Prep for Jan 20th

Here is what is needed 1/20/16:

We will prepare with Opening the Word. Please

1. read the readings for this Sunday, then
2. watch the corresponding episode
3. and e-mail me your answers to the questions on pages 4 and 5 of the journal pdf. (I invite you to answer the questions on page 6 for yourself, but you don't have to send them to me, given their personal nature).

*E-mail answers to vincent@catholicgators.org. Please try to spread the personal study over the week (instead of cramming it into one day) and send me your responses earlier than Sunday.

1. What distinguishes Christian discernment from normal good decision-making?
2. What is meant by "spiritual exercises" generally? Also name examples.
3. What is the right disposition of heart for discernment?
4. What is the first principle of discernment? How can morality help us discern in some cases? Where can we find clarity in times of doubt about the morality of certain courses of action?
5. What is the second principle of discernment? How can fidelity to our duties of our state in life help us discern in some cases?
6. What is the role of the review?
7. What does Fr. Gallagher mean, to ask for a heart like Mary's?

1. What are three broad steps of discernment that emerge from the first few examples?
2. What is the foundation of discernment?
3. Using the criteria articulated so far, describe the sort of choices which St. Ignatius intended the spiritual exercises to help us to decide.