Lead in: St. Ignatius had the dream of starting a religious order. But he had the freedom to die for his dream if that’s how it had to be.
Prompt: Reflect on something you dreamed of being able to do but were never given the chance to do it. How hard was that to grieve the loss of that dream?
Lead in: The advice given me was to pray for at least one humiliation a day.
Prompt: Is there wisdom in that advice? If there is, what is the point to be learned?
Lead in: If any of us were to write our story, it’s suggested that a good title would be, “The good, the bad, the ugly, and the beautiful”.
Prompt: Does that title fit your story? Is so, why? It not, why not?
Prompt: Reflect on your story and the journey you are now on. Looking back, what has been the good, the bad, the ugly, and the beautiful parts of your story?
Lead in: The pattern of God’s grace is at work in our lives. As we become aware of that pattern, we see our challenges of the past. How can they be the gifts that reshape our lives today?
Prompt: Can you identify any moral failures from your past that are now the gifts that have reshaped your life?
Lead in: We’re told, “Learn to die before you die so that when you die you will have already died to what you need to die to.”
Prompt: What does that saying mean to you?
