CIH 203

7:00-5:00
JOSE C.ECHAGUE III
Ph.D
WE’VE WON
Agenda:

1.Activity-Sharing (My Faith

Shield/)
2.Lesson: Lasallian Prayers
Core Values
Group Sharing
1. What is a Lasallian?
2. What do you expect?
What is Prayer? Reason/s why I
Pray?

To whom/for My prayer wish

whom I pray today and why?
and why?

Group’s feeling and why?

Group’s learning?
The word "pray" comes from
the Latin word

precari

entreat or ask
Prayer is our direct line with heaven.

Prayer is a communication process that

allows us to talk to God!

He wants us to communicate with Him, like a

person-to-person phone call.
 Prayer
is
listening
to
God God
reveals
Himself
through
PRAYER
 “Prayer is not learned through the
teaching of others; it has its own
special teacher, God, the teacher of
all people who gives prayer to those
who pray” (St. John Climacus Step
28)

Christian prayer, then, is not

something we do on our own
power “for God,” as it were, but a
precious gift to us by the Spirit.

Prayer, as a gift-grace, manifests

who God is to us.
Christian prayer is a loving,
conscious, personal
relationship with God.

It is an “intimate
conversation with God who
we know loves us” (St.
Teresa of Avila).
Christian prayer is manifested in
concrete forms of action and
works of justice and love.

As Jesus fed those who are

hungry, gave water to those who
are thirsty... and so we do the
same in prayer.

Prayer is grounded in the

situation.
 Prayer is our...
LIFE-way PRAYER is LIFE...
LIFE-work All of Life is
Prayer

It is what we call... SPIRITUALITY

 “Let us remember that we are
in the holy presence of God.”
A Lasallian does not say, “Let us place
ourselves in God’s presence.” A
Lasallian knows where God is; God is
present right here. Remembering God’s
presence is how we tune in to God.

A Lasallian lives in the awareness of God’s presence in daily

life. Our basic question: “What does God want from me at this
moment?”

Our Lasallian Core Value: FAITH

Faith:

A disposition of the mind and heart

that:
(1) allows believers to interpret, judge
and evaluate reality in the light of the
Gospel;
(2) moves and motivates them to
contribute actively to the fulfillment
of God’s saving plan;
(3) enables them to take necessary
risks and act with boldness in
accomplishing what is demanded by
each situation, putting their trust in
God’s providence to guide, sustain
and make fruitful efforts.
 The Lasallian Rosary
The Lasallian Rosary contains a unique sixth decade prayer for the
special intention of the Lasallian Mission, and has been established
along the events in the Lasallian story, starting with the
De La Salle Brothers.

The sixth decade in this

rosary is in honor of the
Immaculate Conception
of the Most Blessed Virgin
Mary, of the Holy Father
and for the intentions of
the Lasallian Family,
especially for the
vocations of the
Brothers.”

“Show the great love you have for Jesus by being eager to talk with him in prayer.”
(St. La Salle, Meditations during the time of Retreat, 144.3)
“I will continue, O my God, to do
all my actions for the love of You.”
A Lasallian is chosen by God to
work through him to make God’s
compassion known and felt by
others.
We are committed to realize God’s
will of liberation and salvation for all
especially the poor.

Our Lasallian Core Value:

ZEAL FOR SERVICE
Zeal for Service:

A passionate commitment to
realize God’s will which in
Lasallian terms is the
liberation and salvation of all
especially the youth and the
poor.

In De La Salle’s thinking,
faith and zeal are
inseparable, two dimensions
in one spirit. Zeal is the
expression of faith in service
to human need.
“Live Jesus in our hearts...Forever.”
A Lasallian knows in his heart
that God is a God of love
because he truly feels that
love in his own life.

Lasallians allow Jesus to live in

their hearts, so that they can
be Jesus’ for one another.

Our Lasallian Core Value:

COMMUNION IN MISSION
Communion in Mission:

Co-responsibility and
collaboration directed
towards the fulfillment of a
common mission.

In a Christian perspective,
communion in mission is
rooted in communion with
God, which leads to
communion with others in
the mission of building
communion in the world.
Who is a Lasallian?
What is being a
Lasallian all about?
 A person
who is inspired/motivated with
the life and mission (spirituality), Basic
Lasallian Prayer and Core Values of
St. John Baptist De La Salle
Let us all be part of the
Lasallian Star.
Coffee Bean
 “Lord, grant me
the serenity to
accept the things
I cannot change,
the courage to
change the things
I can, and the
wisdom to know
the difference.”
...YOU ARE SPECIAL
BECAUSE...

...YOU HAVE A GREAT TASK

...YOU ARE CALLED TO

MANIFEST GOD’S LOVE IN YOUR
FAMILY, SCHOOL, WORK
PLACE…
 TEACHERS…

… are PROPHETS...
…they lay foundation of
tomorrow.

…are ARTISTS...
… they work with a precious
clay of unfolding personality.
…are FRIENDS...
…their hearts respond to the
faith and devotion of their
children.

…are INTERPRETERS...
…that out of their mature and
broader life they seek to
guide their children.
…are BUILDERS...
…they seek with the higher
and finer values of civilization.

…are CULTURE-BEARERS...
…they lead the way towards
worthier tastes and more
mature sense.
…are PLANNERS...
…they see the young lives
before them as part of a
great system which will grow
stronger in the light of truth.

…are PIONEERS...
…they are always attempting
the impossible.
…are PERFORMERS...
…they seek to remove the
handicaps that weaken and
destroy life.

…are BELIEVERS...
…they have the abiding faith in
the perfectibility of every soul,
every character and every
human being!!!
“Let it be clear, then, in all your relations
with the children who are entrusted to
you that you look upon yourself as heads
of your family of God, acting with love,
with a sincere and true zeal, accepting
with much patience the difficulties you
have to suffer, willing to be dishonored
by men and mistreated, even to give your
life for Jesus in the fulfillment of your
family ministry”.
As a Lasallian,
how will you live out the
Lasallian Spirit of FAITH, ZEAL FOR
SERVICE AND COMMUNION IN
MISSION?

PRAYER OF COMMITMENT