Theme: Making God a priority in your life.

Breaking Open the Word
Suggested text for faith sharing: Today’s Gospel, the short form

Step One: Listen to the Word
This is a tough reading. As you hear it, what words or phrases strike you? What in this reading touches your heart?

Step Two: Look into Your Life

Question for Children: How difficult would it be for you to give something you treasure to someone else who needed it more than you do?

Question for Youth: What is your most important possession? How hard would it be for you to give it up?

Question for Adults: How hard is it for you to part with things you treasure? Do your possessions ever stand in the way of having deeper communion with God?