1. Witnesses of Faith

2. Mike Sweeney: Just Pedal
What adversity do you face every day in your life?
Where do you turn for strength?
What does “just pedal” mean for you and your life?
Read page 103 in your textbook.
What insight can you take from the witness of Mike Sweeney?
Matthew 5:16
“In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.”
What does this passage mean?
How can you apply it to your life?

3. St. Francis of Assisi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kw1LDSV23zA

4. Mary - The Mother of God
Mary said Yes to God. What do you need to say ‘Yes’ to more in your life as it relates to God? Why is it so hard to say yes to what is right and to what God asks of us?
Mary experienced suffering throughout her life – the flight into Egypt, the killing of the innocents, poverty, watching her son suffer and die, etc. How can this help you in terms of connecting with her?
Why do so many people turn to God only when they are suffering (“There are no atheists in fox holes and emergency rooms”)? Is this the way that it should be? Why?
When do you turn to God? What are the times that you find it difficult to turn to God?
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5. How can you help Project Home?
Sr. Mary Scullion
How can you help Project Home?

6. Journal Recall a time when you served someone else What did you do?
Why did you do it?
How did your act affect the other person?
How did it affect, change, or help you?
Recall a time when someone served you.
What did he or she do?
Why do you think the person did it?
How did it affect you?
How do you think it affected, changed, or helped this person?

7. St. Gianna Beretta Molla
What miracles are associated with St. Gianna?
St. Gianna is the patron of what people?
Reflect on the words of St. Gianna."One cannot love without suffering or suffer without loving". Explain what these words mean to you. g