Emmaus 90 Formation Sessions

April 17 - Holy Thursday

Bonus Message?

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Bishop James Powers of the Diocese of Superior shares reflections on Holy Thursday and the Triduum for our Emmaus 90 Pilgrims.

He offers this question for reflection/discussion:

What is the main thing keeping you from a further "yes" to the Lord's call?

Talk with the Lord about that and ask him for help to give a further "yes".

April 10 - How do we walk with one? 

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Chenele offers the  following questions for your Pilgrim group discussions:

• Who is one person in your life you feel God may be inviting you to walk with more intentionally?  What is one simple next step you can take to accompany them this week? See p. 138-139 of your Emmaus 90 Guidebook for ideas.
• When has someone "walked with you" in a way that helped you grow in your faith?  What can you learn from that experience as you strive to accompany others?

She also shares these resources:

• Before Gethsemane Initiative - Resources and formation tools rooted in Catholic Social Teaching, addressing racism and xenophobia with theological depth.

• Anti-Depressing Podcast - Available on Spotify & Apple Podcasts. A space for honest conversations about faith, mental health, and pop culture.

• On Earth as It Is in Heaven by Fr. Josh Johnson – A book we’ve used to lead small groups through reflections on Eucharist, justice, and healing. 

• A Tool for more reflection on Thresholds of Conversion – A helpful framework for understanding where people are spiritually and how to accompany them.

April 3 - How do we show others? with Grace Mazza Urbanski

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Discussion Questions for your Pilgrim Group: 

1. What does it feel like to LIVE WHERE YOU ARE? To serve? Forgive? Lead? Testify? Counsel? Heal? 
2. How has Emmaus 90 helped to reveal the extraordinary presence of God in the ordinary circumstances of your life?
   1. What are my strengths? 
   2. Where is the Spirit giving me energy to serve others and behave like a Christian?
   3. How has Emmaus 90 helped me to see my gifts as medicine for a wounded world?

Ms. Grace Mazza Urbanski suggests the following additional references:

• Morning Offering Prayers with the Pope
• The Reimagining the Examen app provides a wide variety of examen questions

March 27 - How do we enter more deeply into the Mass? with Fr. John LoCoco

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Discussion Questions for your pilgrim group:

1. How does my personal preparation before Mass (prayer, recollection, spiritual reading, etc.) affect my experience of the Eucharist? What practical steps can I take to be more spiritually disposed?
2. The Mass is the re-presentation of Christ’s sacrifice on Calvary. How does this reality impact the way I participate at Mass?
3. The Church calls us to "full, conscious, and active participation" in the liturgy. In light of this, how can I grow in interior participation even when external distractions arise?

Read Sacrosanctum Concilium paragraphs 5-14

March 20 - How is the Mass our source and summit? with Fr. Christopher Klusman

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Discussion Questions for your Pilgrim Group: 

1. What does it mean that we are having a National Eucharistic Revival?  If you can name 1 thing that you like about it.
2. Watch the video, “The Veil Removed” . (Even if you have watched it before, it is worth watching again). Share 1 thing about how this video has impacted you about the Mass.
3. What does it me that the Mass is our "Source and Summit"?
4. Is it difficult for you to understand that the Mass is our "Source and Summit"?  If so what makes it difficult?  What might help you overcome that difficulty?
5. Fr. Christopher refers to this image during his talk. Scroll down on this page to find it.

March 13 - How does Jesus fulfill our Longing that He "stay with us?" with Sr. Miriam James Heidland

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Discussion Questions for your Pilgrim Group: 

1. What are my experiences of the promise Jesus makes to me that he will always be with me?  Where can I ee that clearly?  Where does it seem like He is absent to me?
2. Referencing the "Supper at Emmaus" paintings by Caravaggio linked here:
   Supper at Emmaus (1601) 
   Supper at Emmaus (1606)
   ​What stirs my heart as I gaze upon the Caravaggio paintings? 
   What colors, gestures and movements capture my heart? 
   What might God be saying to me?

She also reads from the Catechism of the Catholic Church 1380

And references St. Thomas Aquinas’ Hymn Adoro to Devote in English

Hear the Hymn in English here

Ash Wednesday - How do I enter deeply into Lent as a Pilgrim of Hope? with Fr. Malachy Joseph Napier, CFR

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Fr. Malachy helps us to dive into Lent as Pilgrims of Hope who can enter into God's rest, knowing that the Father sees us and loves us.

Fr. Malachy invites us to reflect on the following questions, and consider discussing them with our Pilgrim groups:

1. Where have I experienced the Father seeing me in ways that maybe no one else has?
2. Where have I been striving or maybe living on the surface, so that others would see me the way I want them to see me?
3. What would it be like to really let myself be seen?

February 27 - How do Scriptures about weddings and wine refer to Jesus? with Fr. John Burns

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Fr. John suggests the following questions for your pilgrim group discussions:

1. At Cana, Jesus is revealed as the Divine Bridegroom. Have you prayed with that title of Christ before? If not, how might you begin to do so? 
2. How might the title "Divine Bridegroom" expand our sense of the Church and God’s desire to “unite all things in Christ” (Eph 1:10)?

Fr. John recommends the book "The Cantata of Love. A Verse by Verse Reading of The Song of Songs" by Fr. Blaise Arminjon, S.J

February 20 - How do Scriptures about bread refer to Jesus? with Dr. Mary Healy

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Discussion Questions for your Pilgrim Group: 

1) Do you recognize in yourself a spiritual hunger that can be satisfied by God alone?  What are some misguided ways that you (or people in general) seek to fill that hunger?

2) Why did jesus call Himself the bread of life?  How is He the bread of life for you?

Dr. Healy suggests the following Scripture passages:

• Not by bread alone - Deuteronomy 8:3
• The bread of angels - Psalm 78:23-25
• Bread from heaven - Wisdom 16:30-21
• God’s word is bread - Isaiah 55:1-3
• God’s wisdom is bread - Proverbs 9:1-6

February 13th - How do Moses and the Prophets refer to Jesus? with Fr. John Paul Mitchell

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Discussion Questions for your Pilgrim Group: 

1. The story of Sacred Scripture is our story.  How does coming to see the connections between the Old and New Testaments, and God's Providential hand in all of it, affect your sense of God's provision and care for your life?
2. St. Paul exhorts us: "Pursue love, and earnestly desire the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy." (1 Cor 14:1) Although you may not be called to work mighty signs and wonders in God's name like the prophet Moses, how might the Lord be calling you to embrace the prophetic roles of intercession and of identification with the suffering?
3. How can you commit to meditating on God's Word in the week ahead so as to become "like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither." (Psalm 1:3)

Fr. John's Bonus Q&A Video Here
In his talk, Fr. John refers to these Scripture Passages.
Download the closed captions transcript here. 
New to Scripture Study? Check out this Emmaus 90 BONUS Scripture Overview from Dr. Mary Healy

January 30 - How do I recognize him? with Fr. James Kubicki

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Pilgrim Group Discussion Questions: 

1. What are some obstacles to my meeting and recognizing Jesus in my daily life?  
2. What does Jesus' interaction with the disciples teach me about how to walk with others on their faith journey?

Fr. Kubicki references Pope Benedict's The Word of the Lord Apostolic Exhortation

February 6 - Who Am I Walking With? with Pete Burds

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Discussion Questions for your Pilgrim Group: 

1. Who is someone in your life that immediately comes to mind to "walk with"?
2. What might be challenging about "walking with" another person?

Pete references "Overview of Thresholds of Conversion" from the Emmaus 90 Guide book page 138-139

January 23 - Why does Jesus draw near? with Sr. M. Karolyn Nunes

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Discussion Questions for your Pilgrim Group:

1. What can I do on a daily basis to notice when and how Jesus draws near?

2. What holds me back from telling Jesus "all the things"?

3. How can I practice more radical honesty with Jesus?

Sr. Karolyn references:

• Dilexit Nos by Pope Francis #s 33-38

• Padre Pio’s Prayer After Communion

January 16 - What's the Gift of Sunday for Your Journey? with André​ Lesperance

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Discussion Questions for your Pilgrim Group: 

1. What is one thing you feel drawn to stop doing on the Lord’s Day? What preparation will it take to make this a reality?
    
2. What is one thing you feel drawn to do more of on the Lord’s Day? What preparation will it take to make this a reality?

Remember these guiding principles for your Sunday
1. Stop 2. Worship 3. Rest 4. Delight 5. Serve

Andre references: 

1. The Catechism paragraphs: 2184, 2185, and 2186
2. The Archdiocese's Resource: "Living the Gift of Sunday" 
3. This video from Take Back Your Time

IF YOU MISSED ARCHBISHOP GROB'S INSTALLATION EVENTS

You can view the livestream of the Solemn Evening Prayer & Vigil of Welcome for Archbishop-Designate Jeffrey Grob on Monday, January 13 and his Installation as Archbishop of Milwaukee on Tuesday, January 14. 

January 9 - Who's with you? with Vincent Noth

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Discussion Questions for your Pilgrim Group: 

1) Share a time in your life when you were in a place of vulnerability and someone loved and received you. How did this impact your spiritual growth?

2) Share a time in your life when someone recognized gifts you possessed or a need you had and committed themselves caring and developing you

3) Give an example of someone in your life who has held you accountable or spoken the truth to you in love.
 

LAST YEAR'S FORMATION SESSION with Vincent Noth and Samantha Vosters

January 2 - What does God desire? with Archbishop Emeritus Jerome E. Listecki

Discussion Question: Where/How have you seen God?

December 26 - What do you desire with Margaret Rhody

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Pray with p. 3 of your Emmaus 90 Christmas Edition.

Emmaus 90 Intro Session

(See page 3 of your Guidebook--not page 8)

Advent Formation Session