16 Nov
1. Read Matthew 13: 53-58 as a group… what resonates, draws your attention or surprises you about this passage?
2. Discuss this passage in light of ‘going home for the holidays.’
3. How does lack of faith relate to this passage? How did the lack of faith in Jesus’ hometown affect Jesus?
1. Read Matthew 13: 53-58… how does this passage make you feel?
2. What does this passage communicate about faith?
What things are you most curious about God doing in the world? In your life? In your family? In your relationships? In your heart?
What thoughts would have crossed your mind if you were Mary? Joseph? A family member? Town’s person? High religious leader? Others?
What are the the implications or consequences that Mary would have faced for her response of, “May it be so.”
Waiting Expectantly For the Arrival of God: we get the Gospels from Mary’s perspective…
According to this reading, what compels God to send the messiah?