Dear Families<\/b>,<\/p>\n
Years ago, most families had only one or two clocks in their home. Today, we have clocks everywhere\u2014on our walls, on our microwave ovens, on our DVD players, on our cell phones, and so on. As a family, go through the house and count how many clocks (time-telling devices) your family has. Talk about important events for which family members need to be on time. Recall experiences of being late for something, either as individuals or as a family. Explain that in this Sunday’s Gospel, Jesus talks about how important it is for us to be aware and alert, otherwise, we will miss something.<\/p>\n
Read aloud Luke 12:32-48. Talk about the parable that Jesus told and discuss how the master will feel if he arrives to find his servant doing his job. Discuss what our job is as disciples of Jesus. Explain that, just as we need to be aware of the time so that we don’t miss anything important, we also need to be alert and focused on our jobs, our responsibilities as followers of Jesus.<\/p>\n
Encourage\u00a0each family member to place a sacred symbol near the clock that they use most in the house and to use the symbol and the clock as a reminder that it is always \u201ctime\u201d for us to be acting like disciples of Christ.<\/p>\n
Take Time to Chat\u00a0<\/b>– In the first part of today’s Gospel, Jesus is teaching us that you can tell what a person really loves by what he\/she treasures the most. Jesus wants us to treasure the kingdom of God more than anything else. Why? In the second part of today’s Gospel, Jesus wants us to be alert for his return. What can we do to be ready for Jesus? Jesus wants us to always behave as his faithful disciples. What can we do to be better disciples of Jesus?<\/p>\n
Liturgy Link <\/b>– The Preparation of Gifts starts the Liturgy of the Eucharist. Watch for the presentation of the bread and wine at Mass today.<\/p>\n
Family Challenge <\/b>–\u00a0Jesus tells us not to be afraid. List the top three things that cause you fear or anxiety. Each day this week, bring these things to God in prayer.<\/p>\n
Partners in Faith, Dear Families, Years ago, most families had only one or two clocks in their home. Today, we have clocks everywhere\u2014on our walls, on our microwave ovens, on our DVD players, on our cell phones, and so on. As a family, go through the house and count how many clocks (time-telling devices) your family has. Talk…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8356,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[87],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-faith-formation","ctfw-has-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stgenevieve-stmaurice.org\/parish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stgenevieve-stmaurice.org\/parish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stgenevieve-stmaurice.org\/parish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stgenevieve-stmaurice.org\/parish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stgenevieve-stmaurice.org\/parish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11693"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stgenevieve-stmaurice.org\/parish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11693\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11694,"href":"https:\/\/stgenevieve-stmaurice.org\/parish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11693\/revisions\/11694"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stgenevieve-stmaurice.org\/parish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stgenevieve-stmaurice.org\/parish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stgenevieve-stmaurice.org\/parish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stgenevieve-stmaurice.org\/parish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/b>Phyllis Chudzinski<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"