St. Joseph Faith Formation

Question of the Week

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January 1, 2022                  Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God         Gospel: Luke 2:16-21
Adults: How has God blessed and kept your family? What can you do as a family this week to show your gratitude for these blessings?
Children: When have you felt most blessed by God? What can you do to help someone in your family feel the same way?

January 2, 2022                              Solemnity of the Epiphany                        Gospel: Matthew 2:1-12

Adults: When have you been jealous or fearful of another person? When are such feelings harmful?
Children: When have you been jealous because something good happened to another person instead of you? What is the problem with feeling that way?

 

January 9, 2022                  Feast of the Baptism of the Lord                 Gospel: Luke 3:15-15, 21-22
Adults: Do you think that God was “well pleased” by your actions in recent weeks? Why?
Children: What good thing could you do this week that would be pleasing to God?

 

January 16, 2022                            2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time                        Gospel: John 2:1-11
Adults: When have you stepped in, as Mary did at Cana, to try and make a difficult situation easier for someone?
Children: What can you do this week to help make someone’s job a little easier?

 

January 23, 2022                            3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time            Gospel: Luke 1:1-4, 4:14-21
Adults: What do you believe that the anointing you received at Baptism requires you to do?
Children: What could you do this week for someone who has less than you?

 

January 30, 2022                            4th Sunday in Ordinary Time                      Gospel: Luke 4:21-30
Adults: What do you do when a message you are trying to deliver “falls on deaf ears”?
Children: Are there times when you have not listened as well as you could to what someone was telling you? Why didn’t you?

 

February 2, 2022                            Feast of the Presentation of the Lord        Gospel: Luke 2:22-40
Adults: What are you doing in order to continue to grow strong in faith and wisdom?
Children: Who helps you to grow strong in your faith?

 

February 6, 2022                            5th Sunday in Ordinary Time                        Gospel: Luke 5:1-11
Adults: When have you felt inadequate to a task or role you were given? How did you respond?
Children: When have you been asked to do something you felt might be too hard for you? What did you do?

 

February 13, 2022                          6th Sunday in Ordinary Time                Gospel: Luke 6:17, 20-26
Adults: In what way are you serving the poor, as Jesus did?
Children: When have you helped bring God’s love to someone who was sad, or hungry, or whom others made fun of?

 

February 20, 2022                          7th Sunday in Ordinary Time                       Gospel: Luke 6:27-38
Adults: What has allowed you to overcome obstacles and forgive someone who has hurt you?
Children: When has it been hard to forgive someone who has hurt you? What did you do?

 

February 27, 2022                          8th Sunday in Ordinary Time                       Gospel: Luke 6:39-45
Adults: When have you most felt like a hypocrite? How did you overcome this feeling?
Children: Is it a good thing or a bad thing to act differently from what you are really feeling? Explain.