Mk 1:40-2:12
•	Particular Grace: How to continue praying, realizing that Jesus is the “really real” and everything else flows from him 
•	Presence of God
•	Reading
•	Meditate on words or images
•	Respond to the Lord honestly in silence
o	Be attentive to your own thoughts, feelings, desires
•	Make a resolution

Brave Dads

The Really Real

Mk. 4:26-34
•	Particular Grace: To make the Kingdom of God present in my soul, my family, and my community. To be truly effective.
•	Presence of God
•	Reading
•	Meditate on words or images
•	Respond to the Lord honestly in silence
o	Be attentive to your own thoughts, feelings, desires
•	Make a resolution

The Really Effective

Mk 4:35-41
•	Particular Grace: To gain the strength to reach out to Christ and my brothers.
•	Presence of God
•	Reading
•	Meditate on words or images
•	Respond to the Lord honestly in silence
o	Be attentive to your own thoughts, feelings, desires
•	Make a resolution

Brave Dads 1.6 The Courage to Reach Out

Mk 5:21-43
•	Particular Grace: To persevere in prayer when I hear the voice of discouragement.
•	Presence of God
•	Reading
•	Meditate on words or images
•	Respond to the Lord honestly in silence
o	Be attentive to your own thoughts, feelings, desires
•	Make a resolution

Brave Dads 1.7 Persevering in Prayer

Genesis 2:15-3:6
Matthew 1:18-25
•	Particular Grace: To have the courage to initiate prayer with my wife and family
•	Presence of God
•	Reading
•	Meditate on words or images
•	Respond to the Lord honestly in silence
o	Be attentive to your own thoughts, feelings, desires
•	Make a resolution

Brave Dads 2.1 The Courage to Initiate

Matthew 7:7-11
•	Particular Grace: To understand and exercise real authority by helping my family grow into the saints God made them to be.
•	Presence of God
•	Reading
•	Meditate on words or images
•	Respond to the Lord honestly in silence
o	Be attentive to your own thoughts, feelings, desires
•	Make a resolution

Brave Dads 2.2 True Authority

Matthew 2:13-15
•	Particular Grace: To submit myself to Christ so that my family can experience true freedom
•	Presence of God
•	Reading
•	Meditate on words or images
•	Respond to the Lord honestly in silence
o	Be attentive to your own thoughts, feelings, desires
•	Make a resolution to entrust something specific in your life to Jesus.
"Jesus I entrust myself to you. Take care of everything."

Brave Dads 2.3 Submission

Exodus 14:10-22
•	Particular Grace: To have the vision and courage to lead my family through the spiritual desert of this world into the promised land of heaven.
•	Presence of God
•	Reading
•	Meditate on words or images
•	Respond to the Lord honestly in silence
o	Be attentive to your own thoughts, feelings, desires
•	Make a resolution to talk with your family about how they want to be. https://www.familiesofcharacter.com/blogs/virtue/what-are-the-40-virtues-full-list

Brave Dads 2.4 The Courage & Vision to Lead

Genesis 2:18-24
•	Particular Grace: To grow in awe toward the bride God gave you.
•	Presence of God
•	Reading
•	Meditate on words or images
•	Respond to the Lord honestly in silence
o	Be attentive to your own thoughts, feelings, desires
•	Make a resolution: To simply look at your wife with the eyes of Christ and the Father.

Fr. Timothy Hepner