Retreat.pptx

2. Saturday and Sunday
(May 6 and 7)

3. R – reserved for God
E – examined about yourself
T – think about the future
R – reconcile with self, others, creation and God
E – endeavor to pray well
A – attentive to God’s grace
T – thank God

4. What is needed during the retreat?
S O A P
SILENCE
OPENNESS ACCEPTANCE PRAYER

5. • The students are given space and time to recall and go back to their previews
experiences. They are ask to recognize their feelings and to jot down all their joyful
and painful experiences.
Guide Questions for reflection
1.What is the most joyful experience of my life?
2.What is the most painful experience of my life?
3.What is my greatest fear in life?
4.What is my greatest ambition/desire in life?

6. DEEPENING
Why God allow the person to experience Joyful and
Painful?
Joyful/Happy events
 Time where we feel love
through people and
events.
 Help us to be aware of
the Lord loving us
through the people who
care for us everyday

7. • An Opportunity to grow
• Each Event is a challenge to grow
• It challenge us to trust the Lord
Painful/Unhappy Events

8. • 6 life Hurts
1. Disappointment
2. Rejection
3. Betrayal
4. Abandonment
5. Ridicule/Humiliation
6. Abuse

9. • Reasons why God allow us to suffer
1. Growth
2. Protection
3. Correction
4. Discipline
5. Purification
6. Care and Love
7. More likened to Christ

11. • 3 Images of the Self
• Negative self-image – lack of confidence and trust to the self
- Inferior
• Glorified self-image – proud of oneself even though there’s no capacity/ability
- Kulang sa pansin
• Positive self-image – everything is in order, humble, obedient, honest, lovable.
Session 2 personhood proper/self
Creation walk
activity

12. • Jo-Hari Window Theory (Joseph Luft and Hari Engham)
Public- Everybody knows about me
Blind – I don’t know about myself but others know about it.
Hidden – others don’t know about myself but I only know it
Dark – Nobody knows about my self except God.

13. • 4 levels of Love
1. Narcissistic love (self centered or Selfish Love)
2. Eros love (Materialistic love, Sexual Gratification, Directed towards
marriage.
3. Philia Love ( Love of family)
4. Agape (Love of God)

14. •When you are in love, we are very
H - Honest
O - Obedient
T -. Trustworthy
Are You In Love?

15. • When you are in love, we are very HOT, then we need
I - Internalize -------- love that comes from the heart
C - Concretize -------- through action, because love without action
is not love
E - Externalize ------- making love visible

16. • When you are in love, we are very HOT, then we need ICE, then
we feel that we are in:
W - Willingness -------to accept the person as a whole
A - Ability ---------- to love unselfishly
R - Risk --------- total self-giving

17. • Qualities of Love
1. Sincere ------ honest and truthful
2. Constant ------ Ceaseless, endless
3. Committed ------- love that entails responsibility
4. Seek no return ------- Giving without counting the cost
5. Willing to serve ------- true service
6. Readiness that has no limit ------- Availability – one of the surest test of love
7. Open eye and not blind ------- ability to distinguish right from wrong
8. Does not bargain ------- I love you But…..)