Questions of the week4/9/2010
1. For the modern person, what does it mean to renounce one's possessions, in such a way that it will be enough?
2. Why are material possessions such a danger to our souls?
3. How can non-material things like ideologies, prejudices, or ideas be like material ones?
29/8/2010
1. What challenges do you face as you try to keep yourself humble?
2. What lessons have you learned in life so far to help you?
3. How does the grace of Christ assist you in this?
22/8/2010
1. Whom do you put ahead of yourself in your daily life ?
2. What does it mean to be the gig one and allow others to be first in line?
15/8/2010
No questions this week.
8/8/2010
God does not always lead us with clear signs.
1. What are some ways to keep yourself ready to respond when God speaks through the poor, rejected, or other ways?
2. How do you pay attention on a daily basis to the call of God?
1/8/2010
1. What is your top priority in terms of life goals right now?
2. Who are the most important people in your life?
25/7/2010
In the Lord's Prayer, which line strikes you as pertinent to your life right now? Pray this prayer slowly and intentionally today.
18/7/2010
The Gospel today invites us to balance work with prayer.
1. In a typical week, how do you make time for prayer?
2. How is work itself a way to pray?
11/7/2010
Jesus tells us today to love God, our neighbour, and our self.
1. Whom do you find it most difficult to love?
2. Whom do you find it easy to love?
4/7/2010
Each of us is called to a specific work in the plan of Jesus.
1. To what do you feel called?
2. What support from the church do you need to accomplish that work?
27/6/2010
Following Jesus means practicing forgiveness, generosity, and mercy toward others.
1. How do you do this in your life?
2. With whom do you do it?
20/6/2010
1. Which crosses in your life do you find especially heavy? What or who helps you bear them?
2. If asked by someone who did not know him, who would YOU say Jesus is?
13/6/2010
1. Against whom do you hold judgments?
2. How do you show compassion for those who are rejected by society today?
3. How do you welcome those who are otherwise left out?
6/6/2010
1. We are fed in the Eucharist in order to be able to feed others. To whom are you called, either for physical nourishment and housing, or for spiritual companionship?
30/5/2010
The Trinity is a community of love: Father, Son and Spiri
1. How does your life reflect this? In what community do you live
2. How do you demonstrate and develop love in your household, workplace, and society?
23/5/2010
Jesus invites us to be one with God.
1. Name a time when you felt one with God during the past week.
2. How do you develop and enrich your spiritual life and intimacy with Christ?
3. What gifts of the Holy Spirit have you received?
16/5/2010
How often do we look up to the sky seeking God?
1. Name a time this week when you saw Christ in the nitty-gritty of your life.
2. How do you experience God who is within you speaking to you?
9/5/2010
1. The Holy Spirit works within us to help us hear God's voice. When do you pause to listen?
2. When you listen, how does God speak to you in prayer?
2/5/2010
1. If you were going to write a love note for someone this week, for whom would you write it?
2. How do you express love for the poor and rejected?
25/4/2010
Christ shepherds us now through the Church, the People of God.
1. How do you play a role in being shepherd for others?
2. How do others shepherd, guide and care for you?
18/4/2010
1. We are fed by Sunday Mass. How does sharing in the Eucharist prepare you to feed others during the following week?
2. Peter was asked three times whether he loved Jesus. How do you keep your heart centered on Christ?
11/4/2010
We are called to believe in the forgiveness, generosity, and hospitality of Christ even though we have not seen the Risen Christ with our eyes. How do YOU live this belief?
4/4/2010
When we die with Christ, we also experience rising with him.
1. When and how has dying in love for someone else resulted in you being happier? 2. What goodness has come from dying to others?
28/03/2010
1. Jesus gave up his life, but he never gave up his love. In your own words, what does the suffering and death of Christ mean to you.
2. How are you called to die to yourself in loving others?
21/03/2010
1. Whom do you think is too sinful to be part of your life or parish?
2. Against whom do you hold prejudices? Whom do you find it hard to forgive?
14/03/2010
1. How have you or your household welcomed back someone who was estranged, distant, or absent from you?
2. In your personal life, whom do you most need to welcome back into your circle of friends?
Previous Questions
07/03/2010
1. Lent is time for us to do interior spring housecleaning. What areas of your life need it most?
2. Make a resolution for this week to forgive someone who has harmed you. Share that.
28/10/2010
Sometimes we can see Christ with clear eyes as the disciples did on that mountain:
1. Tell about such a time in your own life;
2. Tell about a time when you felt God was absent, silent, or angry.
21/02/2010
1. Tell about a time when you are tempted to be less than the full person you are created to be.
2. When you do feel tempted, how do you remain true to your divine call to follow Jesus?
14/02/2010
1. When you heard the Beatitudes today, which ONE of them struck you as important for your own life right now?
2. Tell how you experience God's blessing when you are lacking in something, trying to make peace, or rejected by others.
07/02/2010
1. We are called to follow Jesus. But how does this translate into the actions, attitudes, or prayers in your everyday life?
2. Choose one of these and tell how you follow Jesus in regard to it: forgiveness, generosity, or compassion.
31/01/2010
1. How do you show your family or friends that you do love them?
2. How do you reach out to people who are hurting or lovely with the love of God?
24/01/2010
1. Jesus came to bring glad tidings to the poor and set free the enslaved. How has he touched you, personally in these ways?
2. Tell about a time when you knew Christ was guiding and leading you.
17/01/2010
1. God gives each of us special gifts to use for the benefit of all. What gift have you received?
2. You may not be able to turn water into wine as Jesus did, but how can you become a miracle in the lives of others?
10/01/2010
1. God was pleased with Jesus. Name a time when you felt God was pleased with you.
2. What are some things you can do which make you closer to God?
03/01/2010
1. As children of God, we are called to be light for those around us. In your everyday life, how do you enlighten others this way?
2. Christ is the light of our lives, leading us to be forgiving, generous, and God-centered. How do you experience this?
Questions from 2009
How are you, too, called to do the work given to you by God?
How can you live the promise of your Baptism each day?
