STATEMENTOFPHI
LOSOPHY
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NTHE Thef oll
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SPI
RIT
Coupl esf orChr i
st(CFC)asamovement ,fr
om whi ch
fl
ow i ts Chr i
stian att
itudes,val
ues and behavior
,as
wellas i ts progr ams,t eachi
ngs and approaches to
Chris
t i
an r enewal wi thi
n the cont ext of fami l
y
p
art
ici
pan
t’sha
ndout rel
ationshi ps.
W E BELIEVE in marr
iage asan i
ndissol
ubleinst
ituti
on
ast aughtbyourLor d JesusChrist(
Mt1 9:
6).ThatGod
created mar
riage pri
mar i
lyforlove between man and
woman,and f ort heprocreat
ion and pr
operreari
ng of
chil
dr en.
TheChr i
stianl i
fecanbepi ct uredasawheelt hathas
three component s:t he out err im,t he hub,and t he W EBELI EVEt hatGodcr eatedmanandwi f
ewithequal
[Link] err imr epr esent st hedai lyChr istian personalwor t
handdi gnit
[Link] dai
nedorderin
li
fe;thehub,ourLor dJesusChr ist,andt hespokes, the f
amily by giving the man t
he rol
e ashead ofthe
the t ool s t hrough whi ch t he Hol y Spi r
it i s famil
yand t hewomanashel pmateand suppor
t,which
transmi ttedf rom t hehub( JesusChr ist)tot heout er bestexpressest heircomplementar
ity.
rim (ourdai lyl i
fe) .The f i
ve spokescor respond t o
thef i
vet ool st hatwecanmakeuseoft ogr ow i nthe W E BELI EVE int heinal
ienabl
eand irr
eplaceableright
Hol ySpi rit:pr ayerands tudy,ser viceandf ellowshi p, and responsibili
tyofpar entst
o educatetheirchil
dren.
andt heSacr ament [Link] ayermus tbef aithful,led Thatchi ldren need t
o be educat
ed in es
sentialhuman
byt heHol ySpi rit,andcent [Link] tudy and Chr ist
ian valuesforthem to become responsible
toknow mor eaboutGod byr eadi ng t heScr i
ptur es andmat uremember sofsociet
y.
andChr i
s tianpubl icationsandat t
endi ngt eachi ngs.
We ser ve by maki ng our sel ves and our W E BELI EVE thatt he f
amilyi n pr
actici
ng t
he gospel
resour ces—t ime,t alent,and t reasur e—avai labl ef or mes sage sharesi nthe li
fe and missi
on ofthe Church
God’ s wor [Link] lowshi pi st he expr ession of t he throughpr ayers,evangeli
zationandser vi
[Link]
spirit
ualr eal i
tyt hat we ar e br ot her s and si ster s uphol d and def end the r ights of the famil
y as
belongi ng t oonef ami l
yand doi ng t hingst oget her . proclaimed int he chapteron f ami
lyrights(Famil
iari
s
The sacr ament s, par t
icular l
y t he Sacr ament of Consor ti
o).
Reconci l
iat ion and t he Sacr ament of Hol y
Communi on,ar et hemos timpor tantmeanst ogr ow And las
tly,W E BELIEVE t
hatChr i
sti
an familyrenewal
int heSpi rit.I fwear efaithfuli n usi ng theset ool s, canbestbeachi evedbyinvit
ingJesust obetheLor dof
wewi llgr ow i nt heHol ySpi ri
tandbemor ebl essed ourhomesandbyal lowi
ngt hepoweroft heHol ySpiri
t
inourf ami lyl ife. tolead ourfamilyli
vesand through the f
ulluse ofal
l
chari
smat i
cgif
tsatourdisposal.
THECHALLENGE
[Link] again and trytoi nt
ernali
ze t
he Vi
sion,Mi ssi
on and
Phil
osophyofCFC.
[Link] ayabout"ThecovenantofCFC. "
a) Lookont hecovenantasani deal
,notyetfull
yi nplace,
butaswhatGodcal lsusto.
b) W hatisimportantforyout obeabletomaket he
covenantisthat:
*Youunder standit.
*Youaccepti tashel pf
ulandevenneces sar
yf or
Chri
sti
anfami l
ylivi
ng.
*Youwi lltr
yt oli
veitout.
SCRI
PTURESFORDAI
LYGUI
DE
Day1: 1Peter1 :1
3-16
STATEMENTOFMI
SSI
ON Day2Mathew 1 8:19-20/Hebrews4:12–13
Day3:Mat hew 20: 26-28 /James2:14–17
“Bui
ldi
ngtheChur
choft
heHomeand Day4:1Cor i
nthians1 2:
12-
27
theChur
choft
hePoor
” Day5:Psalm 22:28- 32/Deuteronomy26:
16-1
8
Day6:Colossians3: 1
8-21
Day7:1Peter29:9–1 0