Week 7 - 

 

Week 7- Easter Witness Challenge - "Engage in God-Talk":  Witnessing invites us to engage in God-talk or spiritual conversations.  Such conversations should include words such as love, gratitude and kindness.  We are challenged in the Gospel today with “the great commission” or sharing the good news.   One way that we do this is through God-talk.  We talk about a lot of things with a lot of people.  Do we ever talk about God and our relationship with God?

Week 7 Homily 

Week 7 Video Message From Fr. Mark

Week 7 Virtual Small Group Study Guide

Week 6 - 

 

Week 6- Easter Witness Challenge - "Practice the Art of Accompaniment": Do you have anyone who is “accompanying” you on your journey to heaven?  That is, do you have a faith companion, someone that you can rely upon to lead you to God?  One way of witnessing to our faith is to “practice the art of accompaniment.”  This is the theme of our sixth message series on witnessing.  Just as the Holy Spirit accompanies each one of us so we are called to accompany others on their journey.  Have you done this already in your life?  Do you have someone to accompany you? 

Week 6 Homily 

Week 6 Video Message From Fr. Mark

Week 6 Virtual Small Group Study Guide

WEEK 5 - 

Week 5- Easter Witness Challenge - "Listen With a Cupped Ear": Are you a good listener?  Or are you one of those who in a conversation is always thinking about what you will say next?  Listening with a cupped ear is the fifth theme of our message series on witnessing.  We witness best when we listen.  What kind of listeners are we?  How can we understand and interpret better?
 

Week 5 Video Message From Fr. Mark

Week 5 Virtual Small Group Study Guide

WEEK 4 - 

Week 4- Easter Witness Challenge - "Pray Unceasingly": Today we reflect on the connection between witnessing and praying unceasingly.  What is your prayer life like?  Prayer is foundational to the Christian life.  Without it there is no way that we can truly witness.   Is praying unceasingly a goal in our lives?
 

Week 4 Video Message From Fr. Mark

Week 4 Virtual Small Group Study Guide

WEEK 3 - 

Week 3- Easter Witness Challenge - "Preach From the Pulpit of Life": Like it or not, consciously or unconsciously we witness to Christ to others every day through what we say and do.  In other words, we “preach from the pulpit of life,” which is the theme of this third week of our messages series on witnessing.  What does your life preach? 

Homily April 26th

Week 3 Video Message From Fr. Mark

Week 3 Virtual Small Group Study Guide

WEEK 2 -

Homily April 19th

Week 2 Video Message From Fr. Mark

Week 2 Virtual Small Group Study Guide

 

WEEK 1 -

At St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, we strive to bring people into a growing relationship with Jesus Christ through praying, learning, sharing and witnessing. Now more than ever, the world needs witnesses. During the Easter season we will be going deeper into our fourth characteristic, WITNESS. We witness to the goodness and power of the gospels by what we say, how we live, and how we love others. Inspired by the book Everyday Witness, we will look at seven simple habits to help Catholics more comfortably talk about and model Christian faith in our everyday lives. Join us this Easter and become an everyday witness. 

Week 1- Easter Sunday Witness Challenge"Choose Joy": Does your life radiate the joy that comes from faith? How will you witness to your faith despite the challenges brought on by the corona virus?

   ~ Fr. Mark Ressler