Saint Therese of Carmel

What is Faith Sharing?

The practice of Faith Sharing comes from Jesus’ words:  “When two or three are gathered in my name, I am in their midst.”  It is also rooted in the old Christian practice of Lectio Divina — Divine Reading.  Lectio is primarily a process of ENCOUNTER: encountering God, listening to God’s Word, and surrendering to it.  Faith sharing takes Lectio and brings it one step further — sharing the fruits with others.

The Basic Steps of Faith Sharing:

        We invite God to come into our hearts.  We open our minds, hearts and soul to receive the Word.

        We read (or listen) to the text.

        We let God speak to us in silence … during this time we notice the words or phrases that touch our heart, challenge, stir, or correct us.

        We ask ourselves:  How is my life touched by this scripture passage?  Is there an invitation here for me?

        We share what we have heard in our hearts.

        We commit to some action individually or as a group.  It is important that at the end of each session we ask ourselves:  “What is God calling us to?  How could we respond?

In Faith Sharing, we share how we are touched, called or challenged by the Scriptures or the questions in our material. 

We might talk about how a word or phrase spoke to us in a special way; how we understood the passage in a new way; or how we felt called or challenged by God’s Word.

We might talk about how we are experiencing God’s presence in our lives at this moment; the image we have of God or of Jesus in this passage; or how we are challenged to see God’s presence and action in our daily lives.

We might find that the fruit of our prayer are questions that still have no answers and ask the group for their prayers.