December 9-15, 2019

​General Theme: 
The love of God made flesh
 
General Objective:
To believe in love made flesh, letting it be made flesh in us by living Christ’s life of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
 
Specific Objective:
To discover why Jesus Christ the Son of God became a human being and showed the way of salvation to all people.

WEEK 1
​Dec 2-8, 2019

​INCARNATION
 (THE LOVE OF GOD MADE FLESH)
 
General Objective:
To believe in Love made flesh, letting it be made flesh in us by living Christ’s life of poverty, chastity and obedience.
 
Objective: To rediscover the essence of God’s love to all His creation and to enter into the core of His desires to save all humanity by giving His whole life becoming human and giving us the way to our salvation through Jesus Christ.

(Ps 116:12-19)
 
Week IV
Nov 25- Dec 1, 2019

​Objective of the week:
That we be merciful as the Father is merciful. May this awaken in us the need to reciprocate that love as a gratitude in leading others to that same experience.

(Hos 11:8)
 
Week III
Nov 18-24, 2019

​General Theme: God’s Merciful Love
General Objective: To experience the joy of God’s unfailing love and forgiveness that impels the person to desire to live and start anew, with the heart filled also with mercy for others.

Objective of the week:
To discover the joy of God at the conversion of the child as one comes back to him.

(cf. Sir 2:11)
 
Week II
Nov 11-17

​General Theme: God’s Merciful Love
General Objective: To experience the joy of God’s unfailing love and forgiveness that impels the person to desire to live and start anew, with the heart filled also with mercy for others.

Objective of the week:
To lead us more to experience that compassionate and merciful love of God, capable of doing everything for us in spite of our sinfulness.

(cf. Lk. 7:48)
 
November 4-10, 2019

​General Theme: God’s Merciful Love
General Objective: To experience the joy of God’s unfailing love and forgiveness that impels the person to desire to live and start anew, with the heart filled also with mercy for others.

Objective of the week: To enter into the experience of being loved and forgiven by Him, despite one’s sins and failures and to take a step towards God.

​General Theme:
Breaking of Love: Sin and its Consequences
 
General Objective:
To discover that sin is a breakdown of love of self, of others and ultimately a ‘no’ to God’s Life and Love, to the one who loves us most in life, and has given all to us. Sin has serious consequences in us, in others and in the Body of Christ. That seeing Christ crucified may provoke our conversion to Love, a change of heart.   
Objective : To recognize one’s sins, ask for forgiveness and change ways of life.

(Mt. 25:40)

WEEK 4
(Oct 21-27, 2019)

General Theme:
 Breaking of Love: Sin and its Consequences
​
General Objective:
To discover that sin is a breakdown of love of self, of others and ultimately a ‘no’ to God’s Life and Love, to the one who loves us most in life, and has given all to us. Sin has serious consequences in us, in others and in the Body of Christ. That seeing Christ crucified may provoke our conversion to Love, a change of heart.   
 
Objective :  To realize how on the cross, Christ took on Himself our sins to free and heal us through his wounds.

​General Theme: Breaking of Love: Sin and its Consequences
General Objective:
To discover that sin is a breakdown of love of self, of others and ultimately a ‘no’ to God’s Life and Love, to the one who loves us most in life, and has given all to us. Sin has serious consequences in us, in others and in the Body of Christ. That seeing Christ crucified may provoke our conversion to Love, a change of heart.
 
 Objective of the week:
 To realize the effects and consequences of sin in others and in the world.

(Rom.7:13)   

WEEK 2
(Oct 7-12, 2019)

General Theme: Breaking of Love: Sin and its Consequences
General Objective:
To discover that sin is a breakdown of love of self, of others and ultimately a ‘no’ to God’s Life and Love, to the one who loves us most in life, and has given all to us. Sin has serious consequences in us, in others and in the Body of Christ. That seeing Christ crucified may provoke our conversion to Love, a change of heart. 
 
Objective for the Week:
To be able to realize the effects and consequences of sin in oneself.