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

We started by reading John 6: 47-66, Part of the Bread of Life Discourse in Small Group, then we looked at the teaching on the Eucharist with this Slide Show (Note: we did not get to take a look at the part with the Early Church Fathers writing on the Eucharist--see the end of the slideshow for some AMAZING quotes --what they believed and understood the Mass and Eucharist to be as early as 90AD! W...  Read More

We watched most of the below video and broke for small group conversation about it We also watched this short video from Fr. Mike Schmitz Extra video teachings below: Very insightful, new angles on baptism and confirmation -- 5 - 8 min.  Touches on many of the questions that were asked at the end of class with thorough answers!  Song of the Week: Riverside by Ike Ndolo --- great, joy-filled song a...  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 Baptism and Confirmation.  Do one a dayJohn 3: 1-21Matthew 28: 16-20 & Mark 16: 14-18Acts 2: 1-28Acts 2: 29-41Acts 8: 26-40Acts 9: 10-19 (baptism of St. Paul)Acts 10: 44-49And some bonus one-liners (though it's always gre...  Read More

We started with some great glory stories from Tom, Jim, Michele and Deacon Kevin...take a listen. Then we watched all of this incredible Episode of The Search on Formed.org (click below...will work as long as you have your free subscription all set up).  After asking the Holy Spirit a couple questions about the Church and our role in it, Peggy shared her testimony of why she is Catholic and not ju...  Read More

During your Scripture Reading Time, try doing a lectio Divina (Prayerful reading, conversational with the Holy Spirit) about the following passages that have to do with the Church.  Do a different one each day:Matthew 16: 13-192 Thessalonians 2: 151 Timothy 3: 14-161 Corinthians 12: 14-24Ephesians 1: 22-23Matthew 18:15-20 Try praying with the method Fr. Alex taught 2 weeks ago for 15 minutes each ...  Read More

Try praying with the method Fr. Alex taught for 15 minutes each day.  You can use the questions He suggested, follow up ones and/or other questions you want to ask God.  Journal your responses.  (Re-listening to the teaching and be coached again 1 time before you do it on your own may be helpful...find that on the resource page linked below).Basic Questions for God:Jesus, do You love me?Father, ho...  Read More

How to Hear God's Voice with Fr. Alex.  Here is the audio recording of the teaching from Fr. Alex.  *It's in two parts -- Part 1 is 3 minutes because the recording got cut off by an alarm on my phone.  The Second Part is 1 hour.  4 Keys to Hearing God's Voice from Mark Virkler.  Fr. Alex mentioned him last night as one of the teacher's on hearing God's voice that he learned from.  This is Mark's t...  Read More