For Parents To Teach To Their Children
“God is love…”
“Whoever is without love does not know God, for God is love.”
Source: USCCB.org 1 John, chapter 4
“A sacrament is an outward sign instituted by Christ to give grace.”
Source: YourCatholicGuide.com
Our Reading–From USCCB.org Mark, Chapter 9
“Another Exorcist”
“Temptations to Sin”
“At that time, John said to Jesus,
‘Teacher, we saw someone driving out demons in your name,
and we tried to prevent him because he does not follow us.’
Jesus replied, ‘Do not prevent him.
There is no one who performs a mighty deed in my name
who can at the same time speak ill of me.
For whoever is not against us is for us.
Anyone who gives you a cup of water to drink
because you belong to Christ,
amen, I say to you, will surely not lose his reward.
‘Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin,
it would be better for him if a great millstone
were put around his neck
and he were thrown into the sea.
If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off.
It is better for you to enter into life maimed
than with two hands to go into Gehenna,
into the unquenchable fire.
And if your foot causes you to sin, cut if off.
It is better for you to enter into life crippled
than with two feet to be thrown into Gehenna.
And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out.
Better for you to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye
than with two eyes to be thrown into Gehenna,
where ‘their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.'”
Excerpt from CatholicMom.com
Mark 9:38-43; 45; 47-48
“Reflection” by Meggie K. Daly.
“Today’s Gospel has two topics that may seem unrelated. In the first four verses the Apostle John is upset because another man, not a disciple of Jesus, is casting our demons, in Jesus’s name. Jesus tells John not to worry because performing a “mighty deed” is His name is always a good thing. The last two, quite famous, verses concern the serious nature of leading others into sin. Christ says that when leading others into sin, “it would be better […] if a great millstone were put around his neck and he were thrown into the sea.'”
“We have many opportunities to pray for unity and to hold up, in love, other non-Catholic Christian brother and sisters. That good example is powerful. In 6th grade Sister Mary Madonna spoke about the evil of gossip, but her lesson extends to the bad example of any sin. She said that gossip is like throwing the contents of a feather pillow from a mountaintop and then trying to gather them back up.”
Ask Your Children:
“Do I think before I speak and act considering the consequences to those who witness my actions?”
Pray:
“Lord Jesus, help me to look for the good in others that I can build up with kind words. Give me your eyes to see where I have failed and can do better.”
Our Art Gallery
Jesus and the Child
Avoiding Sin–Tools To Help Us
The Great Commandment ~ “The Double Love Commandment”
Jesus Taught Us–Matthew 22:37
“You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.”
Love God. Love Others.
The Ten Commandments
Given to Moses By God
1. I AM THE LORD THY GOD: THOU SHALT NOT HAVE STRANGE GODS BEFORE ME.
2. THOU SHALL NOT TAKE THE NAME OF THE LORD THY GOD IN VAIN.
3. KEEP THE SABBATH HOLY.
4. HONOR THY FATHER AND THY MOTHER.
5. THOU SHALT NOT KILL.
6. THOU SHALT NOT COMMIT ADULTERY.
7. THOU SHALT NOT STEAL.
8. THOU SHALT NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS AGAINST THY NEIGHBOR.
9. THOU SHALT NOT COVET THY NEIGHBOR’S WIFE.
10. THOU SHALT NOT COVET THY NEIGHBOR’S GOODS.
Source: Michael Hains, “The Ten Commandments” EWTN
“The Golden Rule”
“Do unto others as you would have then do unto you.”
Our Art Project–Learning to Draw or Paint a Chi Rho–An Early Cross
The Chi Rho are the two Greek letters X and P, which are the first two letters of the Greek word for Christ: XPICTOC. This means the Jesus is the beginning and the end. He is all and is everything. Please use whatever art supplies you have on hand at home. I always use watercolor paper for watercolor paints because it doesn’t tear.
Here are several samples for making a Chi Rho:
Week Five–Suggested Homework Activities
Please help your child understand the meaning of the seven Sacraments.
“A sacrament is an outward sign instituted by Christ to give grace.”
Source: YourCatholicGuide.com
The Seven Sacraments
Have a discussion with your child or children about what Sacraments they have seen or been a part of.
Baptism
Confirmation
Eucharist
Reconciliation
Anointing of the Sick
Matrimony
Holy Orders