Grades 9th,10th, 11th, and 12th
October 1, 2025
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Welcome St John the Baptist Family!
Parents,
We thank you as you continue to encourage and participate as a family during this significant time as a family activity in coordination with St. John the Baptist Faith Formation classes. The At Home Family Lessons are a short lesson for parents and their children to learn together. One week they will study the lesson presented by the Diocese. The next online class will be an introduction to one of the many facets of our Catholic traditions, faith, or prayers. They are a great way to share your faith together for a better understanding.
Opening Prayer
Opening Prayer
Heavenly Father, we remember and place before You the intentions of our poorest brothers and sisters. We ask You to bring comfort to the destitute and healing to those who suffer in body or spirit.
Help us to be instruments of Your love so that, following Your Son’s example, we may show compassion for the poor and neglected. May Your grace find expression in our efforts to feed the hungry, shelter the homeless, care for the sick, clothe the naked, and seek justice for the oppressed.
Help us, through your Holy Spirit, to turn sorrow and suffering into joy.
We ask this in the name of your Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord, Who for our sakes became poor and lived among us. Amen.
Theme
Theme
Mary and Joseph were poor. In Leviticus 12:1-8, it states that if a family could not afford a sheep, they were to offer two turtledoves or two pigeons as a substitute.
Simeon’s warning to Mary is one about love. When humans love fully as a parent or friend, it involves connecting. Loving means hurting; when others hurt, laughing when others laugh, and crying when others cry.
Shared Questions
Shared Questions
Are you good at keeping your promises to others?
What things amaze you? [E.g. If electricity is hot, how does it keep a refrigerator cold?]
What is a Temple?
Describe the different things inside your Church.
Scripture
Scripture
Luke 2: 22-38
Discussion Questions
Discussion Questions
How can you be more like Mary and Joseph?
What things can we learn from Simeon and Anna?
Both Anna and Simeon thanked God for holding Jesus. What things do you thank God for?
Mary, Jesus, and Joseph were poor. What are some of the differences between being poor and being rich?
When Jesus grew up, He took care of the poor. How do you take care of the poor?
Like Simeon and Anna, how do you recognize Jesus?
Activity
Activity
After watching the video, take time to think about what it would be like to live in poverty in Lubbock.
How different is that from being poor like Joseph and Mary?
As followers of Christ, what could you do to be like Him to help the poor?
Search on the web and find at least one place/organization where you could help the poor in Lubbock. Write it down with information on what you could do, and turn it in next week.
Summary
Summary
“The gravest form of poverty is not to know God.”
Closing Prayer
Closing Prayer
Prayer for Service to the Poor
Prayer for Service to the Poor
O Father, we humbly come before You, seeking Your guidance and strength to serve the poor and marginalized in our communities.
Instill in our hearts a spirit of compassion and generosity, that we may be Your hands and feet, bringing hope and relief to those in need.
May our actions reflect Your love, and may we always strive to uplift the downtrodden.
Amen.
Bring your suggestion for helping the poor to class next week.
See you then!
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