Personal Study 15

Fifteenth Symbolon episode (“Living the Faith: Matrimony and Holy Orders")

• both parts of the episode available on Formed.org

• Questions to answer:

1. What are the four aspects of Christian marriage as reflected in the Rite of Matrimony, and what does each entail?  
2. After his second divorce, a popular American entertainer had this to say about marriage in an interview on television: “Well if you have to work at it then maybe it’s not worth having. . . I have to work at everything else in my life. I have to work at my work. I just think a marriage should be easy, not hard.” How would you respond to that comment?  
3. A priest said: “While it is true that no one will ever call me daddy, thousands call me Father.” Why do we call priests “Father”?

*E-mail answers to vincent@catholicgators.org

1. What grace should we ask for when praying with Scripture as part of discernment?
2. What do we need to hear "the still, small voice"?
3. When we are having difficulty discerning, what ideal setting can really help?
4. What is the universal call lived out in the spousal gift?

1. What are some of the main points Fr. Gallagher outlines in this episode for discerning God's will?