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Walking with Jesus
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Hope to Faith to Freedom Retreat
“Walking with Jesus from Hope to Faith to Freedom”
incorporates the profound insights of 12 Steps into a healing,
Christ-centered Retreat for those struggling with an addiction
that is an obstacle to a deep, fulfilling spiritual life.
@2017 Hope to Faith to Freedom, Inc. 1

Walking with Jesus from Hope to Faith to Freedom
 The retreat reflects the 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous—AA.
 The concept of “God of their understanding” is a challenging
idea for many AA members.
 For some, this god could just be the group they joined that
would listen without judging them and love them until they
could love themselves.
 The purpose of “Walking with Jesus from Hope to Faith to Freedom”
is to incorporate the profound insights of 12 Steps into a healing,
Christ-centered experience.
 Scripture Meditations are the focus of the retreat. They are a
re-enactment of the Scriptures scenes. Jesus is present to us in the
Word.

Explanation of Scripture Meditation
 Each Scripture Meditation exercise will begin with a reading from
one of the Gospels.
 These readings are followed by a meditation where you are invited
to identify with a person in Scripture and imagine yourself in the
scene
 There are many Scripture Meditation exercises during the retreat.
Each is different and will invite you to reach out in faith and explore
your feelings.
 The exercises will facilitate our opening up fully before Christ, who
is present and waiting to speak to us.
 After each exercise we will share our thoughts and feelings about
what we experienced.

Friday’s Retreat Activities
Welcome, Introductions and Explanation of Living Scripture - - - -
Celebration of the Sacrifice of the Mass - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Dinner - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Prodigal Son - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
The Man Possessed by Demons - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Jesus Cures the Paralytic - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
The Woman Caught in Adultery - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Night Blessing - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Reconciliation- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Adoration - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Saturday’s Retreat Activities
Breakfast - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Good Morning - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Group Sharing: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - -
Lunch - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Peter Confesses His Sinfulness to Jesus - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Zacchaeus Makes Amends - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Nicodemus Learns that Jesus is the Messiah - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Jesus Suffers and Dies on the Cross - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Jesus Rises from the Dead - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Disciples on the Road to Emmaus - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - -
Proclaiming the Good News - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
The Agape Meal - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sunday’s Retreat Activities
Breakfast - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Good Morning - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Retreat Closing - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

The Prodigal Son
In this Scripture Meditation the retreatants will confront their
sinful actions and omissions. It will assist them in committing
to the steps necessary to address these failures. It is an
invitation and a challenge to acknowledge their brokenness
and to humbly ask God to remove those defects of character.

The Man Possessed by Demons
In this Scripture Meditation the retreatant will come to grips
with the “demons” that have bound them in chains. They will
be encouraged to recognize and acknowledge that there is
one that can restore them to sanity and to make the decision
to turn their will and life over to the care of their Lord and
Savior, Jesus Christ.

Jesus Cures the Paralytic
In this Scripture Meditation the retreatant is invited and
challenged to acknowledge the mercy and healing power of
God and to make a decision to turn their will and their life
over to the one who is most able to transform them into the
wonderful person they’re meant to be.

The Woman Caught in Adultery
In this Scripture exercise we experience Jesus rejecting the
attempt of the religious leaders to use the law to victimize a
vulnerable woman. He reaches out in forgiveness and mercy
to heal sinful brokenness and to show the true image of
God, the God of boundless love.
It gives the retreatants an opportunity recognize Christ’s
desire to heal their brokenness and surrender it all to Him.

Peter Confesses His Sinfulness to Jesus
In this Scripture Meditation, the retreatant observe Peter,
blinded by pride, resenting the direction that Jesus gives.
The retreatant will have the opportunity to see - like Peter -
that confessing failures to Jesus and surrendering to him
opens up the way to be transformed into the person God
intents them to be.

Zacchaeus Makes Amends
In this Scripture Meditation the focus is on the need to make
amends. It will help the retreatant to identify the actions to be
taken and to plan to make them. It is an invitation and a
challenge to “clean the slate” thereby removing barriers to a
life that is happy, joyous and free.

Nicodemus Learns that Jesus is the Messiah and Must Die
In this Scripture Meditation the retreatant will be able to
discover that Jesus is the Son of God sent by the Father to
save us from just punishment for our sinfulness. It will
help them to understand that that despite our
ungratefulness, Jesus willing consented to a horrible
death. This Scripture is an invitation to give thanks and
praise to our loving Savior.

Jesus Suffers and Dies on the Cross
In this Scripture Meditation the retreatant can experience
the reality of Jesus offering himself up to save them. It
will help them relate his suffering to the sufferings in
their life. It is an invitation and a challenge to accept the
sufferings God allows so that he may use those to heal
and transform them.

Jesus Rises from the Dead
In this Scripture Meditation the retreatant will be able to
experience the amazement and joy of Jesus’ victory over
sin, suffering and death. It will assist them to understand
that the defeats of this life are passing difficulties on the
path to eternal glory. It is an invitation to rejoice in the gift
of eternal life that God offers them.

Disciples on the Road to Emmaus
In this Scripture Meditation, the retreatant observes and
experiences the joy of the disciples coming to
understand God’s true plan for the Messiah through the
teaching of their new companion. It’s an invitation to be
open to becoming Jesus’s disciple and reap the eternal
rewards of discipleship.

Proclaiming the Good News
In this Scripture Meditation the retreatant experiences
Jesus’ call to become his witness and join with the
disciples in receiving the Holy Spirit and taking the
Good News to those who open themselves to the
forgiveness and mercy of the Lord, Jesus Christ.

The Agape Meal
• The dinner is to be a sharing of agape love.
• The retreatant will have listened to and reflected on the
Scripture Meditations that helped them recognize their
powerlessness.
• Come to believe that God can do for them what they can’t to
do for themselves.
• Made the decision to turn their will and life over to the care of
their Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
• Acknowledged their sinfulness.
• Asked God to remove their defects of character..
• Planned to make amends to those they have harmed
• Are willing to share the message of their spiritual awakening
and of God’s mercy with others in bondage.
• Ask God to break the Soul Ties which stand in the way of
completely surrendering to Him.
• During the meal the retreatants will hear the testimony of the
companions of the Apostle Paul about their work sharing the
Good News throughout Asia Minor and areas of Eastern
Europe.
• In the concluding portion of the meal the retreatants will give
their testimony on:
• What the retreat experience has been for them
• How they plan to apply that experience.

• ”Walking with Jesus from Hope to Faith to Freedom” Retreat
• Presentation to Calix President Bruce Gnatowski and Falls
Church Unit Leader, Mark Bray, February 8, 2017.
• Presentation to Leesburg Calix, February 25, 2017.
• Presentation to Ellicott City Calix, March 4, 2017.
• Consecration of the Society to the Immaculate Heart of
Mary at National Basilica of the Immaculate Conception
March 25, 2017.
• Day of Reflection, Wilmington DE May 5, 2017.
• Annual National Meeting, Minneapolis, MN
August 04 – 06, 20117.
Calix

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