Recursos espirituais, litúrgicos e para oração

Liturgias

• Recursos en español
• Prayers of the Faithful: by the Franciscans or by GCCM.
• Worship:
  • US Bishops Conference:
    • Resources for Liturgy
    • Resources for Preaching
    • Resources for Taking Action
    • Environmental Quotes, including Quotes from Church Teaching on Ecology
    • Caring for God’s Creation: Resources for Liturgy, Preaching, and Taking Action | en Español
  • Sermons/homilies can help members sense the breadth of God’s compassion, one that encompasses all of creation.
  • Songs/hymns can open members to familiar feelings as well as new ways of seeing.
  • Prayers and scriptural readings can call members to deeper communion with God, each other, and the rest of creation.
  • Occasions for outdoor worship help members realize that the holy can be experienced outside of buildings too.
  • Banners and decorations in your congregation can be “icons” and symbols that serve as “windows” through which to glimpse God’s incarnate presences in the world.
  • Sacraments lie at the heart of many congregations’ sense of meaning.Special seasons and holidays offer the opportunity to incorporate creation-honoring worship into the liturgical year. See resources for Sept. 1 – Oct. 4th at Season of Creation
• Caring for God’s Creation Resources for Liturgy, Preaching, and Taking Action – USCCB
• A Prayer for our Earth – from Laudato Si’
• A Christian Prayer in Union with Creation – from Laudato Si’
• Creation Time worship materials for Sept 1 to Oct 4 by Eco-Congregation Scotland
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Outros materiais de adoração

• Prayer & Reflection Booklet
• Rosary
  • Guided Rosary on Caring for Creation
  • Rosary Eco-Meditations
• Cards
  • Prayer cards (to print)
  • Climate postcard reflections
• Litany to the Holy Trinity, The Creator
• Stations
  • Stations of the Cross with John Paul II: On the path of Ecological Conversion
  • Creation prayer stations
• Ecological Examen
• Other Resources
  • Ecumenical Celebration guide of the Franciscans
  • Nonviolence and Earth
  • Garden Planet
  • Pure Gift

Recursos para grupos

Logística para partilha da fé em grupos

• Starting a Small Faith-Sharing Group (from Voice of the Faithful): http://www.votf.org/Voice_of_Renewal/FaithSharingGroups.pdf
• Sharing Communion: http://youngadultcatholics-blog.com/2014/01/17/guerrilla-communion-dit-do-it-together/

Recursos para reflexão/oração

• Moment by Moment: A Retreat in Everyday Life: by Carol Ann Smith and Eugene F. Merz: Book of 32 reflections based on the spiritual exercises. Each reflection questions that could be used for discussion in a small group setting.
• Creighton University (Jesuits) Online Ministry: daily and weekly Scripture reflections, audio talks to download, and a 34-week online retreat.
• Prayer Windows: http://www.prayerwindows.com/, resources, including a gallery, about how to pray with art, and an online retreat based on the spiritual exercises.
• Living With Christ: Monthly missal/magazine. Highlighted writers include Joyce Rupp and James Martin. Each issue includes two guides for a faith-sharing group; there’s a PDF at the bottom of the link that includes a sample of the guide. It’s about $25 for a year’s subscription (as of 2013).
• Sacred Space: Daily Prayer Online (Irish Jesuits), http://www.sacredspace.ie/: Daily scripture and online prayer, managed by Irish Jesuits. Available in many languages.
• Loyola Press 3-Minute Retreat: http://www.loyolapress.com/3-minute-retreats-daily-online-prayer.htm#sthash.DyAGTj9C.dpbs, short, daily, multi-media reflections online or via IPhone app. Also available in Spanish.
• CRS Operation Rice Bowl Reflections: http://resources.crs.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/crs-rice-bowl-for-small-faith-sharing-groups-crs-rice-bowl-2013.pdf, reflection questions for faith-sharing groups to accompany Catholic Relief Services’ Lenten Operation Rice Bowl for solidarity with the poor.
• America Magazine “Teacher Resources”: http://americamagazine.org/issue/687/100/resources-teachers, popular articles from the magazine on a variety of topics such as social justice, the saints, and Catholicism and politics.
• Congregation of Saint Joseph Weekly Peace and Justice Reports: http://www.csjoseph.org/peaceandjusticereports.aspx, concise, one-page reports linking faith and social action on various timely topics.
• Clamor for Justice: Network Publication: http://www.networklobby.org/nep/resource/clamor, a fully bilingual publication that “brings Catholic Social Teaching to life through articles and reflection questions.”
• Reflections on Advocacy: http://www.networklobby.org/files/advocacy_quotes.pdf, a collection of quotes about faith and social justice advocacy accompanied by photographs and artwork.
• Praying With Refugees: http://www.jrsusa.org/Prayers, prayer page of Jesuit Refugee Service; scripture and reflection questions about topics relevant to their work. Online retreat also available.
• FutureChurch Magdala Market: https://xfuturechurch.merchantquest.net/store/, some free and many very affordable resource downloads about women in the church and other topics.
• Breath of the Spirit: http://www.dignityusa.org/breath, Dignity USA’s spiritual and liturgical resources by and for LGBT and allied Catholics.
• Monasteries of the Heart: https://www.monasteriesoftheheart.org/, online monasticism, spiritual nourishment, and group faith sharing managed by the Benedictine Sisters of Erie.
• Education for Justice Resources for Prayer: https://educationforjustice.org/resources-prayer, prayers, prayer services, reflections, and retreats addressing social justice issues.

O Espírito Santo é fundamental para quem somos enquanto comunidade. Ele inspira e conduz nossas ações por justiça e pela criação de comunidades inclusivas. A presença dinâmica do Espírito personifica a nossa busca por transformação. É para isso que por Ele fomos – e continuamos a ser – chamados. Enquanto trabalhamos por renovação, somos inspirados por uma poderosa prece de Diarmuid O’Murchu:

Oração ao Espírito Santo

Vem, Espírito Santo, soprar sobre nosso mundo conturbado. Abala os alicerces cansados das nossas instituições em ruínas. Quebra as regras que O mantêm ausente de nossos espaços sagrados, e dos escombros, junta as sementes de uma nova criação.

Vem, Espírito Santo, inflamar novamente as brasas de nossa fadiga. Tira-nos de nossa complacência. Sussurra mais uma vez nosso nome, e espalha os dons da Sua graça com abandono. Quebra as prisões de nosso ser interior e permita que Sua justiça seja nosso sinal de liberdade.

Vem, Espírito Santo, nos guiar a lugares aos quais preferiríamos não ir; expanda os horizontes de nossas imaginações limitadas. Desperta em nossas almas sonhos de um novo amanhã e reacende em nossos corações o fogo do entusiasmo.

Vem, Espírito Santo, cuja justiça supera a conspiração; cuja luz supera a intolerância, cuja paz pode vencer o potencial destrutivo da guerra, cuja promessa revigora nossos esforços para criar um novo céu e uma nova terra, agora e para sempre.

Fortalecidos pelo Espírito Santo, continuamos a missão que nos foi confiada.

Vem, Espirito Santo, vem!