Reclaim Your Sundays

November
Beauty | Prayer

“God looked at everything he had made and found it very good.”  Genesis 1:31

On Sunday we are called to participate in appreciating the beauty that is all around us and participate in it. Beauty can evoke in us an appreciation for what God has created in our life and lead us to participate in that creation through the materials around us. We are called to find and assist in creating beauty through the ordinariness of family and household life.

ENTER INTO THE LORD’S DAY
(POSSIBLE ACTIVITIES FOR NOVEMBER):

Pray with Hallow Eucharistic Miracles with Saints Alive

Explore the beauty of the Church. Learn about the saints and reflect on the art you see!

• Use the church you attend over Thanksgiving Break

• Take an afternoon with family to tour our Cathedral of Saint Paul or the Basilica of St. Mary

• If you have time, draw pictures of your favorite image or journal about your experience.

• Take a family photo with a beautiful sacred image in the background. Turn this into a small moment of evangelization by making it your Christmas card photo.

Take a family field trip around Our Lady of Grace Church space and learn more about the beautiful and sacred art.

• Tour with Ramond Mitchel, Director of Liturgy and the Sunday Experience on Sunday, November 23 directly following the 11 am Mass at noon. Click here for details.

• Take your own Personal Pilgrimage or sacred journey as you learn about our sacred art and pray with each item.

Create a small sacred space (prayer table/family altar) in your home. Enlist contributions from everyone in your family to make it beautiful (flowers in a small vase, draw pictures for Jesus, etc.). Read this article from FOCUS for 7 tips and 6 examples to help!

Color!

• Great options for little and bigger kids can be found at 21 Catholic Coloring Pages

• Catholic coloring pages for each month can be found at Catholic Coloring Pages

Share passionate projects in which you create (the woodshop, knitting, etc.).  Maybe start a new one as a family or household.  Try cooking Liturgical Recipes or make a Rosary.

Liturgical Living: Near the beginning of the month, visit a family member’s gravesite. Make it neat and bring flowers (if permitted by the cemetery). Share family stories about this person to your family and friends. Learn the Eternal Rest prayer and pray it daily for those you know who have died. Pray for the souls in purgatory for the entire month. Find more suggestions of what to do while visiting a cemetery.

Get Ready for Mass:

• Sunday, November 9 

  • See readings here:  Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome | USCCB   

  • Listen to the Readings and Listen to Biblical Reflections on Sunday Catholic Word Podcast  Sunday Catholic Word | Catholic Answers 

  • Be sure to talk with your family, friends, housemates, fellow parishioners about what impacted you in the readings, homilies, and reflections. 

• Sunday, November 16 

  • See readings here:  Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time | USCCB 

  • Listen to Fr. Mike Schmitz’s Homily Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz 

  • Be sure to talk with your family, friends, housemates, fellow parishioners about what impacted you in the readings, homilies, and reflections. 

• November 23 

  • See readings here:  The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe | USCCB 

  • Read the One Bread One Body Reflection  KING JESUS 

  • Be sure to talk with your family, friends, housemates, fellow parishioners about what impacted you in the readings, homilies, and reflections. 

• Sunday, November 30 

  • See readings here:  First Sunday of Advent | USCCB 

  • Listen to the Reflection Formed Daily Mass Readings & Reflections - Formed  (the link to the actual video is not up yet but will be closer to publish date) 

  • Talk with your family, friends, housemates, fellow parishioners about what impacted you in the readings, homilies, and reflections.