Evening One

Suggested Reflection Questions for Evening One:

Jesus promised in Matthew 16:
"I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church and the gates of Hell shall not prevail against it."
and in Matthew 28: 20
"And behold, I am with you always, even to the end of time."

Was there any evidence that Christ kept His promise to be with the apostles always when he ascended?
How was Christ with the apostles at the end of their lives? With the thousands and thousands of martyrs during the first three hundred years of mostly persecution?
How did the Holy Spirit guide the Church during its formation?
What evidence do you see today that the Holy Spirit continues and protects what she accomplished in the first decades of the Church’s existence?