John the Beloved and Mary
Objective
I can explain the importance of john the Beloved and Mary
Prayer
Reflect prayerfully on the Scripture reading as you listen.
“Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again; but whoever drinks the water I shall give will never thirst; the water I shall give will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water, so that I may not be thirsty or have to keep coming here to draw water.”
John 4:13-15
Lord Jesus, you taught us that you are the living water that gives us eternal life. Help us to believe in all that you taught us so that, like the Samaritan woman at the well, we too might ask you for your living water so that we might never thirst again.
Hail Mary...
Warm Up
St. John the Evangelist by Domenico Ghirlandaio
Discussion Questions
What adjectives would you use to describe St. John in the image?
What animal is depicted with St. John in the image?
Why do you think St. John is associated with an eagle?
What do you think this paintings tells us about St. John the Evangelist?
The Disciple and the Woman
Activity 1: The Disciple and the Woman
Read the given Scripture passages and answer the focus and reflection questions.
Prayer
Then each went to his own house, while Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. But early in the morning he arrived again in the temple area, and all the people started coming to him, and he sat down and taught them. Then the scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery and made her stand in the middle. They said to him, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of committing adultery. Now in the law, Moses commanded us to stone such women. So what do you say?” They said this to test him, so that they could have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and began to write on the ground with his finger. But when they continued asking him, he straightened up and said to them, “Let the one among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.” Again he bent down and wrote on the ground. And in response, they went away one by one, beginning with the elders. So he was left alone with the woman before him. Then Jesus straightened up and said to her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?” She replied, “No one, sir.” Then Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you. Go, [and] from now on do not sin any more.”
John 8:1-11
Activity 2: Lectio Divina
Pray the Lectio Divina, using John 8: 1-11 as the passage for reflection.
Discussion Questions
How can you relate to the woman in this story? How do Jesus’ words and actions speak to you in your own life?