JUNE
June 4, 2023 | The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity
Questions to Ponder:
• Do you ever reflect on the Trinity and its part in our salvation?
• How do you handle the Three Persons in One God in your prayer life?
• Do you pray the words when you make the Sign of the Cross?
• What role does Redeemer, Creator and Sanctifier play in your prayer life?
June 11, 2023 | Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ
Questions to Ponder:
• Do you receive the Eucharist often? Why?
• How has the Eucharist made you feel closer to Jesus?
• With each taking of the Eucharist do you find your life changing?
• Have you ever had to explain your devotion to another who doesn’t believe? What did you say?
June 18, 2023 | Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
Questions to Ponder:
• Do you fully understand how the Jews fit in our salvation?
• Jesus came to save you and even the people you don’t like. How do you understand this?
• How does hope give you much-needed courage?
• What’s your covenant with Jesus like today?
June 25, 2023 | Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Questions to Ponder:
• Was your faith ever shaken to a near breaking point?
• Have you ever been accused by others of being selfish?
• Have you ever experienced the death of a loved one? Did you blame God for the death?
• Have you ever lived at a moment when your faith gave you courage needed?
JULY
July 2, 2023 | Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Questions to Ponder:
• Do I believe that God works steadfastly in my ministry? How?
• Does this divine presence occur even in difficulties I face?
• How do I allow the Spirit to transform my cross into self-gift?
July 9, 2023 | Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Questions to Ponder:
• What do I do with my power and position?
• How do I share in God’s power?
• Am I free enough to lay my burdens on Christ?
July 16, 2023 | Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Questions to Ponder:
• Do I preach the word without listening to it deeply?
• How do I respond to creation’s groaning?
• Where have I seen Christ’s fruits in my parish?
July 23, 2023 | Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Questions to Ponder:
• How do I accompany my parish in the discernment of spirits?
• Do I bring a sense of communal discernment to parish administration?
• Do I help the congregation discern the Scriptures in my preaching? How?
July 30, 2023 | Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Questions to Ponder:
• How do I cultivate poverty of spirit in my prayer?
• What does it mean to me to be a wise pastor?
• What is my “pearl of great price”?
AUGUST
August 6, 2023 | The Transfiguration of the Lord
Questions to Ponder:
• Have you ever felt favored by God? Explain.
• Trust is the virtue of Abraham. What do you think kept his faith so strong?
• The favor of God reaches all people. When do you feel you are God’s favorite?
• Why do we call Jesus the new Moses?
August 13, 2023 | Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Questions to Ponder:
• Have you ever stopped to consider the negative attitudes heaped on the Jewish faith?
• Do you stereotype other faiths and their practices?
• What does it mean that the Jews are the people of promise?
August 15, 2023 | Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Questions to Ponder:
• How much do you admire Mary, Mother of God?
• Has God asked you to do something that is life-changing?
• Can you walk side by side with Jesus to Calvary if he were to ask?
• Is Mary a modern hero for your spirituality?
August 20, 2023 | Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Questions to Ponder:
• Do you admire the courage of the Canaanite woman? Can you imitate her?
• Do your convictions give you persistence?
• Christ came for all people. Do you believe that, and do you live that?
• Does your prayer life have the Canaanite’s persistence?
August 27, 2023 | Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time
Questions to Ponder:
• Does what the pope says deepen your faith, or do you just ignore It?
• If the pope were to visit you, what would you ask him?
• How would you explain this quote: “The papacy developed not solely by doctrinal considerations but by historical circumstances”?
• What are the keys of the kingdom?
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