Yesterday was a real exciting day for us as we launched the CHRISTA Apostolate website! There were a couple hiccups, but I guess that's to be expected. All in all after a tinkering here and there, it got launched thanks to our computer science expert (!!) and can be found at www.christaapostolate.org.
In addition to the launch of our website, I'm also pleased to announce we are holding our first set of faith workshops in Hamburg. The theme is Gebet: Heilung & Befreiung.
For me, this is a basic course, which I believe will be regularly offered. It's basic in this sense that it's core to what we as Catholics need to be doing. We need to pray if we're going to be a faithful, Christian people. One cannot simply say I am Catholic but not have an interior life. What I mean by this I will unpack in the workshops.
The course is also fundamental. In the course, we teach people how to pray. It is a way of prayer, not the only way of prayer. I think that people will enjoy this also because Christian prayer, ultimately, when you do it well can open you up to receive Christ in a very unique way.
And truth be told that how we pray is not often discussed or taught. We teach our children to pray fundamental Catholic prayers, but are we as adults also conscious of our own interior life? Do we take care of it, as we take care of say, maybe our bodies?
If we shower to clean ourselves, should we also not in some way find a way to refresh ourselves when it comes to our souls? This is the point of the workshops. My hope is that CHRISTA will introduce in a beautiful way how we can cultivate a love for prayer, how we can pray more intentionally, and also to show us how can the Catholic church support our spiritual growth and needs?
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