• Session 5: Awakened to grace

1. Explain in your own words what is meant by the phrase "seeing with the eyes of faith".

2. Have you ever been somewhere and seen something that reminded you of God? Tell us about it.

3. Why do you think it can be difficult to recognize God's messages?

4. What prayer in your workbook Alive in the Spirit teaches you to preach the gospel and that God loves everyone?

5. Provide a sign or symbol for each of the following:

1. 'Seeing with the eyes of faith' means at the time of baptism we become God's children. We receive God's messages through the Gospels read at Mass. We see the world and other people through the eyes of God.

2. Summer nights spent on Manitoulin Island reminds me of God. There is complete darkness except for the stars. it allows me to feel God's presence.

3. It can be difficult to recognize God's message because we are so busy doing other things.

4. The prayer that teaches us to preach the gospel and that god loves everyone is the 'Prayer of St. Francis'.

5. Signs and symbols

Keifer

1. It means looking at things from a different point of view or looking through things with Christ's eyes.

2. Yes I have. I've been to a church in Montreal and it reminded me of Him because it was all full of gold and really nice.

3. It can be difficult because they're not always obvious.

4. The prayer Breathe on me, breath of God teaches us to preach the gospel and that God loves everyone.

5. Signs and symbols

Libby

1. "Seeing with the eyes of faith" means that even though you cannot literally see God, if you have faith and believe in him, it's just like he was there.

2. When I see a rainbow, it reminds me of God and heaven.

3. It can be difficult to recognize God's messages because he doesn"t deliver them personally, but he wants us to keep our faith in him.

4. The confirmation prayer on page 22 !!

5. Signs and symbols

Alicia

1. The phrase "seeing with the eyes of faith" means you have blind faith in God, even though you don't see him you know he is in your presence.

2. When I see a beautiful sunset at my camp; there's a mist on the lake and you can hear the calm sound of the loon and I am happy that I am here and know that God created this.

3. It can be difficult to recognize God's messages because we are so busy or we are in a hurry so we don't take the time to listen to his messages.

4. Confirmation prayer on page 13.

5. Signs and symbols

Rebecca

1. When being baptised, you have been accepted into the Christian faith. So now when you see, you are seeing through the eyes of your faith or God.

2. On my way to my cousin's house in Burlington, I saw all the fall leaves changing colours. It was an amazing sight and I thought this must be a gift from God to the people of the world.

3. Because it can be something so simple that it just passes you by, and you don't even notice anything.

4. Psalm 100

5. Signs and symbols

Melissa

1. The Holy Spirit enables us to see

2. No

3. Gotta have faith to believe in Him

4. Ephesians 4:1-3

5. Signs and symbols

Justin

1. Seeing with the eyes of faith means that you see what Jesus had done for
you, which helps us to have more faith in believing and to trust.

2. Yes, when we are at church we are reminded that God loves us and he is the
reason why we are here.

3. It gets difficult to recognize God's messages because we are so busy with
our lives. We need to rely on are families to help understand God. Going to
church is a good thing.

4. For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ
died for our sins and that He was buried, and that He rose again

5.
in heaven, church
Holy Spirit, God our families
tongues resting on them, learn more about Jesus
tongues of fire, candle of light
violent wind, gods message
began to speak other languages, we receive the holy spirit

Amen,
Nick & Brian

1. I believe the phrase, "seeing with the eyes of faith" means looking through the eyes of God. I believe this because we have faith in god as he does us. So we are looking through his eyes.

2. One time when my mom and I were driving, a car was coming down the wrong side of the street at us. It was a scary encounter. We ended up passing them, then seen as my mother is a police officer she pulled a "U" turn farther up the street and went back up the street and found the guy. He was lost. It was a scary moment as we could have lost our lives as he could have lost his. God made sure nothing happened that day.

3. God's messages can be difficult to see because they aren't always visible. Also, there are some people who don't believe in God. So they may not recognize these things.

4. Psalm 30

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Joseph