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Meditation (1): What does this text say to me, today, and to my life?
“With many such parables he spoke the word to them as they were able to understand?”
How can share God’s word more effectively?
• What word or words in this passage caught my attention?
• What in this passage comforted me?
• What in this passage challenged me?
(1) Meditation Question is from Lectio Divina of the Gospels for the Liturgical Year 2020-2021. United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. 2020, p. 162
Prayer: What can I say to the Lord in response to His word?
I bring to the Lord the praise, petition, or thanksgiving that the Word inspires in me.
Contemplation (2): What conversion of the mind, heart, or life is the Lord asking of me? I spend quiet time in God’s presence.
How can I grow in understanding of all that the Church teaches?
(2) Contemplation and Action focus are chosen from Lectio Divina of the Gospels for the Liturgical Year 2020-2021. United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. 2020, p. 163
How can I make my life a gift for others in charity?
• Suggested actions to consider: Can I (or we as a family) learn more about what Pope Francis teaches in Laudato Si, his encyclical on the environment? Are there any changes that I (or we) may need to make in our lives to be more respectful of the environment?
Click here for more resources on the Encyclical.
Zoom presentations are on hiatus for the summer.
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Meditation (1): What does this text say to me, today, and to my life?
“Do you have faith?”
When has my faith been tested?
• What word or words in this passage caught my attention?
What in this passage comforted me?
• What in this passage challenged me?
(1) Meditation Question is from Lectio Divina of the Gospels for the Liturgical Year 2020-2021. United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. 2020, p. 166
Prayer: What can I say to the Lord in response to His word?
I bring to the Lord the praise, petition, or thanksgiving that the Word inspires in me.
Contemplation (2): What conversion of the mind, heart, or life is the Lord asking of me? I spend quiet time in God’s presence.
What strengthens my faith?
(2) Contemplation and Action focus are chosen from Lectio Divina of the Gospels for the Liturgical Year 2020-2021. United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. 2020, p. 167
Suggested actions to consider:
Can I (or we as a family) participate in a parish faith formation activity that might help us to better understand and live our faith?
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Zoom presentations are on hiatus for the summer.
Prayer: What can I say to the Lord in response to His word?
I bring to the Lord the praise, petition, or thanksgiving that the Word inspires in me.
Contemplation (2): What conversion of the mind, heart, or life is the Lord asking of me? I spend quiet time in God’s presence.
How can I become more aware of God acting in my life?
(2) Contemplation and Action focus are chosen from Lectio Divina of the Gospels for the Liturgical Year 2020-2021. United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. 2020, p. 173
How can I make my life a gift for others in charity?
• Suggested actions to consider:
Can I (or we as a family) pray for the sick and prayerfully consider volunteering to assist with our parish’s ministry to the sick and homebound?
Zoom presentations are on hiatus for the summer.