S12 E1 - Since We've Been Gone

We are so excited to be back! In this episode, we reconnect after an extended break to share with you updates from each of our lives according to the mysteries of the Rosary: joyful, sorrowful, luminous, and glorious. While our first episode back is traditionally our “Word of the Year” episode, we felt the need to open up about what has been going on in our lives the past seven months. Stay tuned for next week’s episode to discover each of our words for 2023. Thank you for being a part of our journey. We are so incredibly grateful for you.

Heather’s One Thing- Fr. Mike Schmitz Catechism in a Year Podcast (Trailer Here)

Sister Miriam’s One Thing - Hope’s Garden

Michelle’s One Thing - Elizabeth Wade Studios 

Michelle’s Other One Thing - With all Her Mind: A Call to the Intellectual Life; Rachel Bulman Amazon or Word on Fire Bookstore

Discussion Questions:    

1. What stood out to you from this week’s episode?
2. How has Christ met me in the Joyful Mysteries of my life?
3. How has Christ met me in the Sorrowful Mysteries of my life?
4. How has Christ met me in the Luminous Mysteries of my life?
5. How has Christ met me in the Glorious Mysteries of my life?

Journal Questions:

1. Reflect on the past few months of your life. What are ways you have experienced joy, sorrow, illumination, and glory?
   1. Joy: A delight or an area of gratitude where you have felt the tangible presence of the LORD.
   2. Sorrow: A hurt or an obstacle.
   3. Illumination: Something the LORD brought to light: an area of pruning, longing, and an ache.
   4. Glory: Something you see the LORD redeeming and restoring. It can be in process.

Quotes to Ponder: 

“The Rosary mystically transports us to Mary's side as she is busy watching over the human growth of Christ in the home of Nazareth. This enables her to train us and to mold us with the same care, until Christ is ‘fully formed’ in us.” -JP2

“Mary lived with her eyes fixed on Christ, treasuring His every word: “She kept all these things, pondering them in her heart” (Lk2:19; cf. 2:51). The memories of Jesus, impressed upon her heart, were always with her, leading her to reflect on the various moments of her life at her Son's side. In a way those memories were to be the ‘rosary’ which she recited uninterruptedly throughout her earthly life.” -JP2 

Scripture for Lectio Divina -   “Mary pondered all these things in her heart.” Luke 2:19

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