Hope you are still enjoying Mercy in the City! We are currently reading Chapter 10 through 18 and discussing Chapters 4 - 6 today.
Here's our next set of discussion questions.
Ch 4:
This Lent so far, how have you used the absence of a particular comfort in order to feel the presence of God? How are you working to better understand how to live out God's will for you?
Ch 5:
Where has your Lenten journey taken you so far this year? Is it what you expected? Are you tired and waiting expectantly for Easter or are you energized with the progress you've made thus far?
Ch 6:
Reread the quote from Simone Weil on page 31. How have you opened the door to God to let Him plant a seed of faith in you? How did you accept it to let it grow?
Final discussion questions for first week of reading to come Saturday.
Ch 4: Honestly I didn't really give anything up for Lent (other than trying to give up Facebook on my phone which was a FAIL), but the prayer time I've added to my days has helped me to feel the presence of God. I'm trying to understand how to live out God's will by really trying to apply what I read in Scripture or hear in a podcast directly to what is going on in my life. My biggest challenge right now, is actually following through with what I feel like God is telling me to do since often times it involves being vulnerable, which is not always easy.
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ReplyDeleteI think that my Lent this season has been very fruitful. I'm eager to continue with the practices of daily prayer that I have implemented into the Easter season and beyond. I will admit though that even though I know Lent is a time to hear about how people have come to find and better know God through tragedy and suffering (and that I am usually one to shy away from hearing such stories), that I'm very much looking forward to the Easter season and hearing stories of how people have found God or grown in their faith through everyday or happy experiences. I'm ready to celebrate joy!
Ch 6: I do feel like I've opened the door to God to let Him plant a seed of faith in me. I see it when I talk to my family about the Church, its teaching and how sometimes my perspectives on certain things have changed (still working on doing it more outwardly to others). I'm obviously still a work in progress with lots more growing, learning, and accepting to do, but I think by staying actively involved in my faith both outwardly (participating in ASYAM) and inwardly (continuing to pray and learn) that I'm saying a bunch of little yeses to letting that seed grow.
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