FEAST OF THE DEDICATION OF ST. JOHN LATERAN BASICILICA IN ROME
Family Perspective: Today's readings remind us that we must have reverence for God's temple, both the temple of God's church and the temple of ourselves. God created us in God's own image and, therefore, we are holy, we are special. We learn to appreciate our holiness in our families by sharing love and respect with one another.
Faith Chat: How does it make you feel to know that you are created in God's own image, that you are a temple of God? What does it mean to be "holy"?
Family Response: Discuss as a family ways that you can show reverence for God's temple--both the temple of your body and self and the temple of the church.
Prayer: Lord Jesus, you ask us to respect your temple. Help us to show reverence to your church and one another through our words and actions. Amen.
