Dialogue Questions!
HDIFAMA : How do I feel about my answer?
HDIFAT: How do I feel about that/this?
HDIFSTWY: How do I feel sharing this with you?
HDIF(A): How do I feel (about)
DILD: Describe (feeling) in loving detail
October 1: Today is National Homemade Cookies Day. What is my favorite kind of homemade cookie? HDIFAMA?
October 2: October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. Who do I know that has been affected by breast cancer? HDIF thinking about this person now?
October 3: Tomorrow is the feast day of St. Francis of Assisi who said, “Start by doing what is necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.” HDIFA this quote?
October 4: Read Matthew 11: 25-30. What is my strongest feeling when I hear this reading?
October 5: Listen to the song “Prayer of St. Francis.” HDIF when I hear this song?
October 6: “Where there is hatred, let me sow love.” When have I chosen to show love when I could have chosen hatred? HDIFAMA?
October 7: “Where there is injury, pardon.” When have I chosen to pardon someone instead of holding onto injury? HDIFAMA?
October 8: “Where there is doubt, faith.” When have I chosen to trust in faith when I could have succumbed to doubt? HDIFAMA?
October 9: “Where there is despair, hope.” When have I chosen to trust in hope instead of wallowing in despair? HDIFAMA?
October 10: “Where there is sadness, joy.” In what situation recently have I searched for the joy (the silver lining) in sadness? HDIFAMA?
October 11: Read Phillipians 4: 12-14, 19-20. What is my strongest feeling when I hear this reading?
October 12: On the Weekend Experience we hear that one of the gifts of our Sacrament is Contagious Love. When have I seen someone else “want what we have” recently? HDIFAMA?
October 13: On the Weekend Experience we hear that one of the gifts of our Sacrament is Being Life-Giving. When have I seen our love lift someone up recently? HDIFAMA?
October 14: On the Weekend Experience we hear that one of the gifts of our Sacrament is being Raised Above the Ordinary. When has our love carried us through something difficult? HDIFAMA?
October 15: On the Weekend Experience we hear that one of the gifts of our Sacrament is Healing. When have I asked for forgiveness recently? HDIFAMA?
October 16: Today is Global Cat Day. Who is my favorite cartoon cat? What makes this cat my favorite? HDIFAMA?
October 17: It’s the middle of October. Have I decorated for Halloween? HDIFAMA?
October 18: Read Matthew 22:15-21. What is my strongest feeling when I hear this reading?
October 19: HDIFA paying taxes to the government?
October 20: In Sunday’s gospel we heard that we should “Repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God? What is the thing I need to be repaying to God? HDIF as I think about this?
October 21: What is my primary ministry in the church? HDIFA serving in this ministry?
October 22: October is Respect Life Month and today is the kickoff for a novena that will be prayed through October 30. HDIFA praying this novena along with thousands of other Catholics for the protection of human life from conception to natural death?
October 23: HDIF when I meet someone who is guarded in expressing their opinion about a hot topic that has come up?
October 24: HDIF when I meet someone who expresses their opinion without care or concern for the people around them?
October 25: Read 1 Thessalonians 1:5c-10. What is my strongest feeling when I hear this reading?
October 26: How do I live the word of God? HDIFAMA?
October 27: We are called to be reflections of the unconditional love of God. HDIFAT?
October 28: We are called to be reflections of the unconditional love of God. What is an example of how I have lived this out in my relationship with you? HDIFSTWY?
October 29: We are called to be reflections of the unconditional love of God. What is an example of how I have lived this out with someone outside our immediate family? HDIFSTWY?
October 30: Tomorrow is Halloween. What is my favorite memory of Halloween from my childhood? HDIF as I recall this now?
October 31: Tomorrow is All Saints Day, a holy day of obligation. HDIFAT?