- Jeremiah 31: 7-9
- Psalms 126: 1-2, 2-3, 4-5, 6
- Hebrews 5: 1-6
- Mark 10: 46-52
- Welcome home
- Define "home".
- What people/places/activities/things make you feel "at home"?
- Given the itinerant nature of His ministry, what do you think that Jesus needed to feel "at home" somewhere?
- How can we be more like Him?
- Coming back
- It is probably a rare thing for someone to honestly "hit bottom". If you look hard enough, things could nearly always be worse.
- Think of a time when you felt that life was far from "good". How did you get through that?
- What sort of an outcome were you looking for?
- How did you expect for that outcome to happen?
- Where was God in all of that?
- One of us
- At the presentation of gifts, those who bring up the gifts come from among the gathered assembly. The Lector climbs into the ambo from a seat in the gathered assembly. Oftentimes, for the offertory at Thanksgiving, we process to the altar rail to put our offerings into the baskets. The children come from the gathered assembly to offer canned food on behalf of their families. At communion, the extraordinary Eucharistic ministers arrive at the altar from among the gathered assembly.
- What do these liturgical movements tell us about the place of the gathered assembly?
- What do they speak about our individual participation in the Mass, in ministry, in the bringing of Christ's kingdom to earth?
- Who are we as we go our separate ways after dismissal?
- Putting it all on the line
- Bartimaeus threw aside his cloak, perhaps his only possession, to answer Jesus' call.
- What do you think Bartimaeus was hoping for at that moment?
- Where do you think that event took him in later life?
- Where do you think Bartimaeus showed courage?
- Preparation for Reconciliation:
- How am I helping others to find home?
- What are the desires of my heart that I have not shared with Jesus?
- How can I be a better witness to God's Presence?
- Where is fear holding me back from God?
Shalom!
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