Reflection of the Week

Adult Reflection: Have you considered that laws are made with love? Do you accept God’s love through his laws?
Children's Reflection: Which rules cause you the most difficulty? Why?

Reflection of the Week

Adult Reflection: What specific efforts do you take to maintain your light? Do you let your light dim? Why?
Children's Reflection: What can you do to bring the light of Jesus into the lives of your family, friends, and people you meet?

Reflection of the Week

Adult Reflection: How do you describe what it means to be “blest” in your own life?
Children's Reflection: Choose one of the Beatitudes and share how you will make it part of your life.

Reflection of the Week

Adult Reflection: How does Jesus call you to assist in his ministry: the building up of the Reign of God? How do you know what God wants of you in this regard?
Children's Reflection: How do you hear Jesus calling you to do what he wants you to?

Reflection of the Week

Adult Reflection: In the gospel today, John tells us who Jesus is for him. If someone were to ask you, how would you answer this question: Who Jesus is for you?
Children's Reflection: If someone were to ask you, “who is Jesus?” how would you answer?

Reflection of the Week

Adult Reflection: How this past week did you demonstrate God’s love at home and at work?
Children's Reflection: In your life, who helps you to see Jesus in other people such as a classmate or a friend?

Reflection of the Week

Adult Reflection: When the shepherds encountered Jesus, their lives changed forever. How has your relationship with Jesus changed your life?
Children's Reflection: What do you want to tell others about Mary?

Reflection of the Week

Adult Reflection: Jesus, God’s very own Son, is God’s greatest and most generous gift to us. Jesus is the fulfillment of God’s promise and proof of God’s incredible love for us. How do you return to God your greatest gifts?
Children's Reflection: What do you want to tell others about the birth of Jesus?

Reflection of the Week

Adult Reflection: What experiences do you have of God “speaking to you” and directing your life and work? How does God speak to you in prayer?
Children's Reflection: When you pray, how do you hear God’s voice in response?

Reflection of the Week

Adult Reflection: What is there in this promise from the Prophet Isaiah that gives you hope? How have you seen this promise fulfilled in Christ?
Children's Reflection: Why is Christmas such a time of happiness for people?

Reflection of the Week

Adult Reflection: Name the one thing in your life which you must “move out of the way” in order to make more room for Christ – a grudge, a possession, a memory, hurt, or feeling.
Children's Reflection: Beyond toys and other things, what do you hope will happen in your family this Christmas?

Reflection of the Week

Adult Reflection: As you prepare to re-welcome Christ into your heart while you prepare for Christmas, what does Isaiah call you to do? What does Isaiah call us as a people to do?
Children's Reflection: What can you do to be ready for God to come into your heart and your life?

Reflection of the Week

Adult Reflection: As you think about Jesus on the cross, having compassion on the “good thief,” what lesson do you draw from it for your own life?
Children's Reflection: Jesus is always kind to those who love him. How do you show your love for Jesus?

Reflection of the Week

Adult Reflection: Paul's words to the Thessalonians are tough: if you want to eat, you must work! How does this translate into our society today? How do you reconcile this with Jesus' command to love and feed the poor?
Children's Reflection: Jesus teaches us that work is good for us. What kind of work do you do during the week? How does it help you?

Reflection of the Week

Adult Reflection: Having faith in difficult times is hard! What makes you believe in the promise that God will be your strength, as Paul says?
Children's Reflection: God always stays with you, no matter what. What signs can you see to help you believe that?