The family can sing a refrain or an acclamation such as Your word, Lord, is truth, and your law, deliverance or Glory to Christ, eternal Word of the living God. Glory to you, Lord. Another alternative would be to sing one of the Lenten Gospel acclamations, such as, “Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ, king of endless glory!” Depending on the age of the children, one of the parents reads all or part of the Sunday’s Gospel and concludes by saying: The word of the Lord. All respond with: Thanks be to God. Children and parents are invited to repeat a word or a sentence that they particularly noticed or were touched by. The parent concludes by repeating the words of Paul in his Letter to the Romans of the first Sunday of Lent: If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. Repeat the song or the acclamation as you put down the Bible in an open position. Then one of the parents invites the family to pray together in the words of Jesus, the living Word, for protection and deliverance from evil. Our Father… And may God bless us and keep us. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
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