In the gospel for August 21 Peter is a rock; the Sunday after that Peter is a stumbling block. This Sunday Peter is the heroic first believer, the leader among the disciples, who steps forward to answer Jesus’ question, “Who do you say that I am?” Peter answers, “You are the Messiah, the son of […]
Key lines: You with the sad eyes/Don’t be discouraged/Oh I realize/It’s hard to take courage/In a world full of people/You can lose sight of it all/And darkness still inside you/Make you feel so small/But I see your true colors/Shinin’ through/I see your true colors/And that’s why I love you/So don’t be afraid to let them
We ask ourselves several basic questions repeatedly in our lives. Who am I? Where do I come from? Where am I going? The Church answers these questions in regard to Mary of Nazareth, the mother of Jesus. Who is she? The Church answers, “The mother of God.” Where does Mary come from? Nazareth, naturally. But
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Key lines: Every night there’s one thing I do/I bow my head and I pray for you/And the last thing that I want/Is for you to fall apart/Your future will get clear/I want you to remember/In each tear/There’s a lesson/Makes you wiser than before/Makes you stronger than you know/In each tear/Brings you closer to your
Key Lines: You sound so innocent/All full of good intent/Swear you know best/But you expect me to/Jump up onboard with you/And ride off into your delusional sunset/I’m not the one who’s lost/With no direction/But you’ll never see/You’re so busy making maps/With my name on them in all caps/You’ve got the talking down/Just not the listening
Questions: What does faith mean to you? How does your faith affect the way you live your life? What responsibilities and duties do you fulfill because of your faith? What do you see in the future for yourself, your community, and your world? What can you do today to help bring this vision about? Adapted
Many people feel they don’t have enough knowledge of the bible to lead teen or adult faith-sharing groups. But Jesus teaches in stories, parables, and saying that almost all of us can understand. In fact, an ability to remember and narrate events develops in children as they start school. “And then, and then, and then,”
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Key Lines: I won’t let you turn around/And tell me now I’m much too proud/To walk away from something when it’s dead…Tick tick tick tick on out/I won’t let you turn around/And tell me now I’m much too proud/All you do is fill me up with doubt/This time baby I’ll be bulletproof Questions: What difficulties
Key Lines: I run my life/Or is it running me/Run from my past/I run too fast/Or too slow it seems/When lies become the truth/That’s when I run to you/This world keeps spinning faster/Into a new disaster so I run to you/I run to you baby/And when it all starts coming undone/Baby you’re the only one
Key Lines: ‘Cause you and your heart/Shouldn’t feel so far apart/You can choose what you take/Why you gotta break and make it feel so hard/You draw so many lines in the sand/Lost the fingernails on your hands/How you gonna scratch any backs?/Better hope that time will take our lines away Questions: What makes a hypocrite?
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