Increase your personal prayer time by 30 minutes each day.  Spend extra time thanking Jesus and meditating on Jesus' last days, the Last Supper, Jesus Passion and Death.  Read the scriptures on these topics and place yourself in the scene:Matthew 26-27Mark 14-15Luke 22-23John 12-19Those are all the chapters that have relevant information.  Read more than you normally would.  Journal about what you...  Read More

We spent this night looking at Holy Week and the Triduum and seeking to access it with our hearts, to really feel what it would have been like to be a disciple at the time Jesus gave His life for us.  In order to set the tone, we watched the following clip from The Chosen. This is not a scene from the time of Jesus' Passion, it is earlier on in his ministry--the healing of Jairus' daughter.  This ...  Read More

Meditate on these Passages from the Word of God that have to do with life during your prayer time this week:Psalm 139Genesis 1: 25-31Genesis 2: 1-25Romans 5: 12-20Colossians 1: 15-231 Thessalonians 2: 1-121 Corinthians 6: 15-20Matthew 18: 1-9 Dialogue with God about what Fr. Alex laid out in his talk Jesus, what is Your heart for people who have gender dysphoria or those who identify as transgende...  Read More

Fr. Alex was our guest speaker -- here is the talk he gave: Song of the Week: "Imago Dei" by Sean Feucht -- beautiful pro-life anthem, celebrating God as creator and author of life. ...  Read More

STEP ONE: Dialogue with God, pray and think about some or all of the questions below, as a bounce-board for your dive into your story.  You can write your answers as you go, if you wish.What circumstances, attitudes, things that I watched, listened to, people I was around, etc. affected how I thought about God/related to Him when I was growing up?Is there one moment in particular (or perhaps a few...  Read More

Here's what we watched in class: We just watched the first episode of the Into Life series on formed.org with the Sisters for Life.  We talked about the mercy and healing Jesus has available to all who have had abortions or participated in abortion in any way.We then watched some other short videos on the abortion argument in our society and how and why we must stand boldly for life and vote pro-l...  Read More

Meditate on these Passages from the Word of God that have to do with life during your prayer time this week:Psalm 146:1-10Psalm 103: 6-7Psalm 146: 6- The Lord gives justice and libertyProverbs 31: 8-9Deuteronomy 30: 15-20Psalm 139Luke 1: 26-38Luke 1: 39-56 Dialogue with God about His heart for life and the people He creates; ask Him how He wants you to advocate for life.  Journal your answers.  Yo...  Read More

After opening small group discussion/brainstorm on the harder Church teachings for ourselves or others to grasp and be on board with, we did a meditation on John 17: 14-23.  This is Jesus praying for us at the last supper.  See Him praying it for you...even insert your own name in place of "them" and hear His love and desire for all people to know the truth that will bring them joy complete. We ju...  Read More

During your Scripture Reading Time, try doing a lectio Divina (Prayerful reading, conversational with the Holy Spirit) about the following "Hard Sayings of Jesus" Scriptures.  Do one or two a day -- ask the Holy Spirit to draw you to one from this list each day (they are not necessarily in any order).John 15: 1-17Matthew 7: 1-20Matthew 7: 21-23Matthew 17: 15-17Mark 8: 34-38Mark 9: 42-48Luke 6: 28-...  Read More

During your Scripture Reading Time, try doing a lectio Divina (Prayerful reading, conversational with the Holy Spirit) about the following Scripture passages that have to do with Marriage and Holy Orders.  Do one a dayMark 10: 1-11John 2: 1-12Matthew 19: 1-12Luke 20: 27-40John 13: 1-20John 20: 19-231 Timothy 3: 1-161 Corinthians 7: 1-40 Ask the Holy Spirit questions about your vocation and journal...  Read More

We started by re-capping the sacrament of Confession.  We did this examination of conscience together:  We had some question and answers, and small group time.  Then we watched the following Symbolon Video on the sacraments of Matrimony and Holy Orders.  As I mentioned in class, there are a ton of wonderful marriage enrichment resources out there, which I will put in the section below! Song of the...  Read More

During your Scripture Reading Time, try doing a lectio Divina (Prayerful reading, conversational with the Holy Spirit) about the following Scripture passages that have to do with Confession and the Eucharist.  Do one a dayBread of Life Discourse: John 6: 22-71First Writings on the Eucharist from Paul: 1 Corinthians 11: 23-31Last Supper Passages: Matthew 26: 26-30Mark 14: 22-26Luke 22: 14-20Road to...  Read More