December 6, 2020

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

This Week's Focus:
December 6 (Second Sunday of Advent)

Theme:  The Angelus
Chapters in the Book:  13 (pages 95-99)  

Sunday Readings:  ENGLISH     SPANISH

Tami Maurer, Coordinator of Religious Education
Grades K-2
Video:  My Time with Jesus - The Immaculate Conception of Mary
Activity:  Queen Mary Art Project

Grades 3-5
Video:  The Meaning of the Immaculate Conception
Activity:  Miraculous Medal Craft

Grades 6-8
Video:  The Immaculate Conception Explained
Activity:  Mary Cookie Recipe (For Feast Day)
Activity:  Miraculous Medal Craft

Chad Grube, Director of Adult Faith Formation & Evangelization

"Before remaking humanity, God willed to consult with humanity, so that there would be no destruction of human dignity; the particular person whom He consulted was a Woman.  In the beginning, it was man who was asked to ratify the gift; this time it is a Woman.  The mystery of the Incarnation is very simply that of God's asking a woman to freely give Him a human nature.  In so many words, through the Angel, He was saying:  'Will you make Me a man?'  As from the first Adam came the first Eve, so now, in the rebirth of man's dignity, the new Adam will come from the new Eve.  And in Mary's free consent we have the only human nature which was ever born in perfect liberty."

            -- The World's First Love by Venerable Fulton J. Sheen
 

Resources

• Outside Resources
  • Angelus Bells (includes an app for your phone)
  • Origins of the Angelus
  • History of the Angelus Prayer
  • The Annuciation & Mary's Fiat - A Homily by St. Bernard of Clairvaux
  • Feast of the Annunciation - God Becomes Man by St. Leo the Great
  • Why Praying the Angelus is Awesome by Fr. Jonathan Meyer (VIDEO)
  • The Annunciation:  Mary "Kept" and "Pondered" by Dr. Brandt Pitre (VIDEO)
  • The Virgin Mary:  The Masterpiece of God by Fr. Donald Colloway (VIDEO)
  • Marialis Cultus - Apostolic Exhortation by Pope Paul VI (includes a section about the Angelus)
  • Mother Angelica on the Annunciation (AUDIO)
  • Could Mary have said "No" at the Annunciation? by Jimmy Akin (VIDEO)
  • Praying the Angelus:  The Basics by Jared Dees in Catholic Digest
  • What is the Angelus? by D.D. Emmons