Hello Faith Formation Families!
Welcome to our first Faith Formation weekend of the year! Throughout the year, we're going to be learning about how "Love Works" when we make the Corporal Works of Mercy a part of our lives.
Since this is our first weekend, it's a busy one for our Blessed Sacrament community. This Flocknote has three different opportunities to help you grow in your faith and serve your neighbor this weekend.
1. Our Faith Formation kickoff Acts of Mercy Blitz! Join us on Sunday after Mass as we start our year off with a service blitz around our community!
2. Our first Children's Liturgy of the Word. All of our CLOW will be online this school year, and our first one is linked below!
3. Our first Elementary Faith Formation lesson. Until the end of December, all of our Faith Formation lessons will be at-home family lessons. They're designed to be joy-filled and stress-free. Have fun!
Acts of Mercy Blitz!
Let's start our Faith Formation year off with a Blitz! It's time to cover our community with the love and mercy of Jesus! Join the rest of the Blessed Sacrament families this Sunday after Mass as we each attempt to complete all 7 Corporal Works of Mercy today!
Take a look at the Acts of Mercy Blitz checklist below, or print the attached pdf version. Check out Blessed Sacrament's Facebook page after Mass for a Facebook Live start, and keep us updated with your photos and videos throughout the day!
Just imagine all the love our Blessed Sacrament families can spread around our community in one day!
Introduction to the
Corporal Works of Mercy
Family Lesson
You should have received materials for this lesson and for our 3 October lessons in your porch delivery packet. If you didn't receive any materials on your porch, please let me know!
Let's begin our lesson as we begin all things, with the Sign of the Cross.
"In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, Amen."
Then pray the "Glory Be" together.
(prayer cards included in your delivery)
Works of Mercy Cross Activity
The materials for this Works of Mercy Cross were included in your first porch delivery packet. Here's how it "works" (pun intended!)... During the next week, concentrate on performing Corporal Works of Mercy for your family. At the end of the day, or maybe at dinner time, glue a scrap for each Corporal Work of Mercy performed on your family's cross. Talk about how it felt to help another person. By the end of the week, your family should have a beautiful, colorful cross to remind you of the joy of caring for others the way we would care for Jesus!
Ideas for Corporal Works of Mercy you could perform at home:
* Share food with a family member
* Make or help to make a meal for your family
* Be in charge of refilling water glasses at dinner
* Help with the laundry
* Help a little brother or sister get dressed
* Play with your siblings without fighting
* Let your siblings choose what they would like to play
* Pick up trash in your yard or your neighbor's yard
* Make a card for someone you know who is sick
* As a family, look at pictures of family members who have passed away and talk about them
* What ideas do you have?
Special Bible Verse
As a family, read this Bible verse a few times slowly. Take a quiet moment to think about what Jesus is telling us.
The King will reply, "Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me."
If you wish, you could also write out this Bible verse in fancy letters, or even try to memorize all or part of it!
Thanks for joining me on our first Faith Formation weekend of the 2020-2021 year! Don't forget to look for God Sightings! Have a fantastic week!
Yours in Christ,
Corinne
PS, Have you signed up for next weekend's CROP Walk yet? Blessed Sacrament parishioners are walking around the block after Mass (socially distanced, of course!) to raise money to end hunger in our community and around the world. And since we're also celebrating the Corporal Work of Mercy "Clothe the Naked" during October, bring a pair of new socks to donate to a person in need!
