31st Sunday in Ordinary Time Visions October 30,2016 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time

Cover Read together “Who are Jesus’ friends? Privately answer the questions on the cover. Does anyone want to share one of their answers?

Homework Read p. 2-4, “What Lauren Knew” and answer the TALK questions on page 3.

Gospel p. 4 Luke 19:1-10 What is a conversion? Means to turn toward God and away from ourselves as the center of all reality: to respond to the gifts God gives us and the love God show us 5 Readers: Narrator, Jesus, First Person, Second Person, Zacchaeus Any Questions Discuss TALK questions

“The Sacrament of Reconciliation Makes things Right” p. 6&7 Read together then answer the following question What are the four stages of Reconciliation? Invitation- recognize we done something wrong Confession – talk about what you have done Satisfaction – how do we make up for what we have done Forgiveness – we receive absolution = forgiveness

Mother Teresa, Saint of Mercy p. 8 Read together and as we do underline three important thing about Mother Teresa From Albania, grew up with Muslins. Jews and orthodox Christians Became a Sister of Loreto to be a missionary in India Wanted to work with the poor Hear a call from God to do that work Started the Missionaries of Charity Canonized on 9/4/16 St. Teresa of Calcutta

Homework: Read p. 5 “We Pray With God’s Holy Ones” and answer the following questions What is the Communion of Saint? The Church, all living Christians and all faithful followers of Jesus who have die. What does All Saint Day commemorate? A day to remember our bond of love with God and with one another last forever What does All Souls commemorate? A day of prayer for all the faithful Christians who have died in the hope of being raised to new life as Jesus promised