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Weekly Reflection Videos & Discussions
Week of January 21, 2024 (3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time)
Gospel Reading: Mark 1:14-20
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_wF63ylmkU
Themes
Repentance – See the areas in our life where we are not living up to our calling or we are not staying close to our Lord Jesus and where we are turning away from God and we turn back to him.
Conversion – that we have a deep experience of that repentance, not just changing particular behavior, but that our thoughts, our heart, our mind, our soul experience a slow turning to the Lord.
We are called to Follow the Lord
Questions:
- Reflect on the 3 themes (Repentance, Conversion and following the Lord) as they are lived out in your own personal life.
- What have been the challenges that you’ve found in these areas?
- What are areas where you see real growth?
- What are the areas where you feel a real joy in being closer to the Lord?
Lectio Divina: Mark 1:14-20 –
- Pay particular attention of how God is calling the Apostles.
- How is God calling us now? What is it that he is calling us to?
- What is it that we need to leave behind so that we can follow God along the way?
Week of February 12, 2024 (6th Sunday in Ordinary Time)
Gospel Reading: Mark 1:40-45
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rHS2oO6z4A
Questions for discussion:
Reflect on coming to the Lord with your deepest desires; your deepest needs and your deepest suffering; coming to the Lord in prayer from the depth of who you are. Have you done this previously? Have you done this in your daily prayer? Have you had the experience of Jesus’ deep compassion, his deep care, his desire to heal us?
Lectio Divina: Matthew 11:18-20
“Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart; and you will find rest for yourselves. For my yoke is easy, and my burden light.”
Week of February 26, 2024 (2nd Sunday of Lent)
Gospel Reading: Mark 9:2-10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06YO_SUMqSE
Question for discussion:
Think about what there is in your life; think about who you are; what you do; what you have and how that can be a sacrifice to God.
Lectio Divina: Philippians 2:1-11
Read these verses carefully and prayerfully. This gives us some insight into Christ offering of himself and how we are supposed to model the mind of Christ; the very being of Christ; in our lives.
During this time of Lent, let us make an offering of our lives as the 3rd Eucharistic prayer says, may he make of us an eternal offering to you.
Week of March 11, 2024 (4th Sunday of Lent)
Gospel Reading (Year A): John 9:1-41
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RhI5JCHS8Y
Question for discussion:
Reflect on those areas where we have moved from darkness into light. From maybe not knowing something to growing in our faith. Being able to see, not with our eyes, but with our heart and mind. Where have we grown in that ability? How are we seeing Jesus are work in our lives? How are we coming into the light?
Lectio Divina: Ephesians 5:8-16
Reflect on; meditate on the movement into light. The light of faith, the light of belief. The light of the resurrection that we look forward to after the darkness of Lent, and at the bright celebration of Easter.
Ephesians 5:8-16
For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light,
for light produces every kind of goodness and righteousness and truth.
Try to learn what is pleasing to the Lord.
Take no part in the fruitless works of darkness; rather expose them,
for it is shameful even to mention the things done by them in secret;
but everything exposed by the light becomes visible,
for everything that becomes visible is light. Therefore, it says:
“Awake, O sleeper,
and arise from the dead,
and Christ will give you light.”
Watch carefully then how you live, not as foolish persons but as wise,
making the most of the opportunity, because the days are evil.
Week of April 8, 2024 (2nd Sunday of Easter)
Gospel Reading: John 20:19-31
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsVdAYi9jVk
Question for discussion:
- Are you seeing Jesus with that spiritual sense? Do you see him? Do you touch him? Do you speak to him spiritually?
- Is it difficult for me to believe in him without seeing?
- Can you open my mind and my heart to seeing the Lord without having him physically present?
Lectio Divina: 1 Peter 1:6-9
In this you rejoice, although now for a little while you may have to suffer through various trials, so that the genuineness of your faith, more precious than gold that is perishable even though tested by fire, may prove to be for praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ. Although you have not seen him you love him; even though you do not see him now yet believe in him, you rejoice with an indescribable and glorious joy, as you attain the goal of [your] faith, the salvation of your souls.
Week of April 22, 2024 (4th Sunday of Easter)
Gospel Reading: John 10:11-18
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4hmeruhhzI
Question for discussion:
- Discuss how, during Jesus’ ministry, he demonstrated the three characteristics of leading from the front, leading from within and leading from behind? What examples can you recite from Scripture that show these types of leadership?
- Which shepherd do you relate to the best? The shepherd that leads from the front, the shepherd that leads from within the group or the shepherd that leads from behind, who has your back if you are falling behind?
Lectio Divina: Psalm 23
Pray for vocations that we discussed this past weekend and for those making their first Communion this coming weekend.