Page 12 - Confirmation Junior High

Teaching the Lesson
Way
Step 1 (5 Minutes)
Invite the young people to gather for the opening prayer. Provide a Bible to Reader 7 and allow time to practice the reading. Ask each reader after Reader 1 to pause brie y to allow time for re ection before reading his or her part.
Step 2 (10-15 Minutes)
Read together the Parable of
the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25–37). Then invite the young people to complete the In My Own Words journaling activity. Call on volunteers to share
their modern-day version of the parable.
Truth
Step 3 (5 Minutes)
Read “God’s Word.” Review the meaning of covenant. Emphasize that Scripture, or the Bible, is the inspired Word of God written
by human authors. Point out that the Old Testament and New Testament together recount the story of our salvation.
Notes
We Pray
Reader 1: In everything we do, we can choose the lower or the higher way.
Reader 2: We can just dri along, or we can take responsibility.
Reader 3: We can ignore our inner lives, or we can try to know our hearts.
Reader 4: We can take the easy road, or we can strive to make a di erence.
Reader 5: We can struggle along alone, or we can accept God’s invita on to love
and be loved.
Reader 6: Which path will you choose? Keep in mind what Jesus promises us
when we follow his way.
Reader 7: Read John 14:1–7.
J In My Own Words...
esus o en told parables—stories set in everyday life—to challenge people to follow him. In the Parable of the Good Samaritan
(Luke 10:25–37), Jesus asks us to consider carefully who our neighbors are.
If you rewrote this parable to re ect your life today, how would you change the story? Who would be the man who needs help? Who would be ignoring him? Who would be the Samaritan?
“Each day, each of us faces the choice of being a good Samaritan or an indi erent bystander.”
—Pope Francis
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