Not a Superhero
13 September 2015
Proper 19B
Children’s Homily
preached at Trinity Episcopal Church
Ashland, Oregon
10:00 a.m. Sung
Children’s Mass
The Rev. Fr. Tony
Hutchinson, SCP, Ph.D.
What
happened in the story today with Jesus and Peter?
Why
do you think Peter wanted to tell Jesus that he could conquer the Romans?
Why
was Jesus so upset with Peter?
I
wonder if we like to think that God will make things easy for us.
Was
Jesus a superhero? Why or why not?
The
Reading that Joanna did from the Old Testament—why does the speaker say that
bullies will beat him up and pull out his beard?
Does
God love us, even when things are hard?
Let’s
say there are mean people or bullies at school.
Does God still care for us? How
are ways God can help us? Who can we ask
for help? Will things be exactly how we
want? I wonder why Jesus taught us to
thank God even when things are bad.
Look
at all the crosses in this church. Why
do we make the cross a symbol of our faith?
Because it’s “hoorah for Jesus’ death?”
No. Did Jesus pray to be saved
from the cross? And then what
happened? Did he accept what happened,
and still trust God? Isn’t the cross a
symbol that we must accept the painful things we have to go through, just like
Jesus, but still love God?
Here’s
a little prayer that I know that helps when times are rough:
Dear
Jesus, you suffered on a cross but kept your love and trust for God. Help me to see the good things in my life. Please help me to have a happier time and do
what I can to make things better. And
make me patient for the things that I cannot change. Amen.
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