THE FAMILY ZONE
Equipping the Domestic Church/ISSUE 110/4.16.23
The Joy of the Resurrection!
LIVE THE EUCHARIST
How has the Eucharist been a powerful source of healing and redemption in your life?
READ!
SUNDAY READINGS:
Click on the link below for the readings that you will hear at the Sunday Mass for the coming two weeks. This will give you a chance to prepare your heart and mind for full and active participation in Mass this weekend! For a Mass schedule in our diocese click on the gold button below.
Sunday Readings:
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/042323.cfm
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/043023.cfm
Family Dinner Conversation from the Sunday Scriptures: On April 30th, the second reading from 1Peter says: "When he was insulted, he returned no insult;
when he suffered, he did not threaten;instead, he handed himself over to the one who judges justly."
What lesson can we learn from Jesus in the way we respond to poor treatment from others? How easy is it to turn the other cheek instead of responding in retaliation or revenge? Words are very powerful. How can we practice patience, and prudence, with our response to harsh words or treatment without feeling bullied or bruised by another?
WRITE!
WATCH!
CREATE and PLAY!
Share the story of St. George while enjoying your treat!
PRAY!
FAMILY TIME!
INSPIRED BY THE SAINTS!
"Love follows knowledge."
“What is it you want to change? Your hair, your face, your body? Why? For God is in love with all those things and he might weep when they are gone.
"God is more willing to pardon, then we have been to sin."
"We trust and believe in what we love."
"Be who God meant you to be and you will set the world on fire!"
"Nothing great is ever achieved without much enduring."
Choose one quote to contemplate as a family. What do you think it means? How does it apply to something you experience or know? How can you be motivated to act differently because of this quote or how might others be guided by it?
Andrea Vanni, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
SHARE A STORY!
WONDER!
1. God made a lot of different species and types of beings within each species. Why do you think that is so?
2. When we don't work together, things often fail. Why do you think God created us to work together as a community?
Office of Evangelization and Catechesis
Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester
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Location: Diocese of Rochester, Buffalo Road, Rochester, NY, USA
Phone: 585-328-3210