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Reflection/Discussion/Questions

1. Give examples of how the practice of benevolence helps to sustain in you a peaceful spirit.

2. What do you think about the value of renunciation skills? What kind of renunciations do you need to practice at this time in your life.

3. Recall the four benevolence pathways of Ken Keyes, Jr. Repeat them to yourself at least three times a day.

4. Read a Gospel passage in which Jesus is extending benevolence. In imagination, see and feel yourself doing what Jesus is doing in that scene. After a while, shift the scene to a similar circumstance in your own life.