Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time A - September 7, 2014
Symbol: Person with heart
Dear Parents,
Today we celebrated the Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time. The children listened to
simplified versions of two of the same readings you will hear this upcoming weekend:
Ezekiel 33:7-9 and Matthew 18:15-17.
To reinforce at home:
Today we discovered that Jesus wants us to help one another to obey
Him and do the right thing. We are only responsible for our own actions, but
in the reading from Ezekiel, God asked Ezekiel (and, therefore, US) to be a watchman
for each other. He says that it is our job to help each other follow God’s laws. Jesus
tells us exactly how to handle a situation where we know that someone has sinned.
He reminds us to go to that person in private first.
Activities to do at home:
**Think it through together! Together with your child, think of some things that
you know have gone wrong between you, some examples of times when you may
have sinned against one another. Talk about ways that the situations were handled
and think up some better ways for next time.
**Pray about it! With your child, think of some people you know who have done
things that have hurt you. Ask God to help these people learn more about him.
**Have a family celebration this week! God wants us all to be happy together
with him. Celebrate together the love that God shares with us.
excerpt from: http://catholicchildrensliturgy.blogspot.com/ Copyright 2014 Kay Vanatta
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