MAR 23, 2025
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Simplified Breakdown of Luke 13:1-9 for Children
In Luke 13:1-9, Jesus teaches us important lessons through two stories. Here is a simple breakdown of the passage to help children understand its meaning:
- Jesus mentions two sad events: Some people from Galilee were killed by a bad ruler named Pilate, and a tower in Jerusalem fell, hurting many people. These stories remind us that life can be difficult, and bad things can happen.
- Jesus explains that these events didn’t happen because the people were worse than others. He wants us to know that everyone should try to do what is right and stay close to God, not just when something bad happens.
- Jesus then tells a story about a fruit tree in a vineyard that didn’t grow any figs for three years. The man who owned the vineyard wanted to cut it down.
- The gardener asked the owner to wait one more year, promising to take special care of the tree so it could grow fruit. This shows us that God gives us many chances to grow and learn.
- The story teaches us to be patient with ourselves and others and to trust that God is always ready to help us learn and grow.
This passage from Luke’s Gospel teaches children that we should always try to do what is right and trust in God’s love and patience as we learn and grow in our faith.
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Kid Talk
Hi, friends! My name is Ana, and today I want to share this Sunday’s Gospel reading with you. It’s from the Gospel of Luke, chapter 13, verses 1 to 9. Are you ready? Let’s go!
Once, there were some people talking to Jesus about bad things that happened in their town. They told him about a time when a mean ruler named Pilate hurt some people and another time when a tower fell and hurt many others. They thought those people must have done something wrong for such bad things to happen.
But Jesus knew that bad things can happen to anyone, and it’s not always because we did something wrong. Sometimes, sad things happen, and we need to learn from them and grow stronger in our faith.
Children’s Liturgy of the Word
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Little Liturgies
Ages 4-8 | Ages 8-12
SOURCE: The Mark 10 Mission | Video Archive
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Mary Jo Cole
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Father Glenn
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Big Al & Father Joe
SOURCE: Most Sacred Heart Parish, Eureka, MO
When Life is Hard or Scary
Despite experiencing loss and anger, we should remember that God is good and compassionate, offering support and bringing good from our struggles.
- 00:00 When faced with loss and anger towards God, it’s important to remember that God is good and true, as expressed through prayer.
- 00:53 God does not cause our suffering; instead, He feels sad when we are hurting.
- 01:29 God brings good from tough times, providing love and support even when life is hard or scary.
Catechist
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The Religion Teacher
SOURCE: The Religion Teacher
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OSV Family
Activities
Choose one of the following OUR SUNDAY VISITOR activities as a way to further reflect on the Sunday readings:
Lent provides us with an opportunity to change our hearts. Encourage family members to spend quiet time listening to God this week. Reflect on the question: Are we living as God intended, or do we need to change some things in our life? Take time later in the week to discuss the changes family members need to make in their lives.
Talk about how God has helped your family grow this past week. Look at the plants in your home or yard. Do they need pruning or replanting or fertilizing to grow stronger? Do this as a family, remembering our own need for conversion and growth.
Plan to attend your parish Lenten Reconciliation service as a family.
Gather together as a family to examine how the Lenten practices of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving are coming along. Use this week as a time to turn your hearts back to God. Have each family member name one or two things he or she will do as a sign of wanting to return to God.
SOURCE: Our Sunday Visitor Life Long Catechesis
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Object Lesson
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SOURCE: Ministry to Children – – Permission granted for any non-profit use. Written by Kristin Schmidt. Scripture from ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001.
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Gospel Worksheet
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S.D.C. is a Catholic Society that works in the field of Catechesis and the spreading of the Word of God in different ways. READ MORE
SOURCE: SDC Sunday Liturgy Resources
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Catholic Kids Bulletin
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The Kids’ Bulletins are a resource for Catholic kids who would like to have some fun while learning about the readings from the Sunday Mass every week. (Ordinary Form) They are made by a mom in Canada who is happy to share them with anyone who can use them to help learn or teach about the truth and beauty of the Faith.
SOURCE: Catholic Kids Bulletin
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COLORING ACTIVITY
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WORD SCRAMBLE
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Enjoy Catholic coloring pages, lesson plans, Mass worksheets, puzzles, and more to help you prepare for Sunday Mass. These activities, prepared by the Catholic Mom Sunday Gospel Team, are free for you to print and share with your family, classroom, or parish.
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MASS IMPACT (2:28) – WE ARE FAMILIES united in making our homes places of ever-deepening encounter and conformity to Jesus Christ. We’re committed to gathering on a weekly basis for a meaningful time of prayer and conversation using a Live IT Gathering Guide.
SOURCE: Mass Impact
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Bearing Good Fruit
Sermons 4 Kids
OBJECTS: A potted plant; an orange; a round, orange piece of paper; tape; yarn or string
(Show the orange.) Today we’re going to talk about fruit. In the Bible, Jesus said He wants us to bear fruit like a tree bears fruit. So go ahead. Let’s see you bear some fruit. (Pause.)
Okay, okay. Jesus didn’t mean it quite that way. But before we talk about the fruit Jesus was talking about, let’s think about how a tree bears fruit. (Have kids gather around the potted plant. Tape the orange piece of paper to it.) Is this bearing fruit? (Pause for responses.)
SOURCE: Sermon 4 Kids
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A Divine Opportunity
Sermon Writer
OBJECTS: Fishing gear, an apple, or seeds.
Today let’s talk about the definition of a word. The word is opportunity. Do you know what that word means?
Let’s imagine your friend calls and asks if you would like go fishing. He says he heard the fish are biting, the sun is shining, and he has the bait. Your friend is giving you an opportunity to get together and go fishing.
Suppose you tell him, “No, I’m watching TV and I’d rather do that than go fishing.” You are making a choice. If you change your mind later, you may have missed an opportunity. Perhaps your friend decided to go fishing with someone else, or it may be too late in the day, or it may be raining, or your mother made other plans for you.
An opportunity is something you choose to do when the time, circumstances, and situation are just right.
Let’s think of other examples of opportunity:
Apples must be picked from the tree when they are ripe. If apples are left on the tree they fall to the ground and spoil. That is a missed opportunity.
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Finding Sweetness
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OBJECTS: Figs, if they are available in your area. A package of Fig Newtons. Share figs or cookies with the children, if appropriate to the situation.
Many of us who live in northern parts of the world have never seen a fig growing on a fig tree. The closest we get to figs is when we buy a package of Fig Newtons, those unique fig-filled cookies.
Figs are a fruit that contain vitamins and minerals that are good for you. In other words, they are a healthy food. They are also very tasty and sweet. In earlier times Olympic athletes ate figs as a way to get into good physical shape for the races and games that would follow.
In many countries figs are considered to be sacred and the Bible refers to figs more than any other fruit.
Jesus told a story about a man who planted a fig tree. “A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it, and found none” (13:6). He said to the vine dresser,‘Behold, these three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and found none. Cut it down. Why does it waste the soil?’” (13:7).
The man’s gardener asked that he be allowed to care for the tree for one more year. He thought if he watered and fertilized the tree it would produce fruit. We don’t know the end of the story – whether the tree produced figs or not, but there is a lesson in this story.
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