Baptism of Jesus by Gwen Meharg
Time to look at the scriptures for this coming Sunday. (Some of the imagery from Matthew's gospel last week repeats here in John's text.) The Advent-Christmas cycle on the liturgical calendar is now complete and for a few weeks we go back to Ordinary Time* until the imposition of Ashes calls us to Lent.
This coming Sunday is the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time. You'll recall from last week that this one link to the St. Louis University liturgy site will bring bring you to the scriptures of the day AND some good background material on those same texts. (After linking to St. Louis U., click on Get to Know the Readings.)
Soutenus over at A Catholic Notebook offers a great link to a service of Sadlier, a well-known publisher of religious education materials. The Sadlier site includes a kid's version of what I try to do for you each week in nudging you to prepare to hear the scriptures by reading and studying them ahead of time. Parents: take a look here and see if this is something that might help your children prepare for Mass and engage more fully in it.
*This interlude of Ordinary Time is unusually short. Over at Catholic Sensibility, Todd has some interesting calendar data the peculiarities of 2008 and on the dates for Easter being "early" or "late." Check it out!
I don't have any children, but I can often use some extra help in understanding the readings, etc. Thanks for this link- it was helpful for me, a kid-at-heart.
ReplyDeleteThought the info on dates of Easter was very interesting!
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