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Presentation at St. Vincent Basilica Parish on May 25, 2011TRANSCRIPT
Who are you?
Oldest Youngest
Who are you?
Not SoSportsy
Sportsy
Who are you?
Plan Ahead
Last Minute
Who are you?
With Others
BySelf
Who are you?
Who are you?
What is essential is invisible to the eye
Who are you?
Who are you?
Discipleship
godisnowhere
Happiness
When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.
Helen Keller
Happiness
The essentials to happiness are something to love, something to do, and something to hope for.
William Blake
Happiness
It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere.
Agnes Repplier
Happiness
Happiness is an expression of the soul in considered actions.
Aristotle
Happiness
Happiness is a warm puppy.
Charles Schulz
So, What isHappiness?
• Are you happy?• What makes you happy?• What was your happiest
moment?• How do you recognize
being happy?
• So, What isHappiness?
Theological Equations
• Happiness = Good
Theological Equations
• Happiness = Good• God = Good
Theological Equations
• Happiness = Good• God = Good• Therefore, God and
happiness are connected.
Theological Equations
• Happiness = Good• God = Good• Therefore, God and
happiness are connected.
• God wants us to be happy.
Immanuel Kant
Theological Equations
• Happiness = Good• God = Good• Therefore, God and
happiness are connected.
• God wants us to be happy.
• Be Blessed.
So, What isHappiness?
Be Rich
Blessed are the Poor in Spirit
Blessed are those Who Mourn
Blessed are those Who MournBlessed are those Who Mourn Feel
Be Extreme
Blessed are the Meek
Blessed are the Meek
Where are you at
• With possession obsession?• With dealing with feeling?• What is the center of your universe??
Be Comfortable
Blessed are those who hunger & thirst
Blessed are thosewho hunger and thirst
Be Powerful
Blessed arethe merciful
Blessed arethe merciful.
Multi-Task
Blessed are thepure of heart
Blessed are the pure of heartBlessed are the pure of heart/ focused
Where are you at
• With standing up against wrong?• With stepping down to help another?• With figuring out what’s important??
Be a Winner
Blessed arethe peacemakers
Blessed arethe peacemakers
Don’t be a Loser
Blessed arethose prosecuted
Blessed arethose prosecuted
Get Along
Blessed are youif others reject you
Blessed are youif others reject you
Where are you at
• With disarming your attitude?• With being with those “locked In?”• With taking your best shots against the odds??
Comfort Food
Dear young people, the happiness you are seeking, the happiness you have a right to enjoy has a name and a face: It is Jesus of Nazareth, hidden in the Eucharist. Only he gives the fullness of life to humanity!
Happiness
Discipleship