Hints for session 3: Faith: I Believe, We believe

After the reading aoud---each person one paragraph-- I recommend not jumping immediately to the question... first ask a) what especially strikes or moves you about the reading  b) after the Hebrew's reading which repeats the expression "by faith" you might consider asking them "by faith"  what is their story?   c) Spotlight on the US Catechism (p 20)--invite them to read it quietly and then tell one thing that deepened their understanding,  d) the song Walk by Faith is a great lead in...you might consider replaying a verse at the close...e) Don't forget the dessert--the effort to live the good news...tending the garden of our lives...opening ourselves to God's love...Faith is above all a relationship with a living God in communion with others--God reaches out in love and awaits our response in patience and forgiveness f) if there are questions about faith and suffering--a very good on-line source is http://www.ronrolheiser.com/ ...go into his archives and type in suffering.  He is an Oblate Priest and always has powerful insights!  Blessings in the love of our God.