Retreat Talk Fr. Cicero

What formed Fr’s image of God the Father in his early years?

• Images from Church

• A lecture by his mother

• His own father

What did his father value most?

• Religion

• Strength

• Compassion

What did Fr Cicero want most?

• For his dad to to say he is proud of him.

• To be an athlete

• To be married and have children

What did he believe he had to do as an orphan?

• Fight everyone

• Do it all himself, be perfect

• Find a new family

Although he had all the world had to offer, what hit him one night when he was at work at the bar?

• Life was perfect

• He didn't need anyone in his life

• He was lonely, broken and sad

What did he do after this realization?

• Quit his job

• Prayed for the first time in a long time

• Felt grateful

After he traveled to the east, what was the first thing his relative that is a priest tell him to do?

• Pray before the Blessed Sacrament

• Leave because he was so sinful

• Get a new job

What Bible story did Fr use?

• The Parable of the Mustard Seed

• The Woman at the Well

• The Prodigal Son

In the story of the prodigal son, how did the older son feel when is brother returned?

• Angry

• Grateful

• Joy

Father came to realize that we are never an orphan because we are______?

• Members of our family

• Sons and daughters of God

• Love others