Discussion Questions Session 2, Part 2

Archdio of St. Paul Minneapolis, Talks/Discuss

Personal Reflection/ Discussion Questions

1. How might God be drawing you to him through the wound you are dealing with? How is light wanting to flow into and through that vulnerable “crack”? What is your reaction to that possibility?

2. What have you discovered of the natural grace and gifts of resilience with which you have been endowed? What are the internal strengths and holy desires that keep you going? And what brought you to this retreat?

3. Resistance to change and trust is normal when we have been wounded. What do you understand of your own resistance to healing and growth? Can you treat that resistance with respect without letting it be fully in charge?

4. What signs, what “glimmers of hope” do you see, that your healing is already underway?

5. Healing is gradual. What would a next step look like? (examples: talking with the trusted friend, a spouse, a priest, a therapist; improved self-care with sleep, exercise, eating; return to the sacraments; getting out of myself with acts of charity or conversely; withdrawal into my core with increased prayer and stillness). Notice that these needs will vary over time in response to the ever-present invitation to healing.

6. Pain and wounds often demand all of our attention and can crowd out our true identity. What is your greater source of identity in the face of those wounds? What is your sense of purpose and meaning now? What purpose do you want to reclaim?