Ordinary time 31st Sunday Cycle B - Worldwide Marriage Encounter

Living Our Vows EverydayCycle BDialogue Question20 minutesWhat does my personal relationship with God feel like?Refreshment breakSharing Questions10 minutes20 minutes• Share a time when you felt very close to God.• Reflect and share on the statement “To love God, I must feel God’slove for me.”Call to Action:15 minutesDetermine a specific action (individual or couple) that flows from yoursharing. This should be your primary consideration. When choosing anindividual action, determine what you will do and share it with the group.When choosing a couple action, determine what responsibility you eachshare. The following are secondary suggestions:• Choose a book by a saint or other writer to read over the next 30days. Dialogue with your spouse about how the writer’s relationshipwith God makes you feel.• Describe to your spouse your relationship with God. How has itchanged over the years? Where would you like it to go in the nearfuture? Spouse: how does it feel to hear your spouse share this?• Take specific steps to get closer to God. (Talk to Him out loud, listenfor Him in the silence, write Him loveletters, look for Him at table etc.)Closing Prayer:5 minutesGive thanks to God (aloud or silently) for insights gained, for desiresawakened, for directions clarified, for the gift of one another’s openness andsensitivity.Conclude with the following:Leader: When we feel loved, we can give love. We know then forget thenremember again that God wants us to be close to Him. He wants love forHim to flow freely from us.ALL: God in Heaven, you have loved me from before I was born.Your love never wavered through all of my ups and downs. Youknow and love every part of me, even the parts I think areunloveable. Continue to be close to me.Worldwide Marriage Encounter, San Bernardino, CA 3