30th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Our readings for 30th Sunday of Ordinary Time are:

1. Exodus 22: 20-26
2. Psalms 18: 2-3, 3-4, 47, 51
3. 1 Thessalonians 1: 5c-10
4. Matthew 22: 34-40

• Finding your roots
• What sort of people in what sort of circumstances do you find yourself most compassionate towards?
• Is that because you share the same story with them?
• Or because you know them personally?
• Do you think that you have about as much compassion as you can carry at this point?
• What would a more compassionate you be doing with your time?

• Being a rock
• Someone you know well walks up to, and tells you "you are have been such a rock for me!"  You feel good about that, but why?
• How is God a rock in your life?
• How is God not like a rock?
• How have you become more aware of that steady Presence of God in your life?

• You are an inspiration
• If someone somehow didn't know your church, your religion, but they followed you around for a week, without speaking to you once during that time, what would they conclude about the various communities that you are a member in?
• What would they conclude about the God that you worship?
• What would they conclude about you?
• Would they be right?

• Imago Dei
• What activities in your weekly schedule reflect the very best of who you are?
• What are those qualities that shine forth from you during those episodes?
• Why don't you spend more of your time doing that very thing?

Preparation for Reconciliation:

1. How conscious am I of how much I need God's mercy?
2. Who should I helping to weather storms in their life right now?
3. How am I making God's compassion present around me?
4. Where am I the best version of myself?

Shalom!