I) Rewrite Paul’ “one body, many parts (1 Cor 12:12-31) in a new a personally relevant way. Do not use the body analogy, but another that your are personally involved with and familiar with: e.g. a sports teams, a family, a theater production.
II) Journal (text page 163)
In the Letter to the Romans, Paul tells us that nothing can separate us from God’s love. Through our decisions, however, we decide whether we accept that love. Take some time to review the decisions you made this week regarding your relationship with God. Be conscious of the ways you let into into your life, and be conscious of the ways that you ignore or are indifferent to God in your life. Write about ways that can help you have a stronger relationship with God.
III) Write a letter to SLUH sophomores about some real issue you all confront. Write it as if you were St. Paul sending this epistle to the sophomore followers of Jesus at SLUH..
IV) Opening the Word (test page 171)
Select three passages in one of the letters (or find on passage from three different letters) that could be used to teach values to teens today. Explain why you chose these passages and include the values that teens could learn from the passages.
V) Do you have a favorite passage from an epistle? Cite it, give it, and write about why it is important to you.
VI) Create your own prayer. Use Scripture in your prayer. It should be about something real and important to you.
Try these. Experience what happens.
√ Do a good deed for someone without letting him or her know you did it.
√ At home this weekend, be completely helpful and understanding. Offer to help with anything that needs to be done. Notice the reactions of your family, is any, to your helpfulness.
√ For one full day, speak only the truth and charity. Experience what happens, to you and to others.
√ Go to Mass the Sabbath and really try to listen and pray. Make sure you do the three levels of hearing the Word of God. See if it makes any real difference to how you experience the Mass.