Pray

• See Day 1 for a longer explanation of what to do in Pray & Learn

Prayer Before Meals

• Meal Prayer

Prayers Before Bed

• Our Father

• Hail Mary

• Glory Be

  • Find these prayers here.

Intercessory Prayer - 5 mins

Take 5 mins every day with your kids and ask them “What do you want to pray for?” Ask them whom they’d like to pray for? Ask them what they’d like to tell God that they are grateful for?

Learn

Today’s Lesson - Adam and Eve

Watch this video – also available at the end of this page

The Main Points to Teach Your Child:

• God creates Adam and Eve and gives them the freedom to choose if they will love him back.

• This choice is described by God making the tree of Good and Evil and tells them not to eat it.

• Adam and Eve reject God's plan and choose not to love him back and they eat of the fruit.

• Man now is in big trouble. God then makes a plan to send his Son so that we can have a chance to be with him again in Heaven.

A Note from Julie:

To all our families,

Again, after viewing today’s lesson, simply break it down to a level you are comfortable sharing with your child, keeping in mind the main points. Always take advantage of the natural moments in your day to incorporate the lessons.

Below are additional resources including a link to FORMED. This is an excellent follow up resource for both yesterday’s and today’s lessons. However, you need to be a subscriber to FORMED (*see note below in Resources). As always, you may choose to use these resources or not. They are merely intended to assist you with following up on the lesson and helping your child better understand.

Please know we are here to support your efforts at home. Please don’t hesitate to reach out to us with any questions or suggestions you may have. And, thank you for letting us walk this journey with you and your family.

-Julie Sheridan

Additional Resources & Activities to do at Home

• CatholicMom.com Lesson Plan

• Adam & Eve Coloring Sheets

• Adam & Eve Word Search

• *FORMED video (see note below to access/subscribe)

  • The Animated Bible Series - The Creation (and Adam and Eve)

  • Creation Story: (2:09 - 12:33)

  • Adam & Eve: (12:34 - 21:15)

*FORMED is an online resource available to all Holy Cross families and parishioners.

To access you only need to subscribe at no cost to you, Holy Cross pays for the yearly parish subscription. Simple, easy and FREE to subscribe.

1. Visit formed.org

2. Click to Sign Up

3. Search parish by entering - Holy Cross, 4112 East Genesee St, DeWitt

4. Enter your name and email

5. You’re ready to go!

You now have instant access to an abundance and variety of resources at your fingertips. Be sure to check out the Kids section. They are constantly updating the entire site with new materials. On your next visit to FORMED, just click Sign In and you are in!

Pray

• See Day 1 for a longer explanation of what to do in Pray & Learn

Prayer Before Meals

• Meal Prayer

Prayers Before Bed

• Our Father

• Hail Mary

• Glory Be

• Novena for an End to the Coronavirus Pandemic

  • Find full prayers here.

10 Minutes of Silent Prayer

• Petition - What do you need from God? What do you ask from him?

• Intercession - Who needs help in your life? What do you want God to do for them?

• Thanksgiving - God often answers our prayers but we forget to say thank you. What are you thankful for in your life?

• Read the Bible - Begin with the Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, & John)

Learn

For 5th and 6th Graders, it is recommended that an adult watch this video and then re-teach the information to the 5th & 6th grader at their level. For 7th & 8th Graders, we recommend having them watch the videos themselves.

Today’s Lesson - Adam & Eve

Watch this video – also available at the end of this page

The Main Points that need to be learned or taught from this lesson

• Understand the basic narrative of Adam & Eve in the Garden of Eden.

• Teach that the Garden story is figurative language to describe man's free will and initial reject of God.

• Explain the ways that Jesus fulfills Adam

  • Disobeys with the Tree of Good & Evil vs. Obeys with the tree of the Cross

  • Curse of Sweat vs. Sweating Blood

  • Curse of Thorns vs. Crown of Thorns

  • Curse of Death & the Ground vs. Dies and laid in the ground (

Pray

• See Day 1 for a longer explanation of what to do in Pray & Learn

Prayer Before Meals

• Meal Prayer

Prayers Before Bed

• Our Father

• Hail Mary

• Glory Be

• Novena for an End to the Coronavirus Pandemic

• Find a list of all these prayers here.

20 mins of Silent Prayer

For those new to prayer

• First 10 mins - Talk to God

  • During this time do three types of prayer.

  • Petition - what do you ask of God?

  • Thanksgiving - What are you thankful for?

  • Intercession - Who needs prayers?

• Second 10 mins - Listen to God

  • The primary place where God speaks is in the Bible. (It is the “Word of God.”)

  • Take time to read the Bible so as to listen to him speak into your life. We recommend beginning in the Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, & John)

For those more experienced in prayer

• Liturgy of the Hours

  • Morning Prayer

  • Evening Prayer

  • Night Prayer

• 20 Mins of Silent Meditation – Suggestions:

  • Rosary

  • Lectio Divina/Meditating on the Bible

  • Stations of the Cross

  • Petition, Intercession, Thanksgiving, & Praise

  • Journaling

  • Reflecting on the Daily Readings

Learn

Today’s Lesson - Adam & Eve

Watch this video – also available at the end of this page

Pray

• See Day 1 for a longer explanation of what to do in Pray & Learn

Prayer Before Meals

• Meal Prayer

Prayers Before Bed

• Our Father

• Hail Mary

• Glory Be

• Novena for an End to the Coronavirus Pandemic

20 mins of Silent Prayer

For those new to prayer

• First 10 mins - Talk to God

  • During this time do three types of prayer.

  • Petition - what do you ask of God?

  • Thanksgiving - What are you thankful for?

  • Intercession - Who needs prayers?

• Second 10 mins - Listen to God

  • The primary place where God speaks is in the Bible. Take time to read it so as to listen to him speak into your life. We recommend beginning in the Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, & John) or sign up to receive daily mass readings from the USCCB via email.

  • After praying with them, ask yourself, “What is God trying to speak to me personally in this?” and keep a log of these conversations.

• Other Ideas to spend your 20 mins might be to:

  • Pray the Rosary

  • Stations of the Cross

  • Journaling

For those more experienced in prayer

• Liturgy of the Hours

  • Morning Prayer

  • Evening Prayer

  • Night Prayer

• 20 Mins of Silent Meditation – Suggestions:

  • Rosary

  • Lectio Divina/Meditating on the Bible

  • Stations of the Cross

  • Petition, Intercession, Thanksgiving, & Praise

  • Journaling

  • Reflecting on the Daily Readings

Learn

Today’s Lesson - Adam and Eve

Watch this video – also available at the end of this page