The Wednesday Word is a special resource that helps children and their families reflect on the Sunday Gospel each week. It is shared with school every Wednesday and provides a simple and engaging way to explore the message of the upcoming Gospel reading. Through stories, prayers, and activities, the Wednesday Word encourages children to think about how they can live out the values of the Gospel in their daily lives. It also supports families in coming together to grow in faith and deepen their understanding of the teachings of Jesus.

This Week's Wednesday Word

✨ This Week’s Wednesday Word: MESSENGER ✨

This week’s Gospel reminds us that God sends messengers to guide us and help us remember what is most important. Jesus tells the story of a landowner who sends his servants to the tenants of his vineyard, but the tenants refuse to listen to them. The servants in the story represent God’s messengers, the Prophets. Messenger

Jesus’ message encourages us not only to listen to God’s messengers, but also to recognise that we can be God’s messengers too, sharing his love and joy through our words and, especially, through our actions. Messenger

💛 What does “messenger” mean?
A messenger is someone who brings or shares a message with others. God’s messengers help people to know him and understand his love. Today, our families, teachers, priests, schools and parishes can all help to share the message of Jesus. We too can be messengers whenever our words and actions show God’s love, kindness and peace.

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Ideas for Families at Home:
Ask your child: What does the word “messenger” mean to you?

Talk together about who God’s messengers are today. Who has helped your child learn about Jesus? You might share with them someone who brought the Good News of Jesus to you when you were younger, such as a family member, teacher, priest or friend. Messenger

Discuss ways that we can be God’s messengers this week, such as:
• being a peacemaker when people disagree
• showing love and kindness to those around us
• beginning the day with a quiet moment of prayer
• telling others why our faith is important to us
• sharing God’s joy through the way we treat other people. Messenger

Ask your child: If your actions could give someone one message about God this week, what would you want that message to be?

🙏 Family Prayer
Dear Lord Jesus,
thank you for all your messengers who help us to know you.
Help us to be your faithful messengers,
so that others will come to know the joy of loving you.
Amen. Messenger

Let’s help our children understand that we can all be God’s messengers. Through simple acts of love, kindness and peace at home, at school and in our community, we can share the Good News of Jesus with those around us. ✨

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