January | Centrality of Jesus Christ. The call to conversion, to holiness. If we are weak and fragile, to what specifically does Christ call us? What must we do to follow him? Identification with Christ: Way, Truth and Life. |
February | The Church, Mother. We are all Church. The teaching of the Church and its value for our whole life. The Church is everyone’s task: sheep and shepherd. What happens when there is faith in God but not in His Church? Is it not enough to believe in God and to do good? The holiness of the Church and our vulnerability as men. |
March | Maturity: the complete person. A harmonious personality. The human being: his life. Knowledge of oneself. Putting all our capacities at the service of one’s final end. Intelligence, will and affectivity. |
April | The freedom of the children of God. Personal responsibility. Freedom of spirit and opinion. Initiative. Forming a good conscience. The danger of relativism. |
May | Vocation to love: created in the image and likeness of God, out of love and in order to love. The vocation to happiness. To love with the whole person, integrating all human dimensions and capacities: physical, psychological and spiritual. |
June | Sin, the enemy of a free and full life. Consideration of sin from the perspective of divine filiation. Why is there so much sin? The prodigal son and divine mercy. The sacrament of confession. |
July | The gift of grace (God freely helps us so that we can respond to his call). Grace and struggle: grace precedes and accompanies the ascetic struggle, and makes us capable of acting as children of God. Avoid trying to progress in the spiritual life relying mainly on one’s own efforts. |
August | The sacraments: Christ present in our lives. Relationship of the sacraments with the mystery of Christ. The way to identify with him. Some of the sacraments can be commented on according to the audience (older people, young people, singles, etc.) |
September | Marriage, vocation to holiness. Married love shapes one’s path to heaven. To give life is to give love, affection, tenderness, sensitivity. Facilitating its improvement. Details and gestures to show one’s love for one’s spouse. Generosity. Commitment and wanting to work together. |
October | Communication. Respect. Trust. Necessary attitudes for good conjugal harmony: affection (tenderness); sharing (not isolating oneself); caring (service); complementing each other; accepting the other (respecting their tastes and interests, making them one’s own). |
November | The gift of children. The formation and education of children. Giving a good example. Husband and wife united in their approach to the formation of their children. Training as parents (IFFD or other initiatives). Getting involved in their children’s schools. To welcome the vocation of the children: to thank God, to help them on their way. Married couples without children are also blessed by God. |
December | The Christmas Season. |
(Numbers correspond to the topics list document.)