UGNAYAN - March 2009 Issue

March 2009 Issue

CBCP Monitor
Vol. 13 No. 5
March 2-15, 2009

A New Generation

THERE’S a song that we sing in our gatherings and the first two a lines of the first stanza goes like this:

“There’s a new generation that is seeking Your face

There’s a new generation that is taking their place…”

This perfectly describes what we in Couples for Christ are seeing now. Indeed a new generation of people who love God, who follow Jesus and who love the poor are rising in our midst.

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Pressing on with Mission

OUR community’s theme for the year “Forward in Christ” taken from Philippians 3:13-14 coincides with the Catholic Church’s current celebration of the Pauline year. St. Paul exhorted the faithful to “imitate me as I imitate Christ” (1 Cor.11:1). In effect he expressed in very clear terms how we are directed to emulate his posture in relating to Christ and thus make it our life’s goal. In so stating, we are urged to draw inspiration from the very life of Paul and learn from the examples in his life as lessons that we can apply today.

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