April 4, 2021

Small Lived Experiences of the Faith
Based on Signs of Life by Scott Hahn

This Week's Focus:
April 4 (Easter Sunday)

Theme:  Posture
Chapters in the Book:  10 (pages 77-82)  

Sunday Readings:  ENGLISH     SPANISH

Tami Maurer, Coordinator of Religious Education
For All Grade Levels - "Postures"
Video:  Why Stand, Sit, & Kneel by Fr. Brice Higginbotham

For All Grade Levels - "Easter"
Activities & Crafts:  Several Easter-themed things from "Catholic Icing"

Grades K-2 (Easter)
Video:  Easter Sunday (Cycle B) from Catholic Kids Media

Grades 3-8 (Easter)
Video:  Easter Special from Fr. Mike Schmitz

Chad Grube, Director of Adult Faith Formation & Evangelization

“[O]ur religion, our prayer, demands bodily expression.  Because the Lord, the Risen One, gives himself in the Body, we have to respond in soul and body....all the spiritual possibilities of our body are necessarily included in celebrating the Eucharist:  singing, speaking, keeping silence, sitting, standing, kneeling.”

            -- God Is Near Us:  The Eucharistic, the Heart of Life 
                by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger

Resources

• Resources on FORMED
  • Nothing applicable
• Outside Resources
  • Why Do We Sit, Stand, and Kneel at Mass? by Bishop Christopher Coyne
  • 3 Reasons Why Catholics Genuflect by Fr. Mike Schmitz
  • ​​​​​​​That Catholic Show by Jennifer Willits (Episode #1:  Sit, Stand, and Kneel)
  • Catechism of the Catholic Church #1145-1155 (on Signs & Symbols
  • Stand, Sit, Kneel.  Does it Matter How You Pray by Philip Kosloski
  • Sit, Stand, Kneel, Stand:  Catholic Aerobics by Sara & Justin Kraft
  • Why the Various Postures at Mass by Fr. Edward McNamara
  • New Advent on Genuflection & Postures of Prayer​​​​​​​