Pray

• • Mealtime Prayers & Night Time Prayers

  • 5 mins - Praying for Others

Learn

• Watch the video below

The Main Points to Teach Your Child: the Precept of the Church #2...

Quick review the 10 Commandments... rules to guide and protect us and our relationship with God and one another. They help us to live a moral life. The DON'Ts of a relationship with God.

5 Precepts are... "DOs" of a relationship with God.

• 1. Attend Mass on Sundays and Holy Days

  2. Go to Confession at least once a year

  3. Receive Holy Eucharist once a year during Easter

  4. Observe Fasting / Abstinence

  5. Provide for the Needs of the Church

Precept #2: Go to Confession Once a Year (like all relationships, it is necessary to apologize and ask for forgiveness sometimes)

means...

• 5. • just that, confess your sins at least once a year (more often if you commited mortal sins)

because...

• 5. • going to Confession is an essential part of a relationship God, relationship with anyone. We need to ask forgiveness and say "I am sorry" when we make a mistake or sin.

     • when we say "sorry" , we are acknowledging our sins and then we can be forgiven.

     • when we are forgiven, we are able to be reunited with the God and the person we love.

seems like a hard thing to do. The real problem is...

• we don't think we need to go to Confession. This is a common tactic of the Devil. The Devil is constantly trying to keep you from God. He will use small things, simple suggestions to pull you towards sin in little ways. Before you know it, little by little you stop seeking God or thinking about Him.

• we don't want to go to Confession. I'll go later. We procrastinate. "We put off our conversion again and again until death, but who says that we will have the time and strength for it then?" - St. John Vianney

A Note from Julie:

Dear Parents,

Perhaps you usually go to confession during Lent or Holy Week but missed the opportunity this year with all that is going on. But, do you know that we have access to confession, even now? Although the church may be closed, Fr. Kurgan and Fr. Rawson are available to meet with individuals by appointment.

You simply call the Parish Office 315-446-0473 to schedule a day and time. Why not make this a family event? If you have children that have made their First Reconciliation, schedule time for them too! Encourage the whole family to take advantage of this slower pace, take time to reflect on your life, your actions, recalls any sins and confess them. Be free of them and step closer to the Lord!

Then go have ice cream, a treat, or something special together. Enjoy your family and bask in God's love, forgiveness and mercy!

God bless,

-Julie Sheridan

Additional Resources & Activities to do at Home

Video:

• Confession Explained 6:00 Catholic Diocese of Richmond

• Kids Explain the Sacrament of Reconciliation 1:00 St. Mary’s - Syracuse Diocese

• Reconciliation - Catholic Central 6:30 *for older students and adults

• Confession is a Place of Victory 7:45 Ascension Presents -Fr. Mike Schmitz *for adults

• Why Confess My Sins to a Priest? 8:30 Ascension Presents -Fr. Mike Schmitz *for adults

• Confessing the Same Sins Over & Over AGAIN 7:00 Ascension Presents -Fr. Mike Schmitz *for adults

Resources

• Precept 2 - Confession - Coloring & Activity Pages Grade 1-4

Pray

• • Basic Prayers

  • Ten Minutes of Silence

    • Intercessions

    • Thanksgiving

    • Reading the Bible

Learn

• Watch the video below

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

1. Recall The 10 Commandments - The DON’Ts of a relationship with God:

2. The 5 Precepts of the Church - The DOs of our relationship with God:

   • Attend Mass on Sunday & Holy Days

   • Go to Confession at least once a year

   • Eucharist once a year during Easter

   • Observe Fasting/Abstinence

   • Provide for the Needs of the Church.

3. Explain #2 - Go to Confession at least once a year

   • In every relationship it is necessary to apologize, including your relationship with Jesus.

Pray

• New to the Spiritual Life

  • Basic Prayers

  • 20 Minutes Silent Prayer

• For those more advanced

  • Basic Prayers

  • Liturgy of the Hours

  • 20 Min Silent Meditation

Learn

• Watch the video below

Adults

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

Pray

• Basic Prayers

  • A list of all these prayers are here.

For those new to prayer

• First 10 mins - Talk to God

• Second 10 mins - Listen to God

  • Praying with the Bible or the daily mass readings.

For those more experienced in prayer

• Liturgy of the Hours

• 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

• Watch the video below