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Student Session Wednesday, March 19, 20253rd Sunday of Lent
Reminder: Students with excused absences are asked to complete tonight's student lesson and submit session wrap-up questions located at the bottom of this page. All questions must be submitted by Saturday, 11:00 a.m. This gives the student three days to submit make-up work.Where Have You Seen God Since the Last Time We Got Together?
A Review of Last Session's Student Session Wrap-up Questions- What organization did Kubisa Muzenende start?
- Kubisa started the Let Africa Live organization that gives child soldiers a safe place to learn a skill.
- In the Gospel story, what did the voice from the cloud say?
- The voice from the cloud said: “This is my chosen Son. Listen to him!”
- What does prayer do for us?
- Prayer places us before God, and it is the best way to learn about being Christian.
- What is God’s covenant, or sacred agreement, with Abram?
- God makes a covenant with Abram that he will keep his promise to give Abram numerous descendants.
- When do we pray a psalm during Mass?
- We pray a psalm between the first and second readings at Sunday Mass.
A Review of Last Session's Confirmation Question- What teachings of Jesus are challenging for you to accept and follow? (Confirmation Correlation Activity)
Our Plans for Tonight!
Gathering Prayer
God of all Creation, grant us a few moments of serenity to focus on you, the world, and our place in that world.Sunday Readings
- Old Testament: Exodus 3:1-8a, 13-15
- Psalm 103:1-2, 3-4, 6-7, 8, 11
- First Corinthians 10:1-6, 10-12
- Gospel: Luke 13:1-9
Scripture Background
In this Sunday’s Gospel, Jesus makes a call for repentance. He follows this call with a parable about a barren fig tree whose owner wants to cut down. Instead, the gardener asks the owner to give the tree another year and to allow him to cultivate the land around it and fertilize it.
Like the gardener, God is not in haste to condemn. He is willing to give us a chance to repent—even many chances. But like the fig tree, we do not have forever. The time will eventually come when we will face a final judgment and have to account for how well we have served God and others.Connecting Scripture and Doctrine
From the Catechism of the Catholic Church- God’s mercy is boundless. True repentance always leads to God’s forgiveness.
- But "to receive his mercy, we must admit our faults. ‘If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just, and will forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness’” (CCC, 1847)
Taking a Look at Tonight's Student Session Wrap-up Questions
- In this week’s Gospel reading, what does the Gardener want to do with the fig tree that bears no fruit?
- How does Jesus teach us that God is like the Gardener of the Gospel reading?
- What is the Hebrew word for God’s name and what does it mean?
- Jewish people never say God’s name out loud. What do they say instead?
- What do the words of the Jesus Prayer proclaim and ask for?
Taking a Look at Tonight's Confirmation Question
- Whom do you find difficult to love? How can you improve your thoughts, words and actions towards that person? (Confirmation Correlation Activity)
Lesson Theme: We have time to change and grow.
- What organization did Kubisa Muzenende start?
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7:18 p.m.
- Closing Prayer
- Clean up area; put missalettes and kneelers in place.
- Line up at the north wall for dismissal at 7:20 p.m.
- Closing Prayer
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Ms. Jess Fischerjessicafmyparishfamily.churchEvangelization and Discipleship Coordinator, F3 (family faith formation) Programs and Activities
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