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A Bible Study Guide for Catholics
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A Bible Study Guide for Catholics
Fr. Mitch Pacwa, S.J.
Our Sunday Visitor Publishing Division
Our Sunday Visitor, Inc.
Huntington, Indiana 46750
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About the Author
Father Mitch Pacwa, S.J., is a popular host of EWTN Catholic television network and founder and president of Ignatius Productions, a Catholic media production apostolate. His best-selling series, A Bible Study Guide for Catholics, includes St. Paul; Growing in Faith; The Eucharist; Mary: Virgin, Mother, and Queen; Mercy; and The Holy Spirit. He can be found online at www.fathermitchpacwa.org.
Dedication
To Father Martin Gerber, forty years a priest serving
Jesus Christ and his people. Ad multos annos.
Contents
How to Use this Study Guide in a Group
Session 1 — Salvation Comes from God and for God
Session 2 — Salvation, Repentance, and Faith
Session 3 — The Role of Baptism and the Eucharist in Salvation
Session 4 — The Necessity of a Christian Spiritual Life for Salvation
Session 5 — Good Works and Eternal Life
Session 6 — Perseverance unto Eternal Life
How to Use this Study Guide in a Group
This is an interactive study guide. It can be read with profit either alone or as part of a group Bible study. Below are suggestions for the use of this book in a group.
What You Will Need for Every Session
• This study guide
• A Bible
• A notebook
• Before Session 1, members of the group are encouraged to read the Introduction and Session 1 and to complete all the exercises in both. They should bring this study guide with them to the group session.
• Begin the session with prayer.
• Invite one person in the group to read one of the Scripture passages included in this session’s material.
• Allow five minutes of silent reflection on the passage. This allows the group’s members to quiet their inner thoughts and to center themselves on the lesson to be discussed.
• Catechesis: Give all members a chance to share some point that they have learned about salvation. Was this something new or a new insight into something? Was there anything that raised a question? (Allow fifteen to twenty minutes for this.)
• Discussion: Use the discussion questions at the end of the session chapter to begin a deeper grasp of the material covered in the session. (Allow fifteen to twenty minutes for this.)
• Conclusion: Have all members of the group summarize the key concepts they learned about salvation in the session. Assign the next session as homework, to be completed before the next group session.
Symbols Used in this Study Guide
| = Information | |
| = Stop and Read | |
| = Investigate | |
| = Quotation |
Acknowledgments
Unless otherwise noted, the Scripture citations used in this work are taken from the Catholic Edition of the Revised Standard Version of the Bible (RSV), copyright © 1965, 1966 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the