BEGINNING PRAYER: Heavenly Father, help me to truly see the good you have in mind when you call me to obedience. Sometimes this is a word I struggle with as a teen. Help me to see and to understand through this lesson that you mean it for my good. Help to honor this Commandment out of love and respect. Stir in my heart the ways I have not followed in obedience. Help me bring them to mind so that I can change my ways. Call me closer to your heart through this lesson today. *Pray one Our Father* Amen.

TOTALLY CATHOLIC [Ch. 33]: Who Deserves our Respect and Obedience?

MAILBOX PRAYER POSTCARD: Please choose one of the Mailbox Prayer postcards from your GIFT kit and color it. Flip it over and in the message section, write something uplifting, encouraging, or an expression of gratitude for: Postal Worker

• Please simply place these in your mailbox - no stamp needed - just put at the top of your postcard something like "For My Mail Carrier". They really battle all the elements of the seasons to deliver our mail to us without miss or fail. Have you thanked them lately (or ever) for their dedication?

CLOSING PRAYER: Jesus, you showed us many times throughout your life what it means to be obedient and to show respect, even towards our enemies. Help me and send me your spirit so that I may be more like you towards my family, my parents, my siblings, my teachers, my coaches, my friends, and yes - even my enemies. Amen.

Pray one GLORY BE (below).