Presentation at St. Vincent Basilica Parish on May 25, 2011

1. DiscipleshipinAction

2. Who are you? Oldest Youngest

3. Who are you? Not SoSportsy Sportsy

4. Who are you? Plan Ahead Last Minute

5. Who are you? With Others BySelf

6. Who are you?

7. Who are you?

10. What is essential is invisible to the eye

11. Who are you?

12. Who are you?

14. Discipleship godisnowhere

15. Happiness When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us. Helen Keller

16. Happiness The essentials to happiness are something to love, something to do, and something to hope for. William Blake

17. Happiness It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere. Agnes Repplier

18. Happiness Happiness is an expression of the soul in considered actions. Aristotle

19. Happiness Happiness is a warm puppy. Charles Schulz

20. So, What isHappiness?

21. Are you happy? What makes you happy? What was your happiest moment? How do you recognize being happy? So, What isHappiness?

22. Theological Equations Happiness = Good

23. Theological Equations Happiness = Good God = Good

24. Theological Equations Happiness = Good God = Good Therefore, God and happiness are connected.

25. Theological Equations Happiness = Good God = Good Therefore, God and happiness are connected. God wants us to be happy. Immanuel Kant

26. Theological Equations Happiness = Good God = Good Therefore, God and happiness are connected. God wants us to be happy. Be Blessed.

27. So, What isHappiness?

28. Be Rich

29. Blessed are the Poor in Spirit

30. Blessed are the Poor in Spirit

31. Be Cool

32. Blessed are those Who Mourn

33. Blessed are those Who Mourn Blessed are those WhoMournFeel

34. Be Extreme

35. Blessed are the Meek

36. Blessed are the Meek

37. Where are you at With possession obsession? With dealing with feeling? What is the center of your universe? ?

38. Be Comfortable

39. Blessed are those who hunger & thirst

40. Blessed are thosewho hunger and thirst

41. Be Powerful

42. Blessed arethe merciful

43. Blessed arethe merciful.

44. Multi-Task

45. Blessed are thepure of heart

46. Blessed are the pure of heart Blessed are the pure of heart/ focused

47. Where are you at With standing up against wrong? With stepping down to help another? With figuring out what’s important? ?

48. Be a Winner

49. Blessed arethe peacemakers

50. Blessed arethe peacemakers

51. Don’t be a Loser

52. Blessed arethose prosecuted

53. Blessed arethose prosecuted

54. Get Along

55. Blessed are youif others reject you

56. Blessed are youif others reject you

57. Where are you at With disarming your attitude? With being with those “locked In?” With taking your best shots against the odds? ?

58. Life Is Hard

59. Comfort Food

60. Comfort Food

61. Dear young people, the happiness you are seeking, the happiness you have a right to enjoy has a name and a face: It is Jesus of Nazareth, hidden in the Eucharist. Only he gives the fullness of life to humanity! Happiness

63. Discipleship