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Teaching the Lesson
Step 11 (10–20 Minutes)
Before completing this session’s
Called to Be Priest, Prophet, and King feature, call on volunteers to share summaries of their research on organizations that defend human life from Lesson 3.
Have the young people read Called to Be Priest, Prophet, and King
and highlight key points. Call on volunteers to tell about faithful people they know and the gifts of the Holy Spirit they see at work
in the lives of these people. Then have the young people respond to the questions in their journals and write their action plans.
Called to Be Priest, rophet, and King
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s baptized Catholics, we have a share in the common priesthood of the faithful, which allows us to participate in the work of Christ.
Think about faithful people you know. What gifts of the Holy Spirit have you seen in action in their lives? It might be the reverence, or piety, of your aunt who gets up early so she can attend Mass before work.
Or it might be the courage, or inner strength, of a neighbor who uses his time and pickup truck to help others in the community donate vegetables from their gardens to a food pantry.
How can you follow the examples of these people? What gi of the Holy Spirit will you use to build up your community? Write a plan of ac on in your journal.
We Join in Prayer
Reader: Read Romans 6:3–4.
Leader: In Con rma on, we rea rm our bap smal promises. Do you renounce evil in all its forms?
All: I do.
Leader: Do you believe in God, the Father
almighty, Creator of heaven and earth? All: I do.
Leader: Do you believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was born of the Virgin Mary, su ered death and was buried, rose again from the dead and is seated at the right hand of the Father?
All: I do.
Leader: Do you believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy Catholic Church, the communion
of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrec on of the body, and life everlas ng?
All: I do.
Leader: May Almighty God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has given us new birth by water and the Holy Spirit and bestowed on us the forgiveness of our sins, keep us by his grace, in Christ Jesus, our Lord, for eternal life (Roman Missal, 55).
As a symbol of your renewal of bap smal promises, dip your hand into the holy water and sign yourself with the Cross of Christ.
All: Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
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Step 12 (30–60 Minutes)
Explain the assignment in the Called to Serve feature. Note that this feature only appears in the Catechist Guide.
Called to Serve: Sharing in the Ministry of Catechists
Help the young people learn about the ministry of catechists while also evangelizing younger children. Begin by sharing with the group some insights about the ministry of catechists and about why you feel called to take part in the ministry. Then tell the young people that they will be making presentations to children in First Penance
and First Eucharist preparation classes. Brainstorm some of the topics covered in preparation for these sacraments.
Organize the young people into small groups. Have each group plan a lesson on one of these two sacraments. Explain that
the groups should plan for a 15–20 minute
lesson that includes verbal instruction and one creative activity, such as an art project or a skit. Alternatively, you may wish to have the small groups create skits through which they help the children learn something important about the Sacrament of Eucharist or Penance. Arrange with your parish’s catechists to have the young people make their presentations.
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