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Hello Parents,
Your child is now half-way through preparing for their First Reconciliation! We hope that it is going well! If you have any questions or concerns, please consider attending the optional Parent Check-in happening over Zoom this Wed. Nov. 19 at 7 pm (please plan to logon by 7:15 pm). There is no planned agenda, and you are welcome to stay or drop off once your question has been answered. Please CLICK_HERE to register for this optional Zoom meeting.
Welcome to Session 4 for First Reconciliation!
Please go through the lesson together with your child. It is due Dec 1. You will need the Blessed First Reconciliation book and a pencil.
Don't forget turn in this session by having your child complete the short Google Form at the end of the lesson (scroll down).
- Begin with the Sign of the Cross, and pray the prayer on page 105 together.
God Loves Healthy Relationships
- Watch the video together:
- God wants to have a relationship with each of us. He also wants us to have good relationships with each other.
- Two of the most important lessons in life are how to forgive and how to be forgiven. Why is forgiveness so important?
Forgiveness
- Watch the next video together:
- Read pgs 108-109 together.
- Ask your child: Have you ever done something that you knew was wrong? How did it make you feel?
- Share an experience of your own with your child.
What is a Sacrament?
- Watch the next video together (or you can read pgs 114-115 together):
- Ask you child: What is a sacrament? (see pgs 114-115 if you need help)
What is Reconciliation?
- Watch Episode 4 together:
- How does reconciliation help us? How does it help us grow closer to God?
From the Bible: Our Father
- Watch the next video together:
- Read pages 118-119 together.
- Remind your child that he or she is the son or daughter of a great King!
- Pray the Our Father together (pg. 119).
You Are Blessed
- Watch the next video together:
- Read pg. 121 together and then say this together:
- "I am blessed. I am the daughter/son of a great King. He is my Father and my God. The world may praise me or criticize me. It matters not. He is with me, always at my side, guiding me and protecting me. I do not fear because I am his."
The Good Shepherd
- Read the story of the Good Shepherd together (pgs. 122-124).
God Will Always Love You
- Read pg. 126 together.
- Talk with your child about what you have read.
- Ask your child, "Will God always love you?"
- If your child would like to journal, there is space on pg. 131. (This is a great opportunity to teach them a way to communicate with God.)
Closing Prayer
- Read page 132-134 about King David together, or watch Episode 7 below.
- Ask your child: “What are some of the most important things you learned in this lesson?” (Possible answers: God loves healthy relationships, forgiveness is essential to healthy relationships, reconciliation cleans up my soul, I am God's son/daughter, Jesus wants to lead me to Heaven.)
End Session 3 by praying Psalm 23 together (pg. 134).