God Loves Us
The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity (A)
Read this Gospel passage aloud to the family
John 3:16-21 - God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him will not be condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of the only- Son of God.
(Parent) Reread this part a few times aloud
“God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life.”
(Parent) Read this meditation aloud to the family
This passage from the Gospel of John, gives us a clear and beautiful summary of the wider gospel message. Thus it is one of the most well known, verses in all of the Scriptures. God loved the world, sinners, us. He loved us. And He loved us to such a degree, that He gave His only Son, Jesus, for us. While we deserved severe consequence for rejecting God through our sin, He sacrificed immensely to save us from these consequences, from perishing, to give us a happy life with Him eternally, instead.
We don’t think like this. We don’t act like this. When someone wrongs us, we wish to wrong them back. But God is not like us. And this is great news. St. John says elsewhere in one of his New Testament letters (1 John 4:8) that God is love. Love between God the Father, and God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit is at the center of God’s very life. It’s who God is. His loving actions then, come from His loving identity. On this Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, let us first spend some time thinking of the incredibly loving unexpected action God has taken toward us sinners. Then, let us look beyond this loving action to God Himself, who is love. How great is our God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit!
As a family, pray a portion of the Rosary together (very short if children are young) reflecting on the Scripture passage above.(Optional: allow a brief time for discussion or questions from children concerning their thoughts and prayer.)
Reminder for Parents: Pier is just meant to be a jumping off point. The real goal is that you pray & eventually use the fruits of your personal prayer as the content of your family’s prayer. Duc in altum.
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