PALBUSA, Neil Arence A.

BSN-1 Block N GOD’S JOURNEY

Parents’ Name: Mary and Joseph (the Carpenter)
PRAYER Civil Status: Single
F/ 1:00pm-2:00pm/ August 10, 2018 Languages Spoken: Aramaic and Hebrew
Date of Birth: 6-4 BC
What is prayer? Date of Death: 33 years old
 mode of communication with God Start of Ministry: 30 years old
 strengthens & deepens our relationship with God Place of Birth: Bethlehem
 (re) connection to God Place where he grew up: Nazareth
 “breath” of our soul Religion: Judaism
 does not make something absent as present Occupation: Wood worker (turned to Preacher)

Why do we pray? “knowing Jesus is knowing the Christian

A- adoration (give praise) message for He is the Christian Message”
C- contrition/ forgiveness
T- thanksgiving LEVELS:
S- supplication (request of things from God) 1. Information
 No distinction between knowing someone and
“prayer does not change God but the one who is knowing somebody; knowing about a person and
praying” knowing of the person
*Knowing about a person- peripheral; information
FORMS OS PRAYER: only
1. Personal *Knowing of a person- experience of the person’s
a. meditation- becoming aware of the presence of characteristics and information
God in one’s life
b. contemplation- imagining the beauty and love of  about (information); the person (experience of a
God close personal relationship)
c. conversation- talking and listening
“we can know a lot about Jesus without meeting
2. Public/ Common- praying with others and responding to him as a person”

3. Liturgy- follows an accepted/ approved formula 2. Formation

led by a priest  Responding to the person of Jesus is an essential
part of knowing Him
TWO EXTREMES:  Old and New Traditions
A. Prayer induces God to change His mind *to love, to obey, and to believe- concrete ways of
B. Prayer has no use at all knowing God

“knowing God is to love, to obey, and to believe”

KNOWING GOD 3. Transformation

 Knowing God is a dynamic, experiential,
W/ 1:00pm-2:00pm/ August 22, 2018
relational activity involving the whole person;
involves the orientation, active and enduring
JESUS’ BIODATA
commitment; not mere possession of knowledge
Name: Yeshua/ Yoshua/ Joshua
“whoever does not love God does not know God,
Latin: Yesus
for God is love” (1 Jn. 4:8)
English: Jesus

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 Beginnings of (for some) examples of others,
personal preference, beauty of creation, etc.

“if we truly love somebody, it goes without

saying that we will want to know more about the
person we love”

JUSTIFICATION FOR LEARNING THEOLOGY:

“to sustain and expand our love relationship

with God, in the person of Jesus”