions of bacteria we cannot see that Jesus is a living sacrament because He physically manifested our ecosystem needs to survive. God’s love for us. While some aspects of our faith may seem invisible, they are very real. We have tangible expressions of “Invisible” realities impact us all of the time. The fact that we these powerful, yet unseen, realities. cannot see these realities doesn’t mean they don’t exist. In CCC 774 many cases we can use special tools to make them visible, but, even if we can’t see something with the aid of a tool, One spiritual reality that is critical to our faith, our life with that doesn’t lessen or diminish its reality. We cannot see Christ, and our hopeful entrance into heaven is called grace. or directly measure love, happiness, sadness, knowledge, We use the word “grace” frequently. The priest uses the drive, and work ethic. We can apply some measurements word several times during the Mass and we often talk about to these realities, but every test is subjective. The same is needing “God’s grace” in our lives. We have spoken about true for love — how do we test how much someone loves the sacraments as outward expressions of God’s grace, but another person? do we really understand what “grace” means?

Ask the teens how they measure love and discuss a few Grace is God’s favor and help toward us. We cannot earn, responses. It is likely the teens will list outward expressions nor do we deserve, grace. It is given completely on God’s of love like acts of service, physical touch, words of initiative because of His love for us. Not only that, but grace affi rmation, etc. Use these examples through the next part is more than just divine help — when we receive grace, we of the teaching. participate in God’s life. Ultimately, grace transforms us. CCC 1996-1997, 1999

42 OTHERWORLDLY 43 Grace is what allows us to become God’s adopted sons Even though grace is available to everyone, we need to and daughters. It allows us to partake in His divine nature. choose to receive it. God freely gives us grace, but we Without being able to be a part of God’s divine nature, we have to respond to it. God doesn’t force us to accept the would not be able to enter heaven at the end of our lives. divine life He offers us or the help He wants to give us. We This gift of God’s life helps heal our souls from sin and make must choose to accept His grace and be open to how it will us holy. Grace prepares our souls to enter heaven. transform us. CCC 2002 CCC 1999

Grace is beyond our human understanding. We can know it PLACES FOR GRACE is real and grasp parts of it, but because it is from God, it will always be a mystery to us. Not only that, we cannot see or Being open to grace means knowing where we can receive feel grace — it can sometimes escape our lived experience. it. There are three kinds of grace: sanctifying grace, actual We can only “view” grace through the eyes of faith. grace, and sacramental grace.

CCC 2005 CCC 1999-2000, 2004 UNSEEN REALITY, REAL IMPACT Sanctifying grace is given to us at our baptism. You can Our inability to see or regularly feel grace does not mean it think of it like a seed. We receive this seed of grace and does not exist. We trust that grace is at work in us because it grows inside of us, eventually growing into a new life in we can see the fruit that it bears in our lives. Just like love, we heaven. Sanctifying grace gets us to heaven. We can reject can see the effects of grace working in us even when we don’t sanctifying grace by entering into mortal sin, however, the feel it. Sacrament of Reconciliation restores us to a state of grace. CCC 2005 CCC 1861, 1999 There are also times when we know we encounter grace. If you’ve had a moment of conversion, you experienced grace. Actual grace is God’s intervention throughout our lives. Since grace is given to us to make us holy, we experience it When we pray for patience in a particular situation, we anytime we come to know Jesus more. In fact, our ability to may find that we are able to be more patient. This is God’s believe in Jesus is a result of grace. grace at work in us. We need to remember that God always CCC 2001 gives us grace, but we need to be open to whatever grace He wants to give us. Grace is always given in order that we Grace is available to everyone. God wants to be close to us might become holier. and move the heart of every person. We have all been created CCC 2000 by God and have a natural desire for the good, a longing for something more that only He can satisfy. God wants to fulfill If we forget to prepare for a test and ask God for the that desire and, ultimately, does so when we enter fully into “grace to pass,” we aren’t going to magically become heaven. On Earth, our experience and reception of grace smarter because grace isn’t magic. We may, however, prepares us for that reality and helps us enter into our longing receive a grace to recognize the areas where we fell short for heaven with joy rather than sadness. and resolve to do better next time. We often miss actual CCC 2002; Psalm 63:1 grace in our world because we aren’t looking for it. God constantly wants to help us grow in holiness, so He is

44 OTHERWORLDLY 45 constantly looking for ways to pour grace on us. However, ______we need to be ready to accept them. ______Finally, sacramental grace is proper to each of the sacraments. When we receive the Eucharist, we receive ______the special kind of sacramental grace associated with the ______Eucharist. The same is true for all of the sacraments. We ______receive this grace regardless of our disposition, but our ______disposition and openness impact how much it affects us. ______Mass is a profound place to encounter God’s grace, ______especially since Christ is present there. We may not always ______see it, so we need to change the way we are looking. Just ______like “invisible” realities can be made visible with special ______tools or by shining light on them, the unseen reality of grace becomes visible when we view it with the light of ______our faith. Grace is a vital part of our relationship with Christ ______because it leads us to a deeper friendship with Him and ______allows God to continue the work He is doing in us. It is our ______hope that, one day, grace will lead us to eternity in heaven. ______CCC 2014; Philippians 1:6 ______Notes: ______

46 OTHERWORLDLY 47 CORE TEAM OVERVIEW ______PARALLEL UNIVERSE: Grace ______GOAL: The goal of Parallel Universe is to reveal the reality of ______grace and help the teens understand and cooperate with it. ______GATHER (25 MIN): ______Welcome and Opening Prayer:______No Ordinary Scavenger Hunt: ______PROCLAIM (10 MIN): ______“Parallel Universe” Teaching: ______BREAK (25 MIN): ______Grace in Scripture: ______• What were the visible eff ects of grace in the passage? ______Examples are found in the outline. ______• What were the invisible eff ects of grace in the passage? Examples are found in the outline. ______• What are some examples of visible grace in your life? What are some examples of invisible grace in your life? ______• What makes us more capable of seeing grace at work in our lives, within or around us? ______• How can we help one another see grace more clearly? ______SEND (15 MIN): ______Examen of Grace: ______Notes: ______

48 OTHERWORLDLY 49 LIFE NIGHT OVERVIEW ABOUT THIS LIFE NIGHT

The Life Night breaks the fl ow of a typical Life Night and ANOTHER DIMENSION incorporates a mini-Proclaim in each section according to A LIFE NIGHT ON ACTIVE PARTICIPATION the structure of the Mass. The Gather challenges the teens to be more intentional about how they enter the Mass and GOAL engage in the Introductory Rites. The Proclaim breaks down the Liturgy of the Word and encourages the teens The goal of Another Dimension is to create an experience for to actively listen. The Break invites the teens to refl ect on the teens to encounter the parts of the Mass in a new way and what off ering they bring to the Liturgy of the Eucharist. gain practical tips on how to enter into active participation. The Send reinforces the mission the Mass sends us on and closes the Life Night with a donut social. KEY CONCEPTS ENVIRONMENT • Active participation in the Mass ultimately means uniting our hearts and minds to the reality before us. If you are unable to have the Life Night in the church, set up four separate spaces for the teens to gather. Set • We can participate and encounter Christ in a specifi c up the fi rst area in the front of the main meeting space. way during each part of the Mass. Have an artistic Core Member recreate the front doors of your church and place them in this area. For the second • Actively participating in the Mass transforms our hearts area, line up chairs as pews and have an ambo displaying into the heart of Christ. a Bible. Use a table to create an altar in the third area. Place a basket of beans at the base of the table. The fi nal area should be outside and include tables for a coff ee and donut social.

KEY TERMS: SCRIPTURE: CATECHISM: Project the Another Dimension environment image, which Gathering Rite 1 Peter 2:3-5 1071 can be found on the January 2019 Life Teen USB and online Liturgy of the 1 Peter 2:9 1074 at lifeteen.com under Life Support: January 2019. Eucharist 2 Corinthians 6:1 Romans 12:2 Liturgy of the MEDIA SUGGESTIONS Word “Heart of God,” Hillsong Young & Free (III, Capitol Christian Mass Music Group, 2018)

“Jesus, We Love You,” Bethel Music (We Will Not Be Shaken (Live) , Bethel Music, 2015)

“Here as in Heaven,” Elevation Worship (Here as in Heaven, Elevation Worship, 2016)

50 OTHERWORLDLY 51 SOCIAL MEDIA HASHTAGS #LT_AnotherDimension

AS YOU GET STARTED... LIFE NIGHT: ANOTHER DIMENSION

To add a variety of voices to the Life Night, consider inviting your parish priest or leaders to teach one of the mini- GATHER Proclaims. Gathering Rites (20 min) For a deeper Send, consider organizing a service opportunity Gather the teens at the front doors of the church if possible, for the teens and providing sign ups during the coff ee and or in the narthex if necessary. Welcome them to the Life donut social. Night, introduce any teens or Core Members attending for the fi rst time, and begin in prayer. To help teens implement the teaching over the week, challenge them to read the Sunday readings before going “Gather” Teaching to Mass and discuss them with a friend afterward. The Gather teaching can be found on pages 58 to 60.

HISPANIC INCULTURATION Small Group Discussion By Stephanie Espinoza Divide the teens into their small groups. They will remain Contributors: Juan Aznaran, Ivan Garcia, and Jessica Maciel- with their small group for the remainder of the Life Night. Hernandez Use the following questions to facilitate a discussion:

Important Notes for Pastoral Care • What do we “bring” with us when we enter the doors Many Hispanic/Latino teens struggle to actively participate of the sanctuary every Sunday for Mass? (E.g., physical in the Mass when they attend a Spanish Mass because materials, thoughts, emotions.) they don’t fully understand the language. Though they • What can we do in order to be better disposed to may know the responses and prayers in Spanish, they celebrate the Mass, even before we walk into the church? don’t always grasp the meaning because their dominant language is English. Encourage the Hispanic/Latino teens Personal Prayer to take the concrete steps to enter into the Mass with a After the discussion, give each teen a pen and a piece of more open disposition seriously, especially when facing a paper. Invite them to write a short prayer they can say every language barrier. time they enter the church.

Notes: ______PROCLAIM ______Hearing God’s Word (15 min) ______Gather the teens — in their small groups — in the pews of ______the sanctuary. ______

52 OTHERWORLDLY 53 “Proclaim” Teaching Morning Off ering Prayer The Proclaim teaching can be found on pages 60 to 61. Give each teen a copy of the Morning Off ering handout, which can found on the January 2019 Life Teen USB and Small Group Discussion online at lifeteen.com under Life Support: January 2019. Say Invite a teen to read Matthew 7:24-27 and then use the the prayer together as a large group. following questions to facilitate a discussion: Transition • What obstacles do you encounter when trying to listen Use the following to transition into the Send: to the Word of God during the Liturgy of the Word? • How do we actively pray during the Liturgy of the Word? When we lift up and off er our entire lives to God — our prayers, works, joys, and suff erings — He pours out His Transition transforming grace on all of it, leaving nothing untouched Use the following to transition into the Break: by His mercy and love. But He doesn’t leave us empty- handed. Instead, He gifts us with the body and blood of His Listening to God’s word is not passive; it requires a great Son, transforming us into dwelling places for our Lord, Jesus eff ort on our part. After we actively receive His message Christ. At this moment, we invite you to come to the altar and profess our faith, we shift our attention toward what and take a bean as a reminder of how the Lord responds to we off er to God. our humble off erings.

BREAK Invite each small group to come to the altar, one by one. Once all of the teens have taken a bean, instruct them to Give and Receive (20 min) make their way back to the narthex or doors of the church. Invite the small groups to gather around the base of the altar. They should not step onto the sanctuary, but should gather SEND around the steps. If there is not enough space on the steps, the teens can remain in the pews. On A Mission (20 min)

Break Teaching “Send” Teaching The Break teaching can be found on pages 61 to 63. The Send teaching can be found on page 63.

Small Group Discussion Small Group Discussion Use the following questions to facilitate a discussion: Use the following questions to facilitate a discussion:

• What do you usually think about during this point in the • Are there people in your life who don’t know Christ? Mass? Are you tuned out or tuned in? What opportunities do you have to share Jesus with • What kinds of things — relationships, goals, tasks, dreams, them? events, hardships, etc. — can you off er to the Lord at this • What challenges do you face when sharing Jesus with point in the Mass next Sunday? others? (Answers might include internal elements like fear, lack of knowledge, doubt in their own faith; but they might also be external, like strong opposition to

54 OTHERWORLDLY 55 religion, deep wounds related to faith, or lack of desire ______for truth from the people around us.) How might you ______offer those challenges to the Lord in prayer? ______• What is one concrete way you can respond to the mission of being sent this next week? ______Blessing and Social ______Invite a priest or deacon to bless the teens as he would at ______the end of the Mass. Conclude the Life Night outside with ______a coffee and donut social. ______Notes: ______

56 OTHERWORLDLY 57 PROCLAIM DETAILS the same place we always sit and impatiently waiting for Mass to begin.

ANOTHER DIMENSION We can pray during Mass in one of two ways: we can numbly make it through, or we can actively pray. As Catholics, it is KEY TERMS important that we are actively engaged in prayer at Mass. When we are actively engaged, we can more clearly hear Gathering Rite: The opening prayers and rituals of the voice of Christ, receive grace, and be transformed. the Eucharistic Liturgy (Mass) that prepare us to CCC 1141 receive Christ in Word and Sacrament. Our disposition is important. This is what we assess when Liturgy of the Eucharist: The period of the Mass when we walk through the doors. We ask ourselves, “Where Christ is made present through the Eucharist. is my heart, right now, as I prepare to enter the most Liturgy of the Word: The period of the Mass when important celebration I will participate in all week?” We Christ is made present through the reading of could even pause for a moment at the doorway of the Scripture. church to prepare ourselves. When we gather for the Mass, we collect our thoughts and prepare to off er them to God. Mass: What we call the Eucharistic liturgy. It comes from the Latin word “missio,” which means “to send.” The fi rst part of the Mass is called the Gathering Rites; We gather at Mass to be sent back into the world to these actions and prayers help us establish a prayerful proclaim Christ. disposition. As we begin, we sing a hymn, as a community, and call our hearts to prayer. The priest welcomes us with TEACHING POINTS the Sign of the Cross — a reminder of the love of the God, the very God we have come to worship. GATHER TEACHING 2 Corinthians 13:13 What are you thinking before you walk through the doors The Gathering Rites are followed by the Kyrie, a prayer of the church on Sunday? Are you still thinking about that asks God for mercy. In this prayer, we recognize that your weekend? Are you worried about school? Are you we are sinners, but also that God saves us by His grace half asleep or stressed about completing your homework and mercy. This reality should establish a disposition of assignments? joy in us because even though we fall short, God’s mercy is unending; He is the Savior we need. When we walk through these doors, we enter into James 5:16; 1 John 1:9 something bigger than we can comprehend; we come together as a community in preparation to meet Jesus Christ. When we depart, we leave having encountered Following the Kyrie — unless it is the season of Lent — we God in a powerful and real way. pray the Gloria, which praises God for His glory with the words the angels sang at the birth of Jesus. Again, our CCC 1348 disposition should be one of joyful worship. Through the Unfortunately, we miss this moment for prayer by walking Gloria, we proclaim that our God lives; He walked among through the doors like Catholic zombies, mindlessly fi nding us and is Lord. Luke 2:14

58 OTHERWORLDLY 59 When we gather for Mass, we can choose to actively pray, the Word. The Liturgy of the Word includes the readings, sing, and reflect on all God has done, is doing, and will homily, recitation of the Creed, and prayers of the faithful. do for us. We can set our heart to be focused on Him, or Before each reading, ask God to speak to you — it could we can choose to simply “get through it.” If we choose to happen in a word, phrase, or maybe the entire reading. actively engage in prayer, we will leave the doors of the Listen to the homily and try to find one or two things you church a different person. can pray with over the next week. Boldly and purposefully proclaim your faith during the Creed. Offer your own PROCLAIM TEACHING prayers to God during the prayers of the faithful. 1 Timothy 2:1-2 Project and read Matthew 7:24-28. We have an opportunity to hear the Word of God at Mass Many people lament that they cannot hear God’s voice. and build our lives upon it. When we hear God’s voice, we They say, “If I could only hear God speak to me, it wouldn’t gain clarity in our decisions, resolve in our direction, and be hard to believe.” God does speak to us, but we are not strengthen our relationship with Him. always listening or ready to receive His Word. BREAK TEACHING We hear at least three readings at every Mass — four every Sunday. We hear a reading (generally) from the Project and read 1 Peter 2:5. , a reading that is often proclaimed and responded to in song (generally from the Book of Psalms), We’ve talked a lot about our disposition, but what do we a reading from a letter of St. Paul or another apostle, and a bring to Mass? While the priest who is celebrating the reading from the Gospel. In the Gospel, we hear the actual Mass is the one leading worship, we are all required to words of Jesus and learn about what He taught and how participate in a particular way as a common priesthood. He acted on Earth. The common priesthood includes all baptized persons. As CCC 1349 a common priesthood, we offer spiritual sacrifices at Mass. CCC 1141 A couple of weeks ago, we spoke about how Jesus’ life, words, and actions reveal God. When we hear the Gospel We have a tangible opportunity to sacrifice during the Liturgy — particularly the words of Christ — we learn about who of the Eucharist. As the priest prepares the altar with the God is. This, in turn, can deepen our relationship with bread, wine, and vessels for communion, it is easy to zone Him. (Remember what we learned about knowledge of out or view it as “Mass halftime.” We may even go use the someone encouraging a relationship with them?) restroom. However, this is an important moment of prayer. As the gifts of bread and wine are offered, we also offer spiritual Unfortunately, it is really easy to zone out during this sacrifices and gifts. We can understand what those gifts look part of the Mass. The readers, called lectors, may not be like by comparing them to bread and wine. engaging. We may not completely understand the reading and sometimes, the readings don’t seem to apply to our We, too, have the opportunity to offer “bread” by asking lives. ourselves: What areas of my life are going well? What gifts do I have that I want to offer back to God? What joys did Nevertheless, God wants to speak to us during the Mass I experience this week? Where do I feel most alive? Every and this happens in a powerful way during the Liturgy of

60 OTHERWORLDLY 61 gift comes from God, so in this moment, offer those gifts We place ourselves on this altar and, in turn, receive Christ. back to Him. When we do this, we trust that as the bread is What do you need to place on the altar, today? What gifts transfigured to become Christ, our spiritual sacrifices will be do you bring? What brokenness do you offer? What we transformed to be more than they can be if we simply held bring is always outdone by the love God pours out to us, if onto them. we are willing to receive it. CCC 1350-1351 SEND TEACHING We also have the opportunity to offer “wine” — or simply, crushed grapes. Ask yourself: Where do I feel broken or When we receive the Eucharist, we receive a gift that isn’t crushed? What struggles do I have? God is close to the meant simply for ourselves. We are called to be Christ in brokenhearted. He doesn’t just want the areas where you the world. We are strengthened as a community and are are “all together,” He wants all of you, even the broken given the grace we need to live our faith. parts. When we offer these aspects of ourselves on the altar, spiritually, God makes us whole in Christ. The closing prayers of the Mass send us out to be witnesses, just like the early apostles. If our disposition is simply to Psalm 34:18 come to Mass to “get something out of it,” we are never We give ourselves to Christ during the Liturgy of the going to be able to really live our faith in the world. Instead, Eucharist and He comes to meet us in the Eucharist. Active we will become closed in and quiet about our faith. participation during this part of the Mass involves kneeling, Matthew 28:19-20 standing, praying the Lord’s Prayer, and exchanging a greeting of peace. It can be easy in the midst of all that The word “Mass” comes from the Latin “missio,” which motion to forget the intention behind the actions. means “to send.” We gather with the purpose of being sent. We go out into our world to proclaim the Gospel. This We kneel and stand out of reverence for the Eucharist, means that our disposition of heart needs to be one that which is Christ’s Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity. We pray remembers the grace we were given and who we are called the Lord’s Prayer as a sign of Christian unity. We offer to be when we walk outside of the walls of the church. This peace to one another before we receive Communion to is why you’ve each been given a bean. further our sense of community. Mark 16:15; John 20:21 John 6:48 I challenge you to keep it with you all week. Protect it, be When we go to the altar to receive Communion, we mindful of it, make sure it is always with you, and bring it receive Christ and offer ourselves to Him. We become the with you next week. tabernacle in which Christ resides. It is important to note that, if we are in a state of mortal sin, we should abstain The final blessing we receive at Mass is our last moment of from the Eucharist until we can receive the Sacrament of empowerment as a community to go out and live our faith. Reconciliation. However, we should not allow a false sense of The Mass ends and we are sent forth to all of the people humility or guilt because of our smaller sins, unworthiness, and places that don’t know Christ, yet. Strengthened by the or faults keep us from receiving if we can. Jesus welcomes Eucharist and surrounded by our community, we know that the broken; the Eucharist helps us become whole. the mission is not impossible and we joyfully embrace it. Hebrews 12:28; CCC 1395

62 OTHERWORLDLY 63 CORE TEAM OVERVIEW SEND (20 MIN): Send Teaching: ______ANOTHER DIMENSION: Active Participation Small Group Discussion: ______• Are there people in your life who don’t know Christ? What GOAL: The goal of Another Dimension is to create an opportunities do you have to share Jesus with them? experience for the teens to encounter the parts of the • What challenges do you face when sharing Jesus with Mass in a new way and gain practical tips on how to enter into active participation. others? How might you off er those challenges to the Lord in prayer? GATHER (20 MIN): • What is one concrete way you can respond to the mission Gather Teaching: ______of being sent this next week? Small Group Discussion: ______Blessing and Social: ______• What do we “bring” with us when we enter the doors of the sanctuary every Sunday for Mass? (E.g., physical Notes: ______materials, thoughts, emotions.) ______• What can we do in order to be better disposed to ______celebrate the Mass, even before we walk into the church? ______Personal Prayer: ______PROCLAIM (15 MIN): ______Proclaim Teaching: ______Small Group Discussion: ______• What obstacles do you encounter when trying to listen ______to the Word of God during the Liturgy of the Word? ______• How do we actively pray during the Liturgy of the Word? ______BREAK (20 MIN): ______Break Teaching: ______Small Group Discussion: ______• What do you usually think about during this point in the ______Mass? Are you tuned out or tuned in? ______• What kinds of things — relationships, goals, tasks, ______dreams, events, hardships, etc. — can you off er to the ______Lord at this point in the Mass next Sunday? ______Morning Off ering Prayer: ______

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The Gather is a race to see which teens can respond the DETECTING A SIGNAL fastest in order to retrieve an item. The Proclaim teaches A LIFE NIGHT ON A SACRAMENTAL WORLDVIEW the importance of responding to grace, both within and outside of the Mass. The Break is a discussion about the GOAL places where we fi nd grace and what steps the teens can take to respond to it. The Send gives the small groups an The goal of Detecting A Signal is to help the teens more opportunity to create a litany for the ability to see grace in clearly recognize Christ’s presence in the world around them the places where it is most diffi cult. and be open to the promptings of grace to respond. ENVIRONMENT KEY CONCEPTS Set up a table in the center of your main meeting space, or • Grace is present in ordinary encounters throughout our outside, and place random objects on it. These objects will day, but we have to respond to it. be used for the Gather activity.

• Encountering Jesus in the Mass transforms the way we Project the Detecting A Signal environment image, which encounter Him in the world. can be found on the January 2019 Life Teen USB and online at lifeteen.com under Life Support: January 2019. • The more we are united to Christ, the more others will encounter Him through us. MEDIA SUGGESTIONS

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For a deeper Break, consider having the teens write a personal mission statement in light of all they have learned throughout the series. A mission statement is a short statement that expresses your purpose (e.g., “To positively impact the life of every person I meet”). A few questions to ask when creating a mission statement are: What’s important

66 OTHERWORLDLY 67 to me? Where do I want to go? How do I want to act? What ______legacy do I want to leave behind? ______For teens who want to go deeper, consider inviting them to join an Unleashed small group. Unleashed: Eucharist and ______Unleashed: Evangelization would be good follow-ups to this ______Life Night series. ______HISPANIC INCULTURATION ______By Stephanie Espinoza Contributors: Juan Aznaran, Ivan Garcia, and Jessica Maciel- ______Hernandez ______Cultural Insights ______Hispanic/Latino teens have most likely heard older family ______members litter regular conversations with phrases like, “si Dios quiere” (“if God wants it”), “gracias a Dios” (“thanks ______be to God”), “Jesús te ayude” (“may Jesus help you”), and ______other sayings that acknowledge the presence of God in ______the everyday. It is not uncommon to hear these phrases in ______spontaneous conversations at the grocery store, bank, or a restaurant — not just in the context of deep and intimate ______faith sharing. Challenge the teens to follow this example ______and intentionally articulate the role God has had in their ______lives, no matter where they are. In this way, they will become ______visible signs of the grace they receive in the Mass in every ______facet of their world. ______Notes: ______

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“Detecting A Signal” Teaching (15 min) LIFE NIGHT: DETECTING A SIGNAL The Proclaim Outline and Proclaim Details can be found on pages 74 to 82.

GATHER BREAK

Welcome and Opening Prayer (5 min) Core Member Testimony (5 min) Gather the teens in the main meeting space. Welcome them Invite a Core Member to share a testimony about a time to the Life Night, introduce any teens or Core Members he or she recongnized Jesus in an unexpected moment or attending for the fi rst time, and begin in prayer. situation. Be sure to meet with the Core Member before the Life Night to discuss the testimony. Respond and Run (15 min) Have the teens form a circle and assign them each a number Small Group Discussion (15 min) from one to 12, assigning more than one of each number. Divide the teens into their small groups. Begin in prayer and Place an object in the center of the circle, such as a ball or then use the following questions to facilitate a discussion: book. When a number is called, every teen assigned that number should run toward the object with the hope of being • Based on his or her testimony, what kind of responses to the fi rst one to grab it and return to their spot in the circle. For example, if the number one is called out, all of the ones grace did the Core Member demonstrate? run toward the object. If multiple numbers are called out, all • Have you ever encountered Jesus or grace in an unexpected of the teens with those numbers run toward the object. place? Where? How? What was that experience like? • What are three areas of your life where you feel called To begin, only call out one number at a time. After two to to respond to the grace you’ve received from God in the three minutes, call out two numbers at a time. Continue this process for as long as time allows, increasing the diffi culty as Mass? time goes on by adding more numbers. • What are some challenges that arise when we respond to the grace we have received? Use the following to transition into the Proclaim: SEND Throughout this series, we have talked about the Mass and how each of us has the capacity to freely choose how See and Respond Litany (20 min) we approach and participate in it. These decisions can While in small groups, give each teen a pen and a piece of have a serious eff ect on the grace we receive through paper. Use the following to transition into the prayer: Jesus, the living sacrament. How we receive and embrace grace in the Mass has an impact on how we respond Throughout this series, we have been refl ecting on the desire to it everywhere else in our lives. In this Life Night, we that Jesus has to encounter us, and how He does so most will discover the ways we are called to respond to grace evidently in the Mass. We talked about how grace — the life of beyond the context of the Mass. God Himself — is a gift given to us through this encounter and

70 OTHERWORLDLY 71 how we need to be open in order to receive it. We have seen ______the many ways we can be more disposed in order to receive ______the graces God wants to pour out into our lives during the ______celebration of the Mass. Lastly, we have been challenged to recognize how the Mass changes us, making us more aware ______of the deeper — sometimes hidden — realities of our lives ______and the world around us. ______This worldview is a grace itself, but it isn’t always easy to ______maintain it. We often times struggle to see the world in this way because there are many challenges, sufferings, and ______distractions that keep us from seeing clearly. As we wrap up ______this series, let us ask our heavenly Father to help us recognize ______Jesus in the places where it is most difficult. Let us ask Him ______to help us respond in a way that allows others to encounter ______Him through us. ______Invite the teens to write down an area where they feel like ______they can respond to the grace they are given through Jesus, ______the living sacrament, in the Mass (e.g., with a new coworker ______at their after-school job, during volleyball practice, at home with their siblings). Collect the papers and read them to make ______sure they are all appropriate. Group any repeats together. ______Lead the small group in a closing litany using the following ______template and inserting the teens’ suggestions in the blank: ______Jesus, help me see you in ______, R. and help me respond with your grace. ______Close the Life Night with an Our Father. ______Notes: ______

72 OTHERWORLDLY 73 PROCLAIM OUTLINE • We encounter Jesus in a profound way at Mass, but we can also encounter Him and receive grace in our ordinary, everyday moments. DETECTING A SIGNAL A WORLD OF GRACE • God wants to love you, help you, and make you holy KEY TERMS in the big and ordinary moments of life. Moments of actual grace happen throughout our week, but we Mortal Sin: Sin that is grave matter, done with full often fail to recognize and receive this grace. consent, and done with full knowledge of the gravity of the act. Mortal sin prevents us from being in a • Share a testimony about a time you received actual state of grace. grace, focusing on a moment you received grace in order to choose a course of action that was good and State of Grace: The stable disposition of sanctifying would make you holy. Encourage the teens to refl ect grace in our heart and friendship with God. on a time when God intervened in their lives. • There are opportunities to pray for and receive grace TEACHING POINTS every day, but we need to be ready to respond to it. • We can remain ready by keeping our heart in a state of • Our disposition, or posture of heart, is critical in how we grace, reserving time in our day for prayer and striving receive and respond to God’s love. It is the measure of to see God in other people and situations. our authenticity in our faith. • We gather for Mass to be sent out; that is where the GOD IN THE OTHER word “Mass” comes from — it means “to be sent.” As you • Jesus told His followers that there would be times were sent last week, each of you were given a bean. they would encounter Him but not recognize Him • Ask the teens how many of them brought their bean right away. with them to the Life Night. Process their experience • Project and read Matthew 25:31-40. throughout the week by asking: How did having the bean impact your routine? Did you ever forget it? Did • We encounter Jesus in a profound way through the you lose it? Were you mindful of the bean during the poor, marginalized, outcast, sick, imprisoned, and week? homeless, as well as through those with whom we struggle to get along. We need to recognize Jesus in • The challenge to hold onto that bean throughout the these individuals and respond with love. week and bring it with you today likely impacted how you viewed your days. It may have even impacted your • When we receive the Eucharist at Mass, our heart behaviors. This is the same eff ect the Mass should have conforms to God’s heart and we commit ourselves to on us. love and serve the poor. • We cannot simply live our faith inside a church building. • If we anticipate fi nding Jesus in our world and know In order to live our faith outside of these walls, we need we will receive the grace we need to live our faith, to shift the way in which we see the world. our perspective changes. We don’t walk around like

74 OTHERWORLDLY 75 zombies but are expectant of how God’s grace is ______going to transform us and those we encounter. ______• In the Book of Exodus, God calls the Israelites out of ______slavery in Egypt and gives them instructions for how ______it will take place. He asks them to share a meal, but to ______eat it in a certain way. ______• Project and read Exodus 12:11. ______• We must be ready not only to encounter Christ, but ______to also be Christ to others. When we receive the Eucharist — the new Passover meal — we make our ______hearts ready for whatever God wants to do in our lives ______and wherever He wants to take us. ______• We cannot be Christ in the world if we don’t know Him. ______We know who Jesus is through the Mass and grow in ______our relationship with Him through the many moments ______of grace we are given. Apart from that relationship and grace, we can do nothing. ______Notes: ______

76 OTHERWORLDLY 77 PROCLAIM DETAILS we receive and respond to God’s love. It is the measure of authenticity in our faith.

DETECTING A SIGNAL Our disposition also impacts the way in which we respond to God. At our last Life Night, we discussed the movements of the Mass, ending with the closing prayers. We gather for TEACHING Mass to be sent out, which is where the word “Mass” comes from — it means “to be sent.” As you were sent last week, Begin the Proclaim by inviting four teens to come to the each of you were given a bean. front of the room. Once they arrive, give instructions for the race. Set an object on a stool across the room and make Ask the teens how many of them brought their bean with sure there is a clear path to the object. Tell the participants them to the Life Night. Process their experience throughout they will be racing to get the object; the person who gets the week by asking: it fi rst will receive a prize. Then inform them that they will each be starting from a diff erent position. Ask one teen to • How did having the bean impact you routine? lie down fl at, facing away from the stool; one to lie down • Did you ever forget it? fl at with their feet crossed, facing the stool; and one to sit • Did you lose it? down with their legs crossed. The fourth teen can remain • Were you mindful of the bean during the week? standing, facing the object. Once each person is in their starting position, instruct them to run after you countdown If you were putting eff ort into keeping that tiny bean with from three. Award a prize to the winner and then continue you, chances are that it changed your routine in small — the teaching. and maybe big — ways. You woke up and put the bean somewhere secure where it wouldn’t get lost. You may have A runner’s starting position matters when they begin a race. even checked that spot during the day to make sure it was For a sprint, a bad start can make the diff erence between still there. At night, you put the bean back in a particular a fi rst and last place fi nish. For longer runs, the posture of place so you could easily fi nd it in the morning. If you ever a runner’s body matters, as poor posture increases fatigue thought you lost the bean, you may have spent time looking and can be costly. for it or even felt slightly anxious.

For our runners, their starting position directly impacted The challenge to hold onto that bean throughout the week the eff ort they needed to put forward to win. The person and bring it with you today likely impacted how you viewed who started in the correct posture was able to win the race your days; it may have even impacted your behavior. This is because they were ready. The same principle was true in our the eff ect the Mass should have on us. We cannot simply live opening game — if you weren’t ready for your number to our faith inside a church building. In order to live our faith be called, it was unlikely that you would win the challenge. outside of these walls, we need to shift the way in which we see the world. We encounter Jesus in a profound way at Mass, Over the past few weeks, we’ve talked about the ways we but we also can encounter Him in our ordinary, everyday encounter Jesus through the Mass, how we receive grace, moments. There are opportunities for grace in our schools and and why our disposition matters in our relationship with homes, on our way to work, and even in the boring, seemingly Christ. Our disposition, or posture of heart, is critical in how insignifi cant moments that happen every day.

78 OTHERWORLDLY 79 A WORLD OF GRACE Finally, strive to see God in other people and situations. God certainly speaks to us through Sacred Scripture, at the Mass, God wants to love you, help you, and make you holy in the and in prayer. But God can also show us His love or reveal His big and ordinary moments of life. However, the limiting will to us through other people — whether they are religious factor in receiving God’s grace is the expectations we put on or not — and can guide us in our everyday moments. God it. Moments of actual grace happen throughout our week, made the world and all that is in it, which means that this but we often fail to recognize and receive this grace. same creation can help point us back to Him.

Share a testimony about a time you received actual grace. GOD IN THE OTHER Since actual grace refers to God’s interventions in our lives, you may need to explain that you only realized that God was When we pray for grace, we need to pray for the grace pouring His grace on you after the fact. Remember, grace is to respond to the moments we encounter Christ in other given to make us holier, so focus your testimony on a moment people. Jesus told His followers that there would be times you received grace in order to choose a course of action that when they would encounter Him but not recognize Him right was good and would make you holy. Encourage the teens to away. The way in which they treated Jesus in their brothers reflect on a time when God intervened in their lives. and sisters would be a determining factor in their entrance into eternal life. There are opportunities to pray for and receive grace every day. Begin your day by asking God to give you the grace you Project and read Matthew 25:31-40. need to be a . Ask for specific areas where you need God’s grace to help you be holy. We may sometimes feel like We encounter Jesus in a profound way through the poor, God doesn’t hear our prayers, but He always gives us the marginalized, outcast, sick, imprisoned, and homeless, as well grace we need for the challenges we face. as through those with whom we struggle to get along. We need to recognize Jesus in these individuals and respond with We need to be ready to respond to grace. One way we can love. be ready is by keeping our heart in a state of grace. We remain in this state when we avoid mortal sin (sin that is This is not a simple suggestion; the Eucharist commits us grave matter and done with full consent and full knowledge to love and serve the poor. When we receive Jesus in the of the gravity of the act) and choose to respond to God’s Eucharist at Mass, our hearts become conformed to His heart. love. If we find ourselves in mortal sin, we need to go to the Jesus reached out to and loved people the rest of society cast Sacrament of Reconciliation. Even if we aren’t in a state of off. If we want to be called “Christian,” we must do the same. serious sin, frequent confession helps us to be open to God’s CCC 1396-1397, 1878 promptings and interventions in our lives. If we anticipate finding Jesus in our world and know Another way we remain ready to receive God’s grace is by we will receive the grace we need to live our faith, our taking moments for short prayer throughout our day. On perspective changes. We enter into each day ready for the your walk from class to lunch, ask for God to bless your food journey God is going to take us on. In the Book of Exodus, or pray for your classmates. Remind yourself that God is God calls the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt and gives present throughout your day. them instructions for how it will take place. He asks them to share a meal, but to eat it in a certain way.

80 OTHERWORLDLY 81 Project and read Exodus 12:11. ______God is asking the people to be ready for the moment ______when He will ask them to leave. This is a great image for how we should view the world. We must be ready to not ______only encounter Christ, but to also be Christ to other people. ______When we receive the Eucharist — the new Passover meal — ______we make our hearts ready for whatever God wants to do in ______our lives and wherever He wants to take us. ______This adventure is only possible through a relationship with ______Jesus. We cannot be Christ in the world if we don’t know ______Him. We know who Jesus is through the Mass and grow in ______our relationship with Him through the many moments of ______grace we are given. Apart from that relationship and grace, ______we can do nothing. CCC 2074 ______Notes: ______

82 OTHERWORLDLY 83 CORE TEAM OVERVIEW Notes: ______DETECTING A SIGNAL: A Sacramental Worldview ______GOAL: The goal of Detecting A Signal is to help the teens ______more clearly recognize Christ’s presence in the world ______around them and be open to the promptings of grace to respond. ______GATHER (20 MIN): ______Welcome and Opening Prayer: ______Respond and Run: ______PROCLAIM (15 MIN): ______“Detecting A Signal” Teaching: ______BREAK (20 MIN): ______Core Member Testimony: ______Small Group Discussion: ______• Based on his or her testimony, what kind of responses to ______grace did the Core Member demonstrate? ______• Have you ever encountered Jesus or grace in an unexpected place? Where? How? What was that experience like? ______• What are three areas of your life where you feel called to respond to the grace you’ve received from God in the ______Mass? ______• What are some challenges that arise when we respond to ______the grace we have received? ______SEND (20 MIN): ______See and Respond: ______

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