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Dear Families,

In this Sunday’s Gospel, Jesus reminds us that from the very beginning of creation God made the union of a woman and a man a blessed and sacred community.  We honor this community in the Sacrament of Matrimony.  We call this community the family.  Jesus teaches us that God’s grace helps a man and a woman honor their commitments to each other.  Continuing with the Gospel, people were bringing children for Jesus to touch them, but the disciples were stopping them.  Jesus saw this and told them to let the children come to Him, and He blessed them.

Jesus loves children and every member of the family.  He calls everyone in the family to follow him, trust God, and depend in Him completely.

As a family watch the video in its entirety and then ask each other this question.

What are some things that make it difficult to keep promises we have made to each other in our family?

Family Prayer:  Lord, show us how to love each other in our family and keep our promises to each other.  Amen

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In this Sunday’s Gospel, Jesus loves teaching others about God the Father!  Jesus’ power is shown when He sends away a bad spirit.  Jesus has authority over all things, including us.

As a family watch video in its entirety and then ask each other this question. Do we recognize Jesus’ authority over us and his ability to teach us?

Family Prayer:  Jesus, please help us to listen to you in all things.  Amen

 

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Dear Families,

Jesus did many wonderful miracles!  This Sunday’s Gospel tells the story of Jesus healing a man who is deaf and could not speak clearly.  Jesus touched him and healed him.  Being able to hear is a wonderful gift from God.  Listen to how the deaf man’s friends brought him to Jesus to heal him.  Today’s Gospel invites us to think how we witness the healing presence of God to others.  Jesus loves us so much that He takes care of all our needs. 

God has given us the gift of hearing to be able to talk with and listen to other people.  Let us thank God for the gift of hearing.  Let us use this gift to hear God’s Word at Mass and share it with others.

As a family watch video in its entirety and ask each other this question.

How can you use your voice to tell others about Jesus?

Family Prayer:  Lord, help us to hear the Gospel, understand it, and tell others the Good News of Jesus.  Amen

 

 

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Dear Families,

In this Sunday’s Gospel Jesus calls Andrew, Simon (Peter), James and John to leave their jobs as fishermen and to follow him.  When God calls, we must be ready to drop everything and follow.

As a family watch video in its entirety and then ask each other this question. What would you have to leave behind to follow Jesus?

Family Prayer:  Lord, help us to follow you because you know what will make us truly happy.  Amen

 

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In this Sunday’s Gospel, Jesus tells his followers that unless a grain of wheat is planted into the ground the seed remains just a single grain.  But, when a grain of seed falls to the ground and dies, the seed produces many other grains of wheat.  It produces a harvest. 

Jesus compares himself to a grain of wheat that needs to die.  In his death and resurrection Jesus gives his life on the Cross.  This sacrifice brings salvation to all his people and offers us the promise of eternal life.

When we become the seed for others, we join with Jesus in a process that transforms our lives and the world.

As a family watch video in its entirety and then ask each other these questions.

Planting seeds means doing positive things.  What seeds have you planted this week? 

How can you be like a seed and help increase faith in others?

Family Prayer:  Lord, help us to put you first, seek your will, and help others grow in faith.  Amen

 

 

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Dear Families,

In last week’s Gospel, we heard Jesus chose 12 Apostles and sent them to preach and heal in his name.  In today’s Gospel, we hear what happens when they return from this important work.

The Apostles gathered with Jesus and reported all they had done.  Jesus saw that they were very tired and told them to take a break, but the crowds found out and followed them.  Even though they were tired, Jesus and his Apostles were moved with pity and continued to help the people.

Family demands can make us feel like Jesus and the twelve Apostles.  When we pray, we can talk to Jesus about our own needs and the concerns for others.  Jesus will renew and strengthen us to live as his disciples.

As a family watch video in its entirety and ask each other this question.

How do you find the energy to do things you need to do when you are tired?

Family Prayer:  Jesus, we know your grace is sufficient for whatever we need to do.  Please help us turn to you when we need rest and when we need strength.  Amen

 

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This Sunday is called Good Shepherd Sunday because Jesus tells His friends that He is the Good Shepherd who will lay down His life for His sheep.  He explains that a hired shepherd runs away when a wolf comes.  A hired shepherd only wants to be paid.  Jesus says, “I know my sheep, and they know me.”  He tells us that we belong to Him and He will lay down His life for us.  Jesus reminds us how important we are to Him, so important that He died and rose so we can go to Heaven someday.

This week our video is a reflection on the First Reading and the Gospel.  As a family, watch video in its entirety and ask each other these questions:  How is Jesus like a good shepherd?  How are you like a good shepherd?

Family Prayer:  Teach us Lord, to hear your voice and answer you.  Amen

 

 

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In this Sunday’s Gospel of Luke, two of Jesus’ disciples were sharing with the other disciples what had taken place on the road to Emmaus and how Jesus was made known to them in the breaking of the bread.  As they were sharing their story Jesus suddenly stood among them and said “Peace be with you.”  They were confused, frightened.  Were they seeing a ghost?  “Look at my hands and feet.  Touch me.  Do you have something to eat?”  They all watched Jesus eat.  Ghosts don’t eat.  He reminded them to remember all he had taught them according to the Scriptures.  Jesus opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.  He had died and risen on the third day for the repentance and forgiveness of our sins and they were to be witnesses of this truth and preach this truth to all the nations.

St. Pope John Paul II said in Australia in 1986.  “We do not pretend that life is all beauty.  We are aware of darkness and sin, of poverty and pain.  But we know Jesus has conquered sin and passed through his own pain to the glory of the Resurrection.  And we live in the light of his Paschal Mystery – the mystery of his Death and Resurrection.  We are an Easter people and Alleluia is our song!”.  Witness my dear families to this truth with joy.

As a family watch video in its entirety and ask each other this question:

How will you witness Jesus’ resurrection?

Family Prayer:  “We are an Easter people and Alleluia is our song!”  ALLELUIA!

 

 

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Dear Families,

In this Sunday’s Gospel the people follow Jesus because He had given them bread.  Jesus teaches them that what they really needed was not just food, but the food that God would give them.  That food is Jesus Himself, the Bread of Life!  When we celebrate Holy Communion, we receive Jesus Himself.  Let’s remember that He is the Bread of Life.  God provides for all our physical and spiritual needs.

As a family watch video in its entirety and ask each other these questions.

Why does Jesus tell us that if we eat the bread he gives us, we will never be hungry?  What does this mean?

Family Prayer:  Lord, you gave us everything you had:  Your life, your Body and your Blood.  Teach us to give everything we have to you.  Amen

 

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This Sunday’s Gospel begins with the Jews complaining because they could not understand what Jesus meant when he said that he was the bread of life that came down from heaven.  They knew he was Joseph’s and Mary’s son.  Jesus hears them and responds by talking about his unity with God the Father. He repeats “I am the Bread of Life.”  He teaches that the bread of life will be his own flesh, given for the life of the world. 

Today’s Gospel focuses our attention on our faith in Jesus’ presence in the Eucharist.  Jesus is the Bread of Life.  He gives us his Body and Blood as bread so that we may have eternal life.  Jesus promises us the gift of eternal life in the Eucharist.

As a family watch video in its entirety and ask each other this question.

What does Jesus say a person must do to know him well.

Family Prayer:  Jesus, it is hard to believe what we cannot see.  Help us to have faith in you and your promise that the Eucharist is really you.  Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity.  Amen

 

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This Second Sunday of Easter is about faith and divine mercy.  Last week Jesus was resurrected.  The Apostles were scared and confused.  This week we hear how they were hiding behind locked doors when Jesus appeared and said "Peace be with you.”  He wanted them to be at peace.  He loved them; he would always be there for them.  Thomas one of the apostles was not there when Jesus appeared, and he did not believe the apostles when they told him Jesus had appeared.  Jesus came back a week later and doubting Thomas was there and Jesus showed him his wounds.  Jesus asked him to touch his wounds.  Then he said to doubting Thomas “Have you come to believe because you have seen me?”  “Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed.”

As a family watch video in its entirety and then ask each other this question:

What doubts or questions about God are you struggling with?

This Sunday is also the celebration of Divine Mercy Sunday.  On this day we thank God for His forgiveness and love.  We know how much he loves us because he suffered and died for us.  It is the mercy of God that lets all of us come back to Him after we have sinned.

Family Prayer:  Eternal Father, I offer you the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Your dearly beloved Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ, in atonement for our sins and those of the whole world.  Amen

 

 

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Dear Families,

In this Sunday’s Gospel, Jesus uses two parables to tell us about the Kingdom of God.  In the first parable, the seeds planted grew into a healthy crop of grain, but it took many days and nights.  In the second parable, the mustard seed which is the size of a teeny dot on a sheet of paper grows into a tree.  Both these parables focus on seeds.  Seeds sown take time to grow.  When things take a long time to happen, we have to be patient and have faith.  When we learn about our faith and practice it well, it will grow so that everyone will see its effect in our lives.  We must sow seeds by spreading his words.

God wants us to know that if we live as Jesus tells us, we can look forward to happiness with God in the Kingdom of Heaven.

As a family watch video in its entirety and ask each other this question:

What actions start small but can grow into larger things?

(Good: kindness, love, forgiveness)

(Bad: anger, not forgiving, judgment)

Family Prayer:  Jesus help us to grow in faith, love, positive attitude, and kindness.  Amen

 

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Dear Families,

Sunday’s Gospel tells us that Jesus performed miracles.  He cured the sick and even raised the dead.  In each case he was moved by the faith of the people who requested the miracle.  We don’t think of ourselves as being in need of healing, but we all need healing in different ways.  We are human and we have physical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual needs and perhaps need a bit of healing every single day.  Jesus wants us to ask him when we need help and to ask with faith.

As a family watch video in its entirety and ask each other this question:

What does it mean to ask Jesus for something with faith?

Family Prayer:  Jesus, please help us to have faith.  Teach us to ask for what we need with faith.  Amen

 

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Dear Families,

Last Sunday, we saw Jesus perform great miracles moved by the faith of people.  The raising of Jairus’ daughter and the healing of the woman with a hemorrhage.  This Sunday is quite different.  People in Jesus’ hometown could not see who he really was.  They only recognized the person they remembered from when he was younger.  Because of their lack of faith, he did not perform many miracles.

As a family watch video in its entirety and ask each other this question.

Why did the people in Jesus’ hometown have trouble seeing him as the Messiah and doubted he could do miracles?

Family Prayer:  Dear Jesus, it is normal to doubt things sometimes.  Please help us to look past our doubt and trust in you for everything.  Amen

 

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Dear Families,

In Sunday’s Gospel, we hear of a great storm.  Jesus is on a boat with his disciples and has fallen asleep.  His disciples are afraid of the storm and they wake up Jesus.  Jesus wakes up and orders the wind and sea to calm down.  Jesus asks his disciples: “Why are you terrified?  Do you not yet have faith?”

We all face personal storms of fear, anger, loneliness, rejection, loss of a loved ones.  We can share our worries and concerns with Jesus.  When we bring our worries to Jesus in prayer, he can help us see our worries from a different perspective.  He can help us face our worries with faith in God’s love and protection.

As a family watch video in its entirety and ask each other these questions:

When you are afraid, do you remember that Jesus is with you?

How can Jesus help you when you are afraid?

Family Prayer:  Jesus, increase our trust in you especially when we are afraid.  Help us to trust that you will help us at all times. Amen.

 

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Dear Families,

This Sunday we celebrate the feast of the Body and Blood of Our Lord in the Holy Eucharist.

In this Sunday’s Gospel, we hear how Jesus instructed his disciples to prepare for their special Passover meal.  Passover celebrates the Jewish feast where the Jewish people were freed from slavery by the Egyptians.  This was to be Jesus Last Supper with His disciples. During the meal, Jesus took the bread, blessed it and shared it with his disciples.  Then Jesus took a cup, blessed it and shared it with his disciples.  Jesus changed the bread and wine into His own Body and Blood.  He did this because he wanted to be with us always.  Every time we receive the Eucharist, we remember we are receiving the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ. The priest takes the place of Jesus, saying the same words that Jesus said at the Last Super, and the bread and wine becomes the real Body and Blood of Jesus.

As a family watch video in its entirety and ask each other this question:

How can you better prepare yourself to receive Holy Communion?

Family Prayer:  Lord, please help us to recognize you in the Holy Eucharist.  Help us to remember that you are truly present.  Amen

 

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Dear Families,

In this Sunday’s Gospel, Jesus appears to his disciples and gives them the gift of the Holy Spirit.

The season of Easter ends with today’s celebration, Pentecost.  On Pentecost we celebrate the descent of the Holy Spirit.  Before Jesus Ascended into heaven, he promised to send the Holy Spirit, and he kept his promise.

This Sunday, the story of Pentecost is found in the first reading of Acts of the Apostles.  The Holy Spirit descends upon the Apostles gathered in the upper room in Jerusalem.  The Holy Spirit comes like wind because it is God’s life breathed into us and fire because it gives us light to show us God’s ways.  The Holy Spirit helps us to understand who God is and enables us to be his witness to share his love throughout the world.

As a family, watch video in its entirety and ask each other this question:

How is the Holy Spirit light and strength in your life?

Family Prayer:  Lord Jesus, I thank you for the gift of Pentecost and for new life in the Holy Spirit.  Fill me with your Holy Spirit and set my heart ablaze with the fire of your love that I may serve you in joy and freedom.

 

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Dear Families,

This week we return to the liturgical season of Ordinary Time, and we celebrate the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity. 

In this Sunday’s Gospel, Jesus tells the Apostles to teach and baptize all nations in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.  This is called the Great Commission.  We name ourselves Christians as we pray in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.  Through our Baptism, we share in the life of the Blessed Trinity and in the Church’s mission to share God’s love with everyone.

As a family, watch video in its entirety and ask each other this question:

How can you share your faith with others?

Family Prayer:  Lord, help us to learn more about the Blessed Trinity, so we can teach others about you.  Amen

 

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Dear Families,

In this Sunday’s Gospel, the Seventh Sunday of Easter, Jesus prayed for His disciples.  He prays that they would be one as he and the Father are one.  That God would protect them and that they would be made holy by the truth of God’s word. 

This week’s video is on the Ascension of the Lord into Heaven.  Thursday, May 13 we celebrated Jesus returning to the Father in Heaven.  Forty days after Jesus rose from the dead, He gathered his disciples and told them to wait for the coming of the Holy Spirit, and then he went up through the clouds and returned to God the Father in Heaven.  Before Jesus ascended into Heaven, he asked his disciples to proclaim God’s salvation to all nations.  Jesus wants us to tell and show others how much he loves them.

As a family, watch video in its entirety and ask each other this question:

How can you proclaim the Gospel to others?

Family Prayer:  Lord, help us to spend time reading your Word in the Bible.  Strengthen us to share it with others.  Amen

 

 

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Alleluia! this Sunday we celebrate Jesus Resurrection!  We have made it through the forty days of Lent, and walked with Jesus on his journey to the cross in Holy Week.  It is celebration time and Easter doesn’t end today.  Easter never ends, what Jesus did through his death and resurrection never ends.  Let’s look at the season of Easter, and for the next fifty days reflect on how the apostles responded to this good news.  Jesus’ resurrection changed everything for the apostles.  They were no longer afraid, now nothing was more important to them than sharing the good news. 

As a family watch video in its entirety and then ask each other this question.

What does Jesus’ resurrection mean to us as his disciples today?

Family Prayer:  Jesus, you have triumphed over the grave and you have won new life for us.  Give us the eyes of faith to see you in your glory.  Amen

 

 

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Dear Families,

In this Sunday’s Gospel, Jesus shares the depth of his love for us.  It is simple and everlasting.  He calls us to love one another, as God loves Him and as He loves us.  Jesus explains that we will be happy and fulfilled only when we keep this one command:  Love one another.  But perhaps it’s not so simple.  This love may require putting others first and giving up a special treat, or being a friend to someone who is not easy to love.

As a family, watch video in its entirety and ask each other this question:

How can you find new ways to spread Christ’s love to others?

Family Prayer:  Lord, show us how to love and bring joy to others.  Amen

 

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In this Sunday’s Gospel Jesus tells us He is the vine and we are the branches.  He explains that we can only grow in faith and do the right things if we stay close to Him.  Jesus will correct and guide us, just as a gardener prunes and tends a garden so it will grow strong.

Jesus calls us to grow good fruit with our lives.  We grow fruits of love, kindness, patience, and goodness when we stay connected to Jesus.  We do this by listening to Jesus’ teachings, following his example, and praying.

As a family, watch video in its entirety and ask each other this question:

How can you stay connected to Jesus, like branches are connected to a vine?

Family Prayer:  Jesus, help us to find ways to stay close to you so we can grow in faith and love.  Amen

 

 

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This Sunday, called Palm/Passion Sunday is the first day of Holy Week.  During Holy Week we follow the last days of Jesus’ life on earth.  Listening to the Gospel readings we hear how Jesus came into Jerusalem, people waved palm branches and shouted, “Hosanna!”  We remember Jesus’s Last Supper with his Apostles, how he is arrested and put to death on the cross.  When Jesus died on the cross, they put a sign above him that said “King of the Jews”.  Most people misunderstood who Jesus was, but the soldier who watched him die said “This man truly was the Son of God!”. 

As a family watch video in its entirety and then ask each other this question.

As a family, how will we reflect on the events of Jesus’ passion and death?

Family Prayer:  Christ Jesus, your love is made visible through the mystery of your death and resurrection.  Transform us into people of mercy to embrace you in those who are suffering in our midst.  We ask this, as a people reconciled to God through the blood of your cross.  Amen

 

 

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Dear Families,

This Sunday we celebrate the Epiphany of the Lord.  Epiphany is a Greek word that means “unveiling” where something is revealed.    After Jesus was born, Magi came to see him from far away in the east.  The Magi had studied the stars and saw a special star.  They knew it meant a new king had been born so they followed the star to Bethlehem, it led them to Mary, Joseph, and Jesus. When they saw Jesus, they got down on their knees and worshiped Him.  They gave him gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. They were not Jewish, but these foreigners honored Jesus as a King.  On the Feast of the Epiphany, we celebrate that Jesus is revealed not just to the Jewish people, but to the world.  God revealed love for all people by sending us his Son.

As a family watch video in its entirety and then ask each other these questions.  What does the story of the Magi teach us?  What gift can you bring to Jesus that shows your love for God and others?

Family Prayer:  Lord Jesus, may Your light shine our way to  you as it once guided the steps of the Magi, so that we too may be led into Your presence to honor and worship You.  Amen

 

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In this week’s Gospel, Jesus meets a man who is sick with leprosy and people stay far, far away from him.  When the man pleads with Jesus to heal him so he can be with other people.  Jesus sees and hears the man and feels compassion for him.  He heals the man.  In this Gospel story, we learn that God loves every one of us, even outsiders, even those no one else seems to like.  When people found out Jesus could heal, they constantly asked him to do so.  He tried to find rest and quiet in the desert, but people followed him there too.  Still, he helped many people who needed healing.

As a family watch video in its entirety and then ask each other these questions. How do you reach out to people in your area that need help?  How can you find the strength to help them?

Family Prayer:  Jesus, teach us to see when people are in need, and give us the strength to reach out to them.  Amen

 

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In this Sunday’s Gospel Jesus tells Nicodemus that as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert to save the grumbling Israelites who had been bitten by snakes, the son of man must be lifted up.  Jesus is the light of the world and whoever looks at Him lifted up on the cross and believes in Him will be saved. “For God so loved the world that he gave his only son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life” (John3:16).

As a family watch video in its entirety and then ask each other this question.

How can you reflect the light of Christ to others?

Family Prayer:  Lord, keep us close to the light of Christ and help us avoid the darkness of sin.  Amen

 

 

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In this week’s Gospel, Jesus took Peter, James, and John on top of a high mountain and they see the Transfiguration of Jesus.  Jesus clothes became dazzling white.  Two great men appeared with him.  Moses who gave the Israelites the Ten Commandments, and Elijah a great prophet who taught the people to be faithful to God.  From a cloud they hear God say “This is my beloved Son.  Listen to him.”  They wondered what all of this means.  Jesus disciples probably wanted to tell everyone what they saw, but Jesus asked them to wait until after his death.  Jesus died and resurrected, now they understood and shared this special memory with others that Jesus is God’s beloved Son.

As a family watch video in its entirety and then ask each other this question. How will you change and grow during Lent?

Family Prayer:  Lord, help us to remember we also are God’s beloved children.  Amen

 

 

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Jesus does not like injustice or bad actions.  In this Sunday’s Gospel, Jesus is not happy with the people who are using the Temple for profit rather than for love of God.  He says the Temple will be destroyed and built again in three days, but he is talking about himself!

As a family watch video in its entirety and then ask each other this question. What things in your life do you need to get rid of so you can focus more on God?

Family Prayer:  Holy Spirit, show us how to let go of things we do not need.  Amen

 

 

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After Jesus is baptized, he is led into the desert by the Holy Spirit and for 40 days he was tempted by Satan.  Jesus was among wild animals and angels ministered to him.  During Lent, we too need to be led by the Holy Spirit and remember the vows of Baptism in which we promise to reject sin and follow Jesus.  Just as Jesus was ministered by the angels, God also supports us in our struggles against sin and temptation.  Therefore, let us hear, listen, and act to what Jesus proclaims, “This is the time of fulfillment.  The kingdom of God is at hand.  Repent and believe in the Gospel.”

As a family watch video in its entirety and then ask each other these questions. Do you believe that Jesus will help you do what’s right when you are tempted?  How does the Holy Spirit help you live as a follower of Jesus?

Family Prayer:  Holy Spirit, help us to make good choices as followers of Jesus.  God, send your angels to minister to us the way you sent them to minister to Jesus in the desert. Amen

 

 

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Dear Families,

In this week’s Gospel, Jesus calls his first disciples.  They were disciples of John the Baptist.  John directs two of them, one named Andrew to follow Jesus, the Lamb of God.  They follow Jesus and spend the day with him.  The next day Andrew brings his brother, Simon, to meet Jesus.  When we have had an encounter with Christ, we should bring our friends to connect with him.  Jesus calls us to be his friends and follow him.  He calls each of us to be his disciple.

As a family watch video in its entirety and then ask each other this question. How can I introduce one of my friends to Jesus?

Family Prayer:  Jesus, help us remember that you are our friend.  Show us how to introduce other friends to you.  Amen

 

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