Catholic Charismatic Prayer Group
Prayer Meeting 2nd and 4th Sundays at 7:00-8:30pm at the Immaculate
Conception Church office choir room (enter just to the left of the main office
entrance). Everyone is welcome.
Call 898-0101 or email prayergroup@dentoncatholic.org
for more information.
What is a Charismatic Prayer Meeting?
Obviously, where people come together to pray. But what distinguishes it from any other prayer meeting? There are at least two distinguishing characteristics: praise and openness to the charismatic gifts.
A typical pattern for a charismatic prayer meeting is
Worship through singing
which leads to a period of praise
(as stated in Scripture, e.g. Ps 100:4, 147:1)
followed by a time of listening to the Lord, Who may speak through Scripture, prophecy, or
other means.
Sometimes there is then a sharing or teaching
and finally prayers of thanksgiving and petition
What are charismatic gifts? They are special ways the Holy Spirit works through whoever is open to being used by Him in these ways. The best known list of them is in 1Cor 12:7-11, but there are many others scattered through Scripture (see http://www.etidings.org/giftspage.htm for a list).
Here's a brief history of the charismatic renewal.
A writeup about the Charismatic renewal from the National Service Committee
http://www.nsc-chariscenter.org/aboutccr.htm
The Bishops committe statement on the Charismatic Renewal
http://www.nsc-chariscenter.org/graceeng.htm
A comment of Pope JOHN PAUL II from his homily of Pentecost eve, Saturday, 29 May 2004:
Thanks to the Charismatic Movement, a multitude of Christians, men and women, young people and adults have rediscovered Pentecost as a living reality in their daily lives. I hope that the spirituality of Pentecost will spread in the Church as a renewed incentive to prayer, holiness, communion and proclamation.