Matthew 9:9-13

10th Sunday in Ordinary Time, year A.

Questions

1) What are your initial thoughts, feeling and ideas about the text?

2) What experience do you have of undeserved love when you've behaved badly? How did it feel?

3) What experience do you have of those who have seriously harmed you (or someone close to you)? How did it make you feel? How did you react?

4) What is your reaction to God's acceptance and love for you as a sinner? Intellectually? Emotionally?

5) Nothing we can do can increase God's love for us. Is this consoling? frustrating? unjust? unbelievable? empowering? All of the these?