1. Wednesday Gospel Webinar
Portsmouth Diocese – Formation for Mission

2. Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and kindle in them the fire of your love. Send forth your Spirit and they shall be created. And You shall renew the face of the earth.
O, God, who by the light of the Holy Spirit, did instruct the hearts of the faithful, grant that by the same Holy Spirit we may be truly wise and ever enjoy His consolations, Through Christ Our Lord, Amen.

3. Literal meaning Where? Matthew 6 – still up the hill
When? Follows the Lord’s Prayer (Mt. 6:5-14)
What? The Sermon on the Mount: Seeking the Kingdom of God
Who? Jesus, joined by his disciples (and the crowds?)
How? A command not to worry about material things
Why? Called to imitate Christ’s trust in His Father

4. What do you worry about? Material vs. Spiritual
Moving beyond the material
Knowing who we are in Christ
Christian responsibility in Seeking the Kingdom
Examination of Conscience

5. Finding God Jesus is the sign of the Father’s love
The Father provides us with what we need

6. Finding the human person
Importance of Trust & Hope
What is hope? Trust?
Living Divine Sonship requires trust
Called to be co-operators with God by grace

7. Finding the Church
How do we receive the virtues of hope and trust?  Baptism
God’s provision for our needs: Sacramental dispensation
Kingdom of God: the Church journeying to heaven

9. Mary, Virgin and Mother,
you who, moved by the Holy Spirit,
welcomed the word of life
in the depths of your humble faith:
as you gave yourself completely to the Eternal One,
help us to say our own “yes”
to the urgent call, as pressing as ever,
to proclaim the good news of Jesus.
Mother of the living Gospel,
wellspring of happiness for God’s little ones,
pray for us.
Amen. Alleluia!

10. Acknowledgments
Mosaics artworks: © Fr Marko Rupnik and Centro Aletti
With gratitude to the Wednesday Word