1. This here thing is a PowerPoint for the WMOF Catechesis for January 9 th, 2015

2. Eph 5:21-25 “Be subject to one another out of reverence for Christ. Wives, be subject to your husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. As the church is subject to Christ, so let wives also be subject in everything to their husbands. Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for them.

3. Five qualities of a Good Husband 1234512345

4. Five qualities of a Good Wife 1234512345

5. Is the Lord a good husband? Is the Church a good wife? What do these tell us about the challenges of marriage and family life?

6. How is Marriage an ICON of God’s love for us?

7. [Scripture Images] God’s love is like… GROUP 1: God is like a merciful father hosting a feast to welcome home his prodigal son. (Luke 15:11-32) GROUP 2: God is like a shepherd searching for his lost sheep. (Luke 15:3-7) GROUP 3: God is like a mother who comforts her children. (Isaiah 66:13)

8. [Scripture Images] God’s love is like… GROUP 4: God is like a friend who lays down his life for others and who weeps when his friends suffer. (John 11:35) GROUP 5: God is like a teacher, leading us to love and serve one another as neighbors. (Matthew 22:39) GROUP 6: God is like a gardener, tending us until we bear good fruit. (John 15:1)

9. [Scripture Images] God’s love is like… GROUP 7: God is like a king inviting us to his son’s wedding banquet. (Matthew 22:1-14) GROUP 8: God hears a blind man’s cry and stops to ask: what do you want me to do for you? (Mark 10:46-52)

10. [Scripture Images] God’s love is like… GROUP 9: God is welcoming, filled with compassion for his people when they are hungry, offering them food (Matthew 14:13- 21, also Matthew 15:32-39, Mark 6:31-44 and 8:1-9, Luke 9:10-17, John 6:5-15) and offering them himself. (Matthew 26:2)

11. “God created the universe so that love could exist. God created the universe in order to be able to become human and pour out his love on us and to invite us to love him in return. Pope Benedict --What does this tell us about the human person? --How is God’s WAY of loving different from our way?