S18 E1 - Word of the Year
About This Episode
Welcome to season 18 kickoff with our annual tradition of the Word of the Year episode! Each year, we ask God to give us a theme to focus on for the new year and invite you to do the same. After personal prayer and reflection, we share what our words for 2026 mean to us and chat about the Saints journeying with us this year. We are excited to be back and look forward to what this year will bring!
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Show Notes
One Thing We Love This Week:
Sister Miriam’s One Thing - Friendship in the Lord by Fr. Paul Hinnebusch, OP (buy on Amazon here)
Michelle’s one thing - Theo of Golden by Allen Levi
Heather’s one thing - Big God, Little Devil by Dr. Sean Tobin (listen to Dr. Sean on the Restore the Glory Podcast too!)
Heather’s other one thing - Let There Be by Amanda Cook
Other Resources Mentioned:
Announcement:
Our 2026 Lenten book study will be “The Way of Trust and Love” by Fr. Jacques Philippe. Scepter Publishers has offered 15% off with the code ABIDE15. They also offer an ebook version as well. We will announce more information about the study in the coming weeks!
Discussion Questions:
Reflect on and share about your word for 2025 and the graces you encountered through that word.
What images, phrases, artwork, or Scripture verses have been on your mind when praying about your word of the year?
What is your word for 2026? How did the Lord reveal it to you?
Do you feel surprised, apprehensive, or delighted by your word for 2026? How can you hold onto hope this year?
What is the Lord asking you to grow in?
Journal Questions:
What was my word for 2025? How did the Lord work in and through me with that word?
What is my word for 2026?
How does my heart sit with the word revealed to me?
How is the Lord inviting me into deeper love & intimacy in this new year?
What is the Lord asking me to delight in?
Has the Lord entrusted a particular saint to journey with you this year?
Quotes to Ponder:
“For last year’s words belong to last year’s language, and next year’s words await another voice.”
“Let yourself be silently drawn by the stronger pull of what you really love.”
Scripture for Lectio Divina:
“Yet those who wait for the Lord will gain new strength; They will mount up with wings like eagles, They will run and not get tired, They will walk and not become weary.”
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