Chapters 12 and 13

Ch. 12

1.  What are the known battlefields in your husband's life?

2.  Share an experience of the protecting hand of God.

Ch. 13

3.  How do you maintain an attitude of thankfulness and praise?

4.  What growth has came in your marriage as a result of trials?

Personal Reflection-Are there ways that you try to take away your husbands burdens that you should not?  What can/should you do instead?

Action Point-Pray for your husband's safety.

Chapter 12: Staying Firm in the Beginnings (Rule 12)

1.  What temptations does the enemy use to attack you?
2.  What parenting techniques work equally well in silencing temptation?
3.  How does the knowledge that the enemy is essentially weak help in overcoming temptation?
4.  How do you break free of the snowball of temptation/guilt/fear/

weakness/failure?

Chapter 12: Faith in the Spirit's Power

1.  How do you sanctify the "mundane moments" of life?

2.  What techniques do you use to avoid getting angry and frustrated every time you feel you can justify it?

3.  Share an example of a time when you made a conscious effort to yield your emotions/actions to the Holy Spirit.

4.  How does recognizing the limitations of your responsibility in the care of your children force you to rely on God?  What practical means help you?

Action Point-According to Ephesians 2:8 [For by grace you have been saved through faith; and this is not your own doing, it is the gift of God], what does God say is the source of our salvation?  What does faith have to do with this?  Do your children realize that grace is a free gift with no strings attached?  (See CCC 1987-2029 Grace and Justification) Plan out how you can communicate this principle to them.

Chapter 12: Melchizedek and Bread

1.  How does having a priest from the line of Melchizedek rather than Aaron effect our worship experience?  (pages 200-202)

2.  Do you agree with Sheen that "[f]or the Christian who lives in the realm of grace, the demands of the holiness of God are not less demanding than they were for the Jew under the Old Testament"?  Why or why not?  (page 206)

3.  How is Christ a source of blessing to you?  A source of affliction to those you know who refuse to recognize the power of God?  (page 207)

4.  "What does each of us seek in Christ?  Is it something He has, or is it He?"  (page 212)

5.  What role does Eucharistic devotion play in your spirituality?  (page 212)

6.  How we help our child(ren) foster a holy reverence/fear of God, the sacraments and His dwelling?  (page 211)