Check out our latest episode of Walking with St. Joseph! Hear a motivating talk from New Orleans’ own Arthur Dupre and listen to a dramatic reading of excerpts of Pope Francis’ letter, Patris Corde.
Cannon Ball Moment & Patris Corde Discussion Questions:
1. Have you had a “cannonball moment” at some point in your life – a time when God seems to allow a failure or a setback that forced you to rethink the role God’s will plays in your life? What happened and what did you learn? What helped you get through it? Might you be going through a moment like that in your life right now and it isn’t yet clear what it all means? Perhaps sharing and praying with your brothers about it can help.
2. “You know, we try to pray around the cross, and we try to find ways to skip around the cross, instead of praying for the grace to embrace the cross… Men are way too timid in speaking about their prayer life, or speaking about where God is in their life, or speaking about things that are going on in their life spiritually where they feel that they need help. We don’t share when we’re hurt. We don’t share the need for fraternal affirmation or fraternal affirmation among guys.” Let’s not be afraid to pray with the cross in our life, to embrace it rather than try to skip around it. What is one thing that you are struggling with in your life right now? What can we, your brothers, pray with you and for you about?
3. When you listened to the quotes from Patris Corde from Pope Francis, what quotes stuck out? How will these words help you to incorporate the example of St. Joseph in your life?
