Summer Holiday Booklet - Magazine - Page 9
Wednesday
28th August 2024
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Enjoy reading the Gospe
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Some of the scribes and the Pharisees, who were teachers
among the people of Israel, came from Jerusalem and gathered
round Jesus. They noticed that some of Jesus’ disciples were
eating with unclean hands, that is, without ritually washing them.
So these Pharisees and scribes asked Jesus, “Why do your
disciples not respect the tradition of the elders, but eat their food
with ritually unclean hands?” So Jesus said, “Listen to me, all of
you, and understand. No food that goes into anyone from outside
can make that person unclean before God; it is the things that
come out of someone that make that person unclean. For it is
from within, from people’s hearts, that evil intentions emerge:
theft, greed, deceit, envy, slander, pride. All these evil things
come from within, and make a person unclean.”
Taken from the Gospel of Sunday 1st September. Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 (the 22nd Sunday of Ordinary Time)
Which words stood out for you in this Gospel, and why? What does the picture make
you think about? Enjoy exploring this Wednesday’s word, which is HOLINESS.
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Where did Jesus say that bad behaviour comes from? This Sunday’s Gospel reminds us
that what really matters to God are the good things which also come from deep within
us, the kindness and the generosity and the love. The Pharisees thought that they were
making themselves holy by making things clean on the outside. But Jesus reminded
them that it’s the attitudes behind our words and deeds that make us holy people. Ask
your child what the word ‘holiness’ means to them. Who is the holiest person that they
know? Who reminds them of Jesus? Who tries to live the way Jesus wants us to live?
To be holy is to be dedicated to God. God wants us to live holy lives – to try to live
and love like Jesus did. Ask your child how they feel when they decide to do the
right thing? How do they feel when they decide not to do the right thing? Decide
on something to do, individually or together as a family, to make your home a
holier place. Perhaps you can: be more tolerant and understanding; share more with
brothers, sisters or friends; be more compassionate and generous with people in need;
regularly say your prayers together and ask God to help you to grow in holiness.
Dear Lord Jesus, please help
us to us to grow in holiness
each and every day. Help us to
live like you and so make our
home a holy place. Amen.
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“Holiness doesn’t mean doing extraordinary things,
but doing ordinary things with love and faith.
faith.”
” Pope Francis