Week 7: Chapter 6 — Grazie, Signore

1.'Grazie, Signore' means 'Thank you, Lord' in Italian. Manning uses this phrase to capture the posture of the person who has truly received grace. What is the difference between gratitude as a religious duty and gratitude as a natural overflow of having received something undeserved?

2.Read Luke 17:11-19. Ten lepers are healed; one returns to give thanks — and he is a Samaritan, a double outsider. Jesus asks, 'Were not ten cleansed? Where are the nine?' What does the ingratitude of the nine reveal about how easily we can receive grace without being transformed by it?

3.Manning argues that genuine gratitude — not politeness, but awe — is the mark of someone who has truly grasped what they have been given. On a scale of genuine gratitude, where would you honestly place yourself right now? What has dulled your sense of wonder at grace?