MAR 2, 2025
Homeschool Resources Sunday Readings
Homeschool Resources Sunday Readings
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GOSPEL
Introduction: Jesus teaches us important lessons about how to treat others and how to be a good person.
Be Careful About Judging Others: Jesus says we should not judge or criticize others. Instead, we should think about our own actions and try to improve ourselves. Imagine you have a tiny piece of dust in your eye and your friend has a big log in their eye. Before trying to help your friend, it’s better to get rid of the dust in your own eye first.
Be a Good Teacher and Example: Jesus tells us to be good teachers and examples for others. If you have learned something good, share it with others. You can be a good example by doing the right things and showing love to everyone.
Be Kind to Everyone: Jesus wants us to be kind and good to everyone, even if they aren’t kind to us. He tells us to love our enemies and do good things for them. He also wants us to share with others who need help, even if they can’t give us anything back.
Be Merciful and Forgiving: Jesus teaches us to be kind and forgiving, just like our loving God. God is good to everyone, even if they don’t always do good things. We should try to be like God, loving everyone and showing kindness and forgiveness.
Conclusion: Jesus teaches us important lessons about being good people, showing love, and being kind. By following his teachings, we can become more like him and grow in our faith.
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Kid Talk
Hey there friends! I love going to church with my family because I get to learn new stories from the Bible. This Sunday Jesus teaches us important lessons about how to treat other people and be good friends. I wanted to share this story with you so we can learn together and become better friends to everyone around us.
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Father Glenn
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The Religion Teacher
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Activities
Choose one of the following OUR SUNDAY VISITOR activities as a way to further reflect on the Sunday readings:
Cut a heart shape out of paper for each person in the family. Place a heart on the dinner table where each person sits. Explain that the hearts are there to remind each person that our words show what is in our hearts. If we love each other, we should use kind and loving words with each other.
Instead of seeing the faults in our family members, encourage each other to point the good in each other. Ask family members to share one good thing about everyone in the family every day this week.
Have a family game night. Invite the youngest family member to choose the game and the oldest to choose the snack. As you play, encourage each other even though you are playing against each other.
Pray, thanking God for your family. Invite each person in the family to name what they are most thankful for in each person.
SOURCE: Our Sunday Visitor Life Long Catechesis
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Gospel Worksheet
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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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Catholic Mom
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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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A Tree and Its Fruit
Sermons 4 Kids
OBJECTS: Several kinds of fruit such as apples, oranges, grapes, bananas, etc.
Do you like fruit? I have a basket filled with several different kinds of fruit with me today.
Here’s an apple. How many of you like apples? Apples not only taste good, but they are good for you. Surely you have heard the saying, “An apple a day keeps the doctor away.”
How about bananas? There are lots of ways to eat bananas. They are great on cereal at breakfast, aren’t they? How about banana pudding? Is there anyone who doesn’t like banana pudding? Have you ever eaten banana bread? Yum, yum! One of my favorite snacks is a banana smoothie. Oh, did I mention that bananas have lots of vitamins?
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Good Fruit
Sermon Writer
OBJECTS: Bring a bag of apples. Be sure to wash them first.
Jesus talks a lot about fruit. He says that he wants us—his followers—to bear fruit. Now I don’t see a banana sprouting from anyone’s ear. There isn’t anyone with an orange tree growing out of her head. What do you think Jesus means when he says we need to bear fruit for him? [Accept all answers].
Listen carefully while I read what Jesus said to us about fruit. [Read Luke 6:43a, 45a]. “A good tree does not bear bad fruit…. A good person brings good out of the treasure of good things in his heart.”
When Jesus says that good people produce good fruit, he doesn’t mean fruit like apples and cherries. Jesus means that if we are following him and trying to do the things that make God happy, we will do good things. We will help people, share what we have, and treat every person with respect.
What are some other good things that Jesus would like for us to do? To do those things we need help. We learn how to do good things by listening to Jesus.
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The Real Thing
Sermon Writer
OBJECTS: Pictures of cartoon characters
Do you have a favorite cartoon character? Let’s make a list. Tell me if any of these characters are familiar to you.
Mickey Mouse
The Road Runner
Bugs Bunny
Cat in the Hat
Donald Duck
Curious George
Dora the Explorer
Charlie Brown
Magilla Gorilla
Scooby Doo
Spiderman
Winnie the Pooh
Yogi Bear
Woody Woodpecker
Batman
Porky Pig
Casper the Friendly Ghost
Eeyore
George of the Jungle
Pink Panther
Snoopy
(NOTE: To find pictures of these various characters, go to Google and search for them by name.)
What do all of these cartoon characters have in common? It is this: they entertain us and make us laugh, but not one of them is real. We all love Mickey Mouse, however he does not look like a real mouse or act as a real mouse would. Real ducks do not talk like Donald Duck. It is exciting to watch Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner chase each other, but we would never do the things they do. These are pretend characters that are imitations of the real thing.
Comments
Do you have any creative ideas or fun activities planned for the children in your parish this Sunday? We’d love to hear about them.