Our readings for the fourth Sunday of Easter are:
- Act 4: 8-12
- Psalms 118: 1, 89, 21-23, 26, 28, 29
- 1 John 3: 1-2
- John 10: 11-18
- Double down
- Sometimes, it's good to be bold.
- On the rare occasion when someone asks you why you do the things that you do, hold the values that you do, treat others the way that you do, do you tell them a) I was raised that way, b) I'm a Catholic, c) I heard the voice of Jesus?
- Are the good things that you do just the force of habit, or do they represent a considered decision?
- If you compiled a "virtue bucket list" of virtues that you wanted to acquire before you die, which would be at the top of that list?
- How would you go about acquiring that virtue?
- God's enduring mercy
- When have been some times when you had to count on God's mercy?
- How did that mercy come to you? Was it through circumstances falling into place, the generosity of others, your own hard work finally paying off ...?
- When you decided to rely on God's mercy, did you think that the odds of things turning out well were high?
- Who gets to choose what "turning out well" really means: you, your family, your community, God Himself?
- Spiritual beings
- "We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience." - Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
- How does the above quote change your thinking about what will change when you return to Eternity?
- How does the above quote change your thinking about what will not change when you return to Eternity?
- Giving your all
- Who are some of the people who have laid down their lives for you, in one way or another?
- What do you think that they got out of such generosity?
- How do you think that they learned to give themselves away like that?
- Does their example inspire you?
- In what way?
- Preparation for Reconciliation:
- Where am I gaining in virtue today?
- How has God's mercy changed me lately?
- How am I preparing for the end of my life?
- Where can I grow in generosity?
Shalom!
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