YEAR OF MERCY | SPIRITUAL WORKS | WORD SEARCH
Instructions:
This activity is designed to help you understand more about the Spiritual Works of Mercy. Along with this sheet you will have seven sheets –
each one containing an explanation about one of the Spiritual Works of Mercy. Notice that on each sheet there are some blanks.
You are searching for a total of 24 words which will be inserted in the blanks on the sheets provided. Word placement in the grid below has
words ordered going forwards and downwards. There are NO words that are backwards or diagonal.
Work as a group to highlight a total of 24 words (shown in the column to the right of the grid). When you have these words you can claim
printed pieces of the words to add to an explanation.
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Reflection:
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Which of the Spiritual Works of Mercy do you find the easiest to understand?
Which of the Spiritual Works of Mercy is the hardest for you to understand?
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Words to find:
BELIEFS
BITTER
CARE
CHRIST
COMPASSION
DOUBT
FAITH
FOLLOW
GRIEF
GRUDGES
HELPING
JOURNEY
JUDGE
LET
LISTENING
MISTAKES
MOMENTS
OTHERS
PRAYER
PRESENCE
SORRY
SUPPORT
TALKING
WRONGS
Word Search | Leader Version
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Counsel the Doubtful
EVERYONE
IN
SHOULD
WITH
LIFE
GOD’S
ACTIONS.
HAS
THEIR
REMEMBER
THE
SO
LOVE
OF
FAITH
TO
WITNESS OF
THAT
OTHERS
REVEALED IN
WE
OUR
SEE
OUR
Instruct the ignorant
LEARN
BE
OTHERS
IS
ABOUT
ABOUT
OPEN
ABOUT
ALWAYS
OUR
OUR
TO
OUR
.
SOMETHING TO
FAITH.
AND
WITH
THERE
DISCOVER
Admonish the sinner
DO
IN
THEIR
.
NOT
WAY
.
OTHERS
AND
BE
TO
CORRECT
SUPPORTIVE
FIND
THEIR
Comfort the afflicted
BE
COMFORTING
.
SURE
TO
MAKE
OPEN
THOSE
EVEN
OF
SAY,
A
TO
WHO
IF
THE
OUR
BIG
AND
ARE DEALING WITH
WE
AREN’T
RIGHT
WORDS
CAN
DIFFERENCE.
Forgiving injuries
FORGIVING
DO
MERCY
OF
SAY
OTHERS
NOT
AND
.
.
IS
DIFFICULT. WE
HAVE
GOD’S
LIMITLESS
COMPASSION.
GO
BE
SURE
TO
Bear wrongs patiently
DO NOT
DONE
HOPE
ENDURE
THEM
BE
AGAINST
IN
TROUBLES
WITH
YOU.
GOD
OF THIS
.
ABOUT
PLACE
SO THAT
WORLD
YOUR
YOU CAN
AND FACE
PRAY FOR THE LIVING AND THE DEAD
AND THE
GOD’S
IS A
OTHERS.
DEAD
.
POWERFUL
WAY WE
REMEMBERING THE
ENTRUSTS
US ALL
CAN
LIVING
INTO
Counsel the Doubtful
LEADER VERSION
EVERYONE
IN
SHOULD
WITH
LIFE
GOD’S
ACTIONS.
HAS
THEIR
REMEMBER
THE
SO
LOVE
MOMENTS
FAITH
TO
WITNESS
THAT
REVEALED
OF
JOURNEY
FOLLOW
OF
OTHERS
IN
DOUBT
WE
CHRIST
OUR
SEE
OUR
Instruct the ignorant
LEADER VERSION
LEARN
BE
OTHERS
IS
ABOUT
ABOUT
OPEN
ABOUT
ALWAYS
OUR
OUR
TO
OUR
SOMETHING
FAITH.
FAITH
TALKING
BELIEFS.
TO
AND
WITH
THERE
DISCOVER
Admonish the sinner
LEADER VERSION
DO
NOT
IN
HELPING
THEIR
WAY
MISTAKES.
JUDGE.
OTHERS
AND
BE
TO
CORRECT
SUPPORTIVE
FIND
THEIR
Comfort the afflicted
LEADER VERSION
BE
COMFORTING
GRIEF.
SURE
TO
MAKE
OPEN
THOSE
EVEN
OF
SAY,
A
TO
WHO
IF
THE
OUR
BIG
LISTENING
ARE DEALING
WE
RIGHT
PRESENCE
DIFFERENCE.
AND
WITH
AREN’T
WORDS
CAN
Forgiving injuries
LEADER VERSION
FORGIVING
DO
MERCY
OF
SAY
OTHERS
NOT
AND
GRUDGES.
SORRY.
IS
HAVE
COMPASSION.
BE
DIFFICULT.
GOD’S
LET
SURE
WE
LIMITLESS
GO
TO
Bear wrongs patiently
LEADER VERSION
DO NOT
DONE
HOPE
ENDURE
THEM
BE
AGAINST
IN
TROUBLES
WITH
BITTER
YOU.
GOD
OF THIS
COMPASSION.
ABOUT
PLACE
SO THAT
WORLD
WRONGS
YOUR
YOU CAN
AND FACE
PRAY FOR THE LIVING AND THE DEAD
LEADER VERSION
PRAYER
SUPPORT
AND THE
GOD’S
IS A
OTHERS.
DEAD
CARE.
POWERFUL
WAY WE
REMEMBERING THE
ENTRUSTS
US ALL
CAN
LIVING
INTO
Debrief questions about Spiritual Works of Mercy
Instruct the Ignorant:
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It’s important that we take ownership of knowing our faith. What ways have you
found work for you to learn your faith?
What is one practical way that you could help a friend or another person learn about
faith?
What is one area or topic of faith that you would like to learn more about?
Counsel the Doubtful:
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Can you think of a time when you doubted?
Have any of your friends asked you about your faith?
How did it feel to explain about your faith or perhaps justify your faith?
Has someone asked you for advice? Did what you believe help form your answer?
Admonish the sinner:
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What does “admonish” mean? (reprimand, tell off)
Can you think of a time when somebody else unfairly judged you? How did that
feel?
Can you think of a time when you judged somebody? What was the basis on which
you made that judgement?
If someone has genuinely done something wrong how can you correct that person?
(Don’t be arrogant – show understanding but do state what needs to change).
Comfort the afflicted:
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What do we mean by the term afflicted? (distressed, troubled)
Who do you know who is troubled? (friends, family – people in the wider
community eg homeless, refugees etc)
What can you do to comfort/help those who are afflicted?
Are there times when you have been the afflicted? If yes, what have others done to
comfort you?
Forgive offences willingly:
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What grudges or burdens are you holding? Can you let these go or do you need
others to forgive you?
Think of a time when you said sorry. How was that for you? Who got the greater
benefit … you or the person who you said sorry to?
Have you ever been in the situation where another person said sorry to you but it
wasn’t authentic? How did that feel? Have you ever done that to somebody else?
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What Church sacrament speaks of forgiveness?
(Penance/Confession/Reconciliation)
Bearing wrongs patiently:
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Often when somebody does something minor that hurts us we can blow this up out
of all proportion. Can you think of a time when you have done that? Who got hurt
the most – you or the other person?
Can you think of a time when you were frustrated by another person? What
strategies did you use to let go of that frustration? (Talk it through with somebody,
take a helicopter view of the situation, talk to God about the frustration).
We often think of wrongs as being between two people but there are times
Praying for the living and the dead
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There are lots of different ways to pray. What is your favourite way of praying?
Have you experienced the grief of having someone you love or know die? Did you
pray for that person and/or their family/loved ones?
Who are the living people that you pray for regularly?
If there was one new way of praying for the living and the dead that you would like
to adopt what would that be?