Inquiry Topic 6

RCIA Inquiry
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Ramona CA

Topic: Prayer
Facilitator’s Guide

Opening Prayer: Use your own opening prayer or the prayer below

Psalm for the coming Sunday.

Introductions

Welcome everyone, if there is some one new have everyone go around and give their name and a brief description of who they are.
Explain the rules of listening, and the format, and what inquiry is if this is someone first session.
Ask if there are any questions or something someone wants to share before you get to the topic of the night.
Explain that they should bring their Bibles if they have one. If not don’t buy one just yet.
Give everyone a chance to share, prevent any one person from dominating especially yourself.

Scripture

The scripture passage is Matthew 26:36-41; 1 Samuel 3: 1-10
Have everyone look it up in their Bible.
Have someone read this passage out loud, then give everyone a few moments reflect on it.
Ask some reflection questions about the reading possibilities are:
Why is prayer hard?
What types of prayer do you enjoy? What are some different types of prayer?
What does prayer do for us?
In Samuel’s prayer with the Lord, who does the speaking and who does the listening? What are the implications of this in our own prayers?
Does Jesus pray a lot in the Gospels? What does that mean for us?

Gospel

Give out the Gospel for the coming Sunday. Have everyone look it up.
Have some one read it out load.
Ask some reflection question:
Who do you most identify with in this story?
What does this story mean to you when you heard just know?
What do you feel God wants people listening to this story to do?
Does this story remind you of any event sin your own life?
Share a brief reflection of your own if the conversation needs a kick start.
Ask if there any final questions.

Closing Prayer

We look to God always for strength and love even in our weaknesses and brokenness, trusting in his mercy and compassion.
Pray for some things that are close to your heart
Lord Hear Our Prayer
What else should we pray for?
Lord Hear Our Prayer
Our Father
Hail Mary