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Grade 7 Religious Education Mr. Rossano April 9, 2018 www.stachurchbloomfield.com/web/mrr2017 QR Code to get to the class web page
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Grade 7

Religious Education

Mr. Rossano

April 9, 2018

www.stachurchbloomfield.com/web/mrr2017

QR Code to get to the class web page

Start of Class Activity

& Opening Prayer Please see the hand out

Classes 4/9, 4/16 and 4/23

Last Class is 4/23

Passover

• This is the Jewish Celebration that brought Jesus to Jerusalem.

• The Passover was the last of the 10 plagues when the Jewish people were

in Egypt

Easter • Easter - Fullness of Spring

• Water and life

• Renewal of Baptismal Vows

• Take Holy water home and bless homes and families

• Paschal Sacrifice

• Passover and Triduum

• Easter Vigil - On Saturday evening, The Easter candle is lit,

symbolizing Jesus’ resurrection from the dead.

• We celebrate Easter for 50 Days (7 weeks). We celebrate Jesus'

resurrection, his final instructions to the Apostles and disciples, and

his Ascension to heaven. The Easter season ends with the feast of

Pentecost.

• The First Reading is from Acts of the Apostles instead of the Old

Testament

• The Church is decorated with white and gold colors. There are also

Easter lilies around the altar

Paschal Mystery Timeline

Liturgical Year

Changes from Lent to Easter Easter Candle on the

Altar.

Vestments, Altar and

cross are decorated in

Gold and White. Signs

of new life (Easter lilies

and other plants) are

on the Altar.

Baptismal Font gets an

added running

fountain, symbolizing

the flowing waters of

our Baptism.

Gloria and Alleluia are

sung during Mass.

Renew our Baptismal

Promises

Resurrection

Ascension

Pentecost

Gospel from 4/1/2018 - John 20:1-9 On the first day of the week, Mary of Magdala came to the tomb

early in the morning, while it was still dark, and saw the stone

removed from the tomb. So she ran and went to Simon Peter and to

the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and told them, "They have

taken the Lord from the tomb, and we don't know where they put

him.“ So Peter and the other disciple went out and came to the

tomb.

They both ran, but the other disciple ran faster than Peter and

arrived at the tomb first; he bent down and saw the burial cloths

there, but did not go in. When Simon Peter arrived after him, he

went into the tomb and saw the burial cloths there, and the cloth that

had covered his head, not with the burial cloths but rolled up in a

separate place. Then the other disciple also went in, the one who

had arrived at the tomb first, and he saw and believed.

For they did not yet understand the Scripture that he had to rise

from the dead.

Empty Tomb

Gospel from 4/8/2018 - John 20:19-31 On the evening of that first day of the week, when the doors were

locked, where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came

and stood in their midst and said to them, "Peace be with you.“

When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side.

The disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them

again, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send

you.“ And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to

them, "Receive the Holy Spirit. Whose sins you forgive are

forgiven them, and whose sins you retain are retained."

Thomas, called Didymus, one of the Twelve, was not with them

when Jesus came. So the other disciples said to him, "We have

seen the Lord.“ But he said to them, "Unless I see the mark of the

nails in his hands and put my finger into the nailmarks and put my

hand into his side, I will not believe."

Gospel from 4/8/2018 - John 20:19-31 Now a week later his disciples were again inside and Thomas

was with them. Jesus came, although the doors were

locked, and stood in their midst and said, "Peace be with you.“

Then he said to Thomas, "Put your finger here and see my

hands, and bring your hand and put it into my side,

and do not be unbelieving, but believe.“ Thomas answered and

said to him, "My Lord and my God!“ Jesus said to him, "Have

you come to believe because you have seen me? Blessed are

those who have not seen and have believed."

Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his

disciples that are not written in this book. But these are written

that you may come to believe

that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that through this

belief you may have life in his name.

The Life of St. Thomas in our Church

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The Life of St. Thomas in our Church

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The Life of St. Thomas in our Church

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Jesus explaining His Mission to the Disciples

Road to Emmaus Ascension

The Holy Spirit Guides Us

• During the Easter Season the First Reading from the Acts of the Apostles.

• It describes the Early Church and the things they said and did in the Name of Jesus.

• They were able to do these things because of their Faith in Jesus and Guidance by the Holy Spirit.

• The Spirit Helps us make good decisions and act more like Jesus did.

• It is this way that we become our best selves.

The Holy Spirit Calls us to share the Good News

• We are sent out to share our faith in Jesus and to do charitable works.

– Mission and Mass both comes from the Latin word Missa, which means “to send”.

• Saint Paul was an early Missionary who shared His faith with people in modern day Turkey, Greece and Italy.

• He wrote letters, known as epistles, to local Catholic Churches he started or visited. These letters offered encouragement and instruction.

• Jesus commissioned (or entrusted) Saint Peter, Saint Paul, and others to share the Good News.

Call to Serve • The Holy Spirit calls us to serve.

• The “tugs of the heart” when we see people in trouble is one way He communicates with us.

• Jesus tells us that “Whatever we do for the least of these, you do unto me.” (Matthew 25:40)

• Remember: Through our baptism we are called to holiness – to be Christ's presence to the world both in and out of Church.

Promising the

Holy Spirit will come. • Jesus promises to send the Holy Spirit:

–“Behold, I am sending the promise of my

Father upon you. Stay in Jerusalem until you

receive power from on high.”

• The Holy Spirit coming down from heaven is known as Pentecost and is 50 days after Easter (or 10 days after the Ascension of Jesus).

Jesus will come back

• He says “I'll be back!”

• John 14:27-28: “I am going away and I will come back to you.” This will be His Second Coming.

• This is something we learned during the Advent Season. We celebrate Jesus' birth but also that we will come back to us and remove all sin, suffering and death.


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