Please read today’s Gospel Luke 13:1-9

How would you explain Jesus’ parable to a friend, to a young child? Remember a parable can have more than one meaning so each family member may have a different interpretation and be correct. The Lenten season calls us to repent, to turn away from our sins, our selfishness, anger, dishonesty, envy, etc

Dialogue: Talk about some sins and the opposite virtues, and how Jesus wants us to act. When we turn away from sin and follow Jesus we reflect more clearly the risen life that he shares with us through Baptism.

Activity: Ask each family member to write down some of their sins on a small piece of paper, then tear it up into small pieces and burn them or throw them in the garbage as a sign of rejecting sin. On another piece of paper write a good way of acting, a virtue to practice, and ask each one to put that in a special place and look at it often.