Reflection Questions

1.  What is your experience of the Liturgy of the Word in your parish?

2.  What do you know of the structure of the Liturgy of the Word?  On Sundays?  On weekdays?  During the seasons?

3.  What would you like to know about the Liturgy of the Word?

4.  How do you prepare yourself to listen to the Word at Mass?

5.  What do you expect of the lector/reader/presider in their proclamation of the Word?

6.  Do you find the Responsorial Psalm helpful to your prayer?  In what ways?

7.  How about the silence after each reading?  How is this helpful to you?

8.  How do you 'listen' to the Word?  Do you read along in your missal?

9.  What do you expect from a homily?  What is your part?

10.  How aware are you of the different prayers in the Prayers of Intercession?  How might the parish pray them better?

ADDITIONAL POINTS FOR DISCUSSION

»  In what ways might you approach the Liturgy of the Word differently from now on?

»  How can your parish enhance the celebration of the Liturgy of the Word?  What possibilities can you think of?