Themes to focus on:
- Jesus shows he is committed to the Passion (“Where I go you cannot come,’ so now I say it to you.”)
- Jesus is preparing for his betrayal by Judas
- Judas is now working with the enemy (unwittingly)
- Symbols for your prayer corner (Pick one or two)
- Ring (Sign of commitment)
- Little cross
- Fig (Old cycle of reading today is when Jesus cursed the fig tree)
- Activity(ies)
- For family with small children
- Discuss what they are committed to or what commitment means
- Read the Gospel and have the kids act out the scenes but have them go back and redo off what they would have done
- Print out a picture for the kids to color from Pinterest (https://bit.ly/3dWzIdo) and point out who is leaving
- For teens and adults:
- Using your Bible, look up the cross references in related to the scripture passages – what stands out
- Read and discuss the following article that shares why the Last Supper was probably on Tuesday and not Thursday (https://bit.ly/345W0oq)
- Listen to the audio discussion of today’s gospel prepared by Deacon Marques: https://bit.ly/2x1Drpq
