Christian Formation

Spiritual Corner

Living With The Lectionary: Reflecting on the Sunday Gospels

PARISH RENEWAL TOOL
Get the whole parish on the same page with faithsharing based on the Sunday Gospel!

  1. Open with the sign of the Cross.
  2. Proclaim the Gospel for the upcoming Sunday.
  3. Reflect and discuss on these faithsharing questions:
    - Which line(s) or phrase(s) struck you as the most important? Why?
    - What does this reading challenge us to do or to change in our ministry to
    the parish this coming week/month?
    - Pray intercessions for the members of the group and for the needs of the parish.
    - Close with the Lord’s Prayer.

July 20               16th Sunday Ordinary Time
         MT 13:24-43   In your life, what small act made the biggest difference?

July 27   17th Sunday Ordinary Time
         MT 13:44-52 What is your pearl of great price?  What have you “sold or sacrificed” to redeem it?

Aug. 3      18th Sunday in Ordinary Time
         Mt. 14: 13-21   If the Lord is merciful and loves us, why does it sometimes seem that needs are not met?

Aug. 10    19th Sunday in Ordinary Time
         Mt. 14:22-33   Like Jesus, I stretch out my hand to those sinking with “little faith” by…

Aug. 15    Assumption of Our Lady
         Luke 1:46-52 How, like Mary, does my soul magnify the Lord?

Aug. 17    20th Sunday in Ordinary Time
         Mt. 15: 21-28An “outsider” like the Canaanite woman who has taught me about faith is…

Aug. 24    21st Sunday of Ordinary Time
         Mt. 16:13-20  What is it that we have in common with Peter and the other apostles?

Aug. 31    22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
         Mt. 16:21-27  What does it mean to “offer” ourselves as a living sacrifice?

Sept. 7     23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
         Mt. 18:15-20   When have you acted as a reconciler?

Sept. 14   Exaltation of the Cross
         John 3:13-17  Can you see the potential for new life in a cross you bear?

Resources: Daily Prayer 2008; Breaking Open The Word of God, Cycle A; Living Liturgy 2008; At Home with the Word
           

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