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Workout Tracker Our Father Workout Sessions Date Completed Our Father Who Art in Heaven ________________ Hallowed Be Thy Name ________________ Thy Kingdom Come ________________ Thy Will Be Done ________________ Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread ________________ Forgive Us Our Trespasses ________________ Lead Us Not Into Temptation ________________ Deliver Us from Evil ________________ Workout Teammates Contact Information ______________________________ ________________________ ______________________________ ________________________ ______________________________ ________________________ ______________________________ ________________________ ______________________________ ________________________ ______________________________ ________________________ ______________________________ ________________________ THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK OUR FATHER -- Episode One: Our Father Who Art in Heaven Team Member Name: ______________________________ Date: __________ Game Strategy – How do you relate to your father? Do you even know him? In the Lord’s Prayer, Jesus invites us to call His Father, Our Father. Who is this Father of ours who art in heaven? Be ready to take the field for this workout by completing the Pregame Film Study. Your contributions to the Huddle Discussion in our workout are vital to our team success. Remember we win and lose as a team! Pregame Film Study 1. View or listen to the episode referenced above. 2. Go deep with the Scripture References, Coaching Tips and Catechism Connection on page 2. 3. Reflect upon the Huddle Up questions below and jot down your thoughts. Huddle Up – Use these questions for personal reflection to share with your team at the workout. Warm-up Questions: 1. What particular point(s) caught your attention the most in this episode? 2. What is something useful that you learned from viewing this episode that you can apply in your own life? Workout Questions: 1. How does the image of Jesus on the Cross reveal the Father’s love? (John 3:16, 1 John 4:9, Rom 5:9) 2. What can you learn from Jesus’ relationship with His Father? (Mat 11:27, John 12:49-50, John 15:9) 3. Name some of the times in your life that God the Father has blessed you. (Psalm 103:1-5) 4. How do you show God the Father your appreciation? 5. Danny mentioned that he chose the wrong road on many occasions that offended the Father. Share a particular occasion when you offended the Father through a poor decision. 6. Name at least one time where your earthly father has been a blessing to you. When has he been a disappointment to you? 7. Name at least one time when being a father has blessed you. OUR FATHER -- Episode One: Our Father Who Art in Heaven Team Workout Plan - Watch the Kickoff, Game Plan and Personal Action Item Red Zone video segments as a team. Break into huddles for Develop a plan of action based upon our discussion of the questions. prayer and discussion related to the topic. Postgame Recap - Watch the End Zone video segment as a How does the Lord want this topic applied team. Take note of the tips from the CTG team: in your life? Keep it simple – one or two action items. 1. Read the life of Jesus and ask Him “Show me the Father”. I commit to becoming spiritually fit by… 2. The greatest good in our life is a relationship with the Father. 3. Read and contemplate Psalm 139. Complete your Personal Action Item. Scripture References Matthew 6:9-13 Matthew 4:4 Luke 11:1-4 Luke 15:11-32 John 14:7-10 Psalm 139 Hebrews 12:1-2 Psalm 103:1-5 Coaching Tips “Teach us to pray” Praise Our Father Prayer of the Church 7 Petitions We are the people of Summary of the whole Gospel God I invite you also, together with the whole Church, to turn towards God the Father and to listen with gratitude and wonder to the amazing revelation of Jesus: ‘The Father loves you!’ - St. Pope John Paul II message to 14th World Youth Day To pray the Our Father we have to have a heart at peace with our brothers. We don't pray "my Father," but "our Father," because we are not an only child, none of us are. - Pope Francis Mass homily June 20, 2013 Catechism Connection 2786 "Our" Father refers to God. The adjective, as used by us, does not express possession, but an entirely new relationship with God. 2789 When we pray to "our" Father, we personally address the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. By doing so we do not divide the Godhead, since the Father is its "source and origin," but rather confess that the Son is eternally begotten by him and the Holy Spirit proceeds from him. We are not confusing the persons, for we confess that our communion is with the Father and his Son, Jesus Christ, in their one Holy Spirit. The Holy Trinity is consubstantial and indivisible. When we pray to the Father, we adore and glorify him together with the Son and the Holy Spirit. 2797 Simple and faithful trust, humble and joyous assurance are the proper dispositions for one who prays the Our Father. 2802 “Who art in heaven” does not refer to a place but to God’s majesty and his presence in the hearts of the just. Heaven, the Father’s house, is the true homeland toward which we are heading and to which, already, we belong. See Also: 2787, 2788, 2790-2796, 2798-280 OUR FATHER -- Episode Two: Hallowed Be Thy Name Team Member Name: ______________________________ Date: __________ Game Strategy – We think we know God guys, but do we honor Him? It’s the first petition Jesus teaches us in the Our Father. Empowerment to bring honor to His Father. Why must we keep the name of the Lord holy? Be ready to take the field for this workout by completing the Pregame Film Study. Your contributions to the Huddle Discussion in our workout are vital to our team success. Remember we win and lose as a team! Pregame Film Study 1. View or listen to the episode referenced above. 2. Go deep with the Scripture References, Coaching Tips and Catechism Connection on page 2. 3. Reflect upon the Huddle Up questions below and jot down your thoughts. Huddle Up – Use these questions for personal reflection to share with your team at the workout. Warm-up Questions: 1. What particular point(s) caught your attention the most in this episode? 2. What is something useful that you learned from viewing this episode that you can apply in your own life? Workout Questions: 1. Why do you think so many people in our society today reject the name of the Lord? Read John 3:19-20 and 2 Cor 4:3-4 and discuss. 2. Consider the honor we give to athletes, movie and rock stars, politicians, etc. On the other hand, how much honor and respect do we give to God? How would you rate yourself in this category? 3. Give some examples of how you hallow God’s name not only by your words but also by your actions. 4. Think of the most recent times that you took God’s name in vain. What caused you to do this? (Ex. Anger, etc.) 5. When you hear someone in your company take the name of God in vain, what is your reaction? 6. If our society is becoming more and more hostile to the name of the Lord and Christians in general, what should your response to this be as a man of God? (1 Cor 15:58, CCC 2148) OUR FATHER -- Episode Two: Hallowed Be Thy Name Team Workout Plan - Watch the Kickoff, Game Plan and Personal Action Item Red Zone video segments as a team. Break into huddles for Develop a plan of action based upon our discussion of the questions. prayer and discussion related to the topic. Postgame Recap - Watch the End Zone video segment as a How does the Lord want this topic applied team. Take note of the tips from the CTG team: in your life? Keep it simple – one or two action items. 1. Examine your heart. Stand up and honor the Lord and His I commit to becoming spiritually fit by… Name. 2. Commit to not use the Lord’s name in vain. Read CCC 2666. 3. Reflect on your blessings and how you have hurt Him. Complete your Personal Action Item. Scripture References Exodus 20:7 John 3:19-20 Proverbs 1:7 2 Cor 4:3-4 Romans 1:16-19 1 Cor 15:58 Coaching Tips The first of seven petitions – “hallowed be Your Name” means to have zeal for the honor of God’s holy name. Don't say "Hallowed be Thy Name" if you invoke God with your lips, but your heart is far from Him. Blasphemy is contrary to the respect due God and his holy name. It is in itself a grave sin. CCC 2148 It is characteristic of love to think first of the one whom we love. CCC 2804 “If not me, then who? If not now, then when?” - Danny Abramowicz Catechism Connection 2807 The term “to hallow” is to be understood here not primarily in its causative sense (only God hallows, makes holy), but above all in an evaluative sense: to recognize as holy, to treat in a holy way. And so, in adoration, this invocation is sometimes understood as praise and thanksgiving. But this petition is here taught to us by Jesus as an optative: a petition, a desire, and an expectation in which God and man are involved. Beginning with this first petition to our Father, we are immersed in the innermost mystery of his Godhead and the drama of the salvation of our humanity.