Year of Faith

List of interesting document in order to live the Year of Faith

• Apostolic Letter from Pope Benedict XVI: Porta fidei
• Documents from the Second Vatican Council:
  • Dogmatic Constitution on the Church: Lumen gentium
  • On the Church in the Modern World: Gaudium et spes
  • On the Sacred Liturgy: Sacrosanctum Concilium
  • All documents in EPUB format
• Letter from the Prelate of Opus Dei on the Year of Faith
• Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church

MONTHLY OBJECTIVES FOR VIARÓ STUDENTS

OCTOBER: Prayer for the Year of Faith announced by Benedict XVI

•  I pray the Holy Rosary, if possible as a family.
•  I offer my class hours and my study or homework time.

NOVEMBER: Confession

• I carefully examine my conscience before Confession
• I show repentance to my Father God for my offenses and I speak clearly when confessing them
• I make a purpose of amendment.

DECEMBER: Holy Mass

• I go to Holy Mass every Sunday and on days of obligation.
• During the Holy Mass I pray for my family and my friends, and I encourage them to attend, too.

JANUARY: Eucharistic Communion

• I prepare myself to receive Jesus in the Eucharist with my soul clean of grave sin.
• I take Communion with the due attention and I stay recollected in prayer with Jesus during 10 minutes after receiving Him.

FEBRUARY: Prayer

• I spend some minutes every day to talk to God my Father.
• I begin and end the day addressing a prayer to my Father God and to my Mother the Virgin Mary.

MARCH: Love to the Cross

• I accompany Jesus in His Passion by offering Him small practical sacrifices during the day for the conversion of sinners.

APRIL: Gospel

• I read the Gospel for a few minutes every day, with the desire to get to know Jesus more and better.
• I listen to His words as addressed to me personally.

MAY: Month of our Mother the Virgin Mary

• I pray the Rosary to the Virgin Mary with devotion. I encourage my parents to pray it as a family.
• I say some words of affection to the image of the Virgin Mary presiding over my classroom at school.

JUNE: Eucharistic Piety

• I greet Jesus in the tabernacle when arriving in or leaving the school.
• I spend some time in His company, and I pray to Him for the Pope and for the Pope’s intentions.