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7 Drugs; Addictions
| 8 Life, Abortion | 9 Idolatry: False Religions | 10 The Church | 11 Mass Communication | 12 Environment; Pollution: (ECOLOGY)

2nd Group:
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 7-2 Drugs; Addictions | 8-2 Life, Abortion | 9-2 Idolatry | 10-2 The Church | 11-2 Mass Media | 12-2 Ecology |
3rd Group:  1-3 Youth & Young Adults | 2-3 The City of Detroit | 3-3 Family Life & Marriage | 4-3 Government | 5-3 Work: Employment | 6-3 Wars; Terrorism
7-3 Drugs: Addictions
8-3 Life Abortion
| 9-3 Idolatry | 10-3 The Church
| 11-3 Mass Media  | 12-3 Ecology | 13-1 Light in the Darkness
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 7-4 Drugs: Addictions |
8-4 Life Abortion | 9-4 Idolatry 10-4 The Church
| 11-4 Mass Media | 12-4 Ecology
| 13-2 Light in the Darkness
13-3 Light in the darkness

 

Essays from the Assembly on Areas of Prayer and the Monthly Now Word

Date: August, 2008

 


 

Monthly Now Word
by Arlene Apone

 

  

                “In the beginning was the Word.” (John 1:1)  By it all things were created; it is sent to earth to reveal the hidden designs of God; it returns to Him with its work done.  (Is. 55:10-11)

 

            “Not one thing had its being but through him.” 

(John 1:3)  The Word was the true light that enlightens all men. (John 1:4-5)

 

            Prophecy is God’s Word spoken to people in every age.  A prophet is one who witnesses to life in Christ.  A prophet’s words are God’s words revealing and creating His designs to those who believe.  This word accomplishes in us the Holy Spirit’s work of sanctifying us and making us His holy people.  The word calls us forth, leads us, exhorts us, strengthens us, and transforms us.

 

            In James 1:21-22, we read, “Accept and submit to the word which has been planted in you and can save your souls.  But you must do what the word tells you and not just listen to it and deceive yourselves.”  Are we listening?  The Hebrew word for listen implies movement.  From hearing with our ears to thinking it through with our minds, we then decide to act on it.

 

 

            This word is meant to be discerned by those with the gift of discernment; generally our prayer group leaders, spiritual directors and pastors can help confirm God’s word to us.  Prophecy will not contradict Sacred Scripture or the Church.

 

            Our diocesan pastoral assembly gathers and discerns all of our prayer group prophecies every six months.  We refer to this as the NOW Word and we publish and work with this word for the next six months through teachings, retreats, personal and corporate prayer days, and also share it with the institutional church (the cardinal, bishops, etc.).

 

            The Word was the true light that enlightens all men; a light that darkness could not overpower. (John 1:4-5)

 

(Suggested Scriptures: John 1:11-12; John 8:47, John 10:27)

 

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(Arlene Apone is the Associate Liaison between the Catholic Charismatic Renewal and the Archdiocese of Detroit and the director of the Detroit Catholic Charismatic Renewal Center.  She is a frequent speaker at retreats, conferences, and days of prayer, as well as an editor, author, and co-author of many books.)

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