3.1 EXPRESSING THE JOY OF GOD’S GRACE
The different ways of giving are giving joyfully from
FAITH is one’s complete trust and confidence with
God.
SACRIFICE an act of offering something precious/ an
act of giving up for the sake of others.
GENEROSITY an act of sharing/giving
wholeheartedly.
 We give thanks to God in the offertory.
 We help the Church in its mission when we share
our blessings as our offering.
 Jesus is perfect offering for He showed God’s
love by sacrificing His life for us.
 Through God’s infinite goodness and lover, we
are blessed and given what we need. Examples:
life, talents and people
Song of Generosity
I read in the big book that you gave your life for me
That it caused you so much, when you hang upon the tree
I wanna give, give, give, give oh who oh (3x)
Give to you Lord and give to the others
Give joyfully from your heart.
In the song, what are the different ways of giving?
your heart to the Lord and to others.
To whom are we asked to give? We are asked to
give to the Lord and others like our parents,
classmates, teachers, neighbors.
What are the ways we can give to others? Some of
the ways we can give to others is by helping them
when they are in need. Giving them food and
clothes.
 Joyful giving from the heart is true giving.
 Our classmates, friends and families are more
important than material things. They are gifts of
God to us.
 They make us feel God’s great love for us and we
need to pass the love to others by helping and
sharing them especially to the poor.
 Who gave us the example of what true generosity
is? It is Jesus who gave up everything
wholeheartedly. He offered His life for us.
 Jesus wants us to share something to the poor.
Jesus emphasizes the importance of sincerity of
giving.
 A POOR WIDOW
 He sat down opposite the treasury and observed
how the crowd put money into the treasury.
 Many rich people put in large sums.
 A poor widow also came and put in two small
coins worth a few cents.
 Jesus said to His disciples “Amen, I say to you,
this poor widow put in more than all the other
contributors to the treasury. For they have all
contributed from their surplus wealth, but from
her poverty, she has contributed all she had, her
whole livelihood.”
What is the moral lesson of the story? You have to
give sincerely. You should give willingly and
wholeheartedly. When you give, you should not
expect anything in return.
 LITURGY OF THE WORD – the first part of the
Mass
 LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST – second part of the
Mass
 OFFERTORY marks the second part of the Holy
Mass. It is the Liturgy of the Eucharist.
- It is the part of the Eucharist when the bread
and wine are offered and placed on the altar
and will become the Body and Blood of Jesus
during the consecration (blessing).
 In the Book of Leviticus from the Old Testament,
an important part of their worship are the rituals
where they offer animals or other items for
sacrifice.
Some of the kinds of offerings from the Old
Testament:
Type of Sacrifice Items to be Sacrificed
Sacrifices to ask A young bull, goat, lamb, dove,
forgiveness pigeon, ram or flour
Sacrifices to ask the Fat or inner organs of a bull,
Lord’s blessing male sheep or goat, bread
without yeast
Sacrifices to give thanks Wheat flour, olive oil, yeast-
to the Lord free bread, honey loaves
 In the New Testament during the early Christian
times, they bought something to share for those
who are in need.
 In our time now, the bread and wine are offered
together with the fruits, flowers, canned goods,
money or any gift we can afford. These are the
blessings we receive from God and offering those
in the Eucharist is a way of sharing our blessings
with others who are in needs.
 Why are the gifts offered during offertory are
important?
The gifts we offered during offertory whether it is
in kind or monetary are important for:
o the projects of the Church
o it is given to the different groups the Church
supports
o for the mission of the Church in helping those
who are in need, the poor, sick, dying and in
prison
 Our Holy Mother, the Church, says that those
who are well off and are also willing, give as each
chooses.
 God has given us many gifts, but the most
important gifts are the gifts of people, our
friends and family.
 The PERFECT GIFT He has given us is Jesus, His
only Son who offered His life for us.
 Sacrificing His life for us is the proof that God
loves us so much.
 We remember His great sacrifice in the Eucharist
that is why during the offertory, we offer what
we can as a sign of our gratefulness to God for all
His blessings and our way of helping the Church.
TEST OF ABRAHAM
 Abraham’s faith was put to test by the Lord.
 He is called the Father of Faith
 SARAH is the wife of Abraham
 The Lord said “Leave your country, your
relatives and your father’s home and go to a
land that I will show you. I will give you many
descendants and they will become great
nations. I will bless you and make your name
famous, so that you will be a blessing. I will
bless those who bless you but I will curse
those who curse you and through you I will
bless all the nations.”
 Without any doubt, Abraham obeyed God.
 Since he was faithful to the will of God, he and
his wife was rewarded with a son, Isaac.
 They loved Isaac so much because they waited
a long time to have a son. They took care and
protected Isaac very well.
 MT. MORIAH – the mountain where Abraham
offered Isaac to God.
WORDS TO REMEMBER
1. EXAMINATION OF CONSCIENCE – think of your
unloving thoughts, words and actions that may
hurt God and others.
2. CONTRITION - to be sorry
3. PENANCE – prayer or action that the priest asks
you to say or do to show God that you are truly
sorry and that you want to do better.
4. ABSOLUTION – prayer said by the Priest while
making the sign of the cross over you to show
that Christ has forgiven you.

STEPS IN MAKING CONFESSION

1. Sign of the cross – In the name of the Father, the
Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen
2. “Bless me Father for I have sinned. This is my
first confession. My sins are… (tell your sins)
For these and all my sins, I am very sorry.
3. The priest will give some advice then he will tell
you what to do or what to pray for to help make
up for what you did wrong (penance).
4. The Priest blesses you. Make the sign of the cross
when the Priest raises his hands to give you the
absolution (forgiveness).
5. Do not forget to thank the Priest.
3.2 REMINDING ONESELF OF GOD’S LOVE
OBEDIENCE is doing and following the order
without hesitation.
 Jesus is present in the Eucharist in the form of
bread and wine.
 The Eucharist is a memorial of Christ’s Paschal
Mystery.
 Paschal Mystery is the passion, death and
Resurrection of Jesus Christ.
 We behave properly during the Holy Eucharist to
give respect.
 Meal time is a sacred time for the family because
it is the time, they can share storied with each
other of what happened at school or work.
 Meal time is an important moment in the family
because it bonds the family, just as the Last
Supper of Jesus with His disciples.
 Meal time is a Eucharistic celebration that we are
gathered to celebrate and be reminded of God’s
unconditional love for us.
 Bread and wine symbolize the body and blood of
Christ. It points to the sacrifice of Jesus.
 Jesus’ offering shows only one thing – how much
He loves us that He is ready to give Himself to us
totally.
 Passover is an important Jewish feast.
o The Jewish people celebrate Passover as a
commemoration of their liberation (freedom)
over 3,000 years ago by God from their slavery
in ancient Egypt.
o Narrative of the Exodus – the Bible tells tat
God helped the Israelites escape from their
slavery in Egypt by inflicting 10 plagues upon
the ancient Egyptians before the Pharaoh
would release his Israelite slaves.
o The 10th and the worst of the plagues
(curse/infections) was the death of the
Egyptian firstborn.
o The Israelites were instructed to mark the
doorposts of their homes with the blood of a
slaughtered spring lamb. Upon seeing this, the
spirit of the Lord knew to pass over the first
born in these homes, that is why it is called
Passover.
o Jesus chose the time of the Passover to fulfill
what he has announced at Capernaum –
giving his disciples his Body and Blood.
o Jesus, to remind the Israelites, gave them the
perfect example of what happened in the feast
of the Passover. He gave them that example
to symbolize His death and Resurrection.
 o Jesus freed us from the chains of slavery and o The Eucharist is a memorial of the sacrifice of
even death. Christ because it makes present and actual
the sacrifice., which Christ offered, to the
 Last supper is the final meal that Jesus shared Father on the cross, once and for all in behalf
with his Apostles in Jerusalem before his of humanity.
crucifixion. It is when Jesus instituted the Holy o That is why we are saved from sin.
Eucharist. o Let’s make it a habit to meet Jesus in the
 By celebrating the Last Supper with his apostles Eucharist.
in the course of the Passover meal, Jesus gave o The Eucharistic celebration gathers and
the Jewish Passover its definitive meaning. unites us as one family in remembering the
 The new Passover is Jesus’s passing over to his passion, death and resurrection of Christ,
father by his death and Resurrection. It is which is made present to us through the
anticipated in the Supper and celebrated in the bread and wine.
Eucharist.
 Eucharistic prayer is the heart of the Liturgy of
the Eucharist.
o The priest recites the actual words of Jesus at
the Last Supper.
o And he took the bread and when he had given
thanks, he broke it and gave it to them,
saying ‘This is my body which is given for you:
do this in remembrance of me.’ And the cup
in like manner after the supper saying, ‘This
cup is the new covenant in my blood, even
that which is poured out of you.’
o In this prayer, the celebrant acts in the person
of Christ as head of his body, the Church.
 MOSES
 God saw the suffering of His chosen people, the
Israelites. They were made slaves by the Egyptians.
 Since God loved them so much, He wanted them to
be saved from slavery.
 God called Moses and commanded him to ask the
Pharaoh to free the Israelites.
 Moses hesitated at first for he knew it would not be
easy.
 But God said “I will be with you.”
 Moses and his brother Aaron, went to Egypt to fulfil
God’s plan of saving the Israelites from slavery.
 God performed through Moses number of signs and
wonders to prove his power to the Pharaoh. Those
were 10 plagues. The last plague was the worst, the
death of the first born.
 God is powerful, because the death off the firstborn
from the son of the Pharaoh to the firstborn of the
animals in Egypt, the Pharaoh decided to set the
Israelites free.
 Moses was a symbol of an obedient follower of
God.
 His life was totally dedicated in the mission asked
by God.
 He was the instrument used by God to free His
chosen people out of slavery in Egypt.
3.3 ASKING THE NECESSARY THINGS IN LIFE
TRUTHFULNESS is being honest in telling the truth
at all times.
 The Lord’s Prayer is the prayer that Jesus Himself
taught us.
 The Lord’s Prayer is composed of the you and we
petitions.
 We ask necessary things in prayer. This means we
only ask for things we need and not for things we
want.
 Our Holy Mother, the Church, says that this is the
most perfect prayer.
 This prayer not only teaches us to ask for things, but
also in what order we should desire them
 Christmas is truly a season of giving and sharing.
o It is a season that we look forward to receive
gifts from our parents or godparents.
o This is why some of us have a very long wish
lists you have been praying so hard to receive.
o Jesus reminds us in the prayer He taught us to
ask for what is important in our life.
The Lord’s Prayer, the Prayer Jesus Himself Taught Us
 When you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, who
love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on
street corners so that others may see them.
 Amen, I say to you, they have received their reward.  Consists of 7 petitions to our Father.
 But when you pray, go to your inner room, close the Petitions Meaning Short
door and pray to your Father in secret. And your Meaning
Father who sees in secret will repay you. 1. Our - By virtue of baptism we
 In praying, do not babble like the pagans, who think Father in become children of God so
they will be heard because of their many words. Do heaven we start the prayer and call
not be like them. Him “Our Father.”
 One of the beautiful messages of The Lord’s Prayer - We are all members of His
“Give us this day our daily bread”. This reminds us family and He wants us, His
Children to address and call
to live our lives on things that are necessary.
him as loving Father.
 For St. Thomas Aquinas, this is the most perfect
2. Hallowed - We should always Your
prayer because it presents the essential content of
by Thy Name remember that His name is Petitions
the Gospel. It is more than a prayer for it is Holy and sacred, so we
 Jesus is the one who taught us this prayer. This is should show respect to Him We relate
the prayer He gave His disciples when they asked being our God and Father. to God
Him “Lord, teach us to pray.” - Always treat God with and the
highest respect. right way
What does it mean to learn from Jesus how to pray? 3. Thy - We pray that only the will of serving
 Learning from Jesus how to pray means we join him Kingdom of God, His ways of peace, Him
in prayer and be led by Him step by step to the come harmony and justice prevail.
Father. 4. Thy will - The place we lived in will be
 At the start of it, He asks us to say “Our Father”, by be done, on like heaven, like the
saying this we express our relationship with god as earth as it kingdom of God if we try to
His adopted sons and daughters. is in do what God is asking us to
heaven. do each day.
 God wants us to say our prayers with all honesty
and sincerity. He listens to our plea and grant us and
Petition Meaning Short
answers all our prayers.
Meaning
5. Give us - We ask God only for what is We
THE LORD’S PRAYER
this day our important and necessary Petitions  But King Solomon was a king who instead of asking
daily bread and not what we want. material possessions, he asked for more important
- We get reminded to pray Present ones.
and call God and ask Him our basic  One day, there were 2 prostitute who came to him
daily for what we need. needs to bringing a single baby boy. Both of them are
6. Forgive - Relying on our own power our mothers and that they lived together in the same
us our will be difficult to forgive Father.
place where both of them gave birth to a baby boy.
trespasses, others, but believing in the God cares
 One baby boy was found dead one morning. The
as we grace of God, nothing is about our
needs. women were accusing each other that after
forgive impossible.
those who - We need to forgive and ask discovering her baby boy had died.
trespassed for forgiveness to those who  One of the mothers was claiming that the other had
against us have offended us. stolen the other’s baby and replaced it with the dead
- We should also be sorry for one.
the things we have done to  To know who is telling the truth, King Solomon
others and promise not to ordered his soldier to cut the baby into two so both
do them again. can have a piece of the baby.
7. And lead - We ask God to protect us  The other mother begged King Solomon to give the
us not into and keep us from doing baby to the other woman for she knows that when
temptation something bad. the baby is cut, the baby will surely die.
but deliver - We call God to keep us  Hearing her plea, King Solomon knew she was the
us from away from temptations. real mother, for a mother will sacrifice a lot for the
evil. - This part of the prayer will
sake of her child.
make us feel strong and
 Kind Solomon’s decision was the wisest ever, that is
courageous to do what is
right.
why he is known as the wisest king.
Amen
KING SOLOMON 3.4 RECEIVING CHRIST, THE BREAD OF LIFE
 King in the olden days were known for their great PATIENCE is one’s capacity to endure suffering
power, riches and fame.
without complaining.

 We should be worthy and without sin when we
receive the body and blood of Christ during
communion.
 The Holy Communion unites us with Christ and
the Church.
JESUS CLEANSES A LEPER; THE CENTURION’S FAITH
LEPROSY – is an infectious disease that causes
severe, disfiguring skin sores and nerve damage in
the arms, legs and skin areas around the body.
LEPER – a person who has leprosy
CENTURION – Roman army/soldier
Jesus came down from the mountain, a large
crowd followed Him.
A leper came to Him and bowed down before
Him and said “Lord, if You are willing, You can
make me clean.”
Jesus stretched out His hand and touched him, “I
am willing, be cleansed.”
Immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
Jesus said to him, “See that you tell no one; but
go show yourself to the priest and present the
offering that Moses commanded as a testimony
to them.”
As Jesus entered Capernaum, a centurion came
to Him, imploring Him saying, “Lord, my servant
is laying paralyzed at home, fearfully tormented.”
“I will come and heal him.” Jesus said.
The centurion said, “Lord, I am not worthy for
You to come under my room, but just say the
word, and my servant will be healed. For I am a
man under authority, with soldiers under men
and I say to this one “Go” and he goes, to
another “Come!” he comes and to my slave, “Do
this!” and he does it.
Jesus marveled and said to those who were
following that he has not found such great faith
with anyone in Israel.
He said to the centurion, “Go it shall be done for
you as you have believed.”
And the servant was healed at the very moment.
Moral lesson of the reading - During Holy
Communion, our eyes see nothing but a host. But
we are told that it is Jesus Himself. For us to see
and experience that, we do need faith like that of
the centurion.
HOLY COMMUNION is the part of the Eucharistic
Celebration wherein we receive the body and blood
of Jesus in the form of bread and wine.
Jesus tells us that wherever we receive Him, we
are in communion with Him or one with Him.
SANCTIFYING GRACE is God’s freely given gift by
which we are made holy whenever we receive the
Holy Communion.
WHOLE HEARTEDLY – we must receive the Holy
Communion wholeheartedly for us to receive
abundant graces.
How can we receive the Holy Communion
worthily?
To receive the Holy Communion worthily, one
must be free from sin.
We should fast at least one hour before receiving
the Holy Communion out of reverence for the
body and blood of Jesus.
Wear decent clothes when attending the Holy
Eucharist.
What are the things that we can do to receive the
graces of Holy Communion?
We should free ourselves from sin and receive
the Holy Communion wholeheartedly.
The Eucharist becomes a meal of communion – a
sign of unity and a bond of charity.
PROPHET JEREMIAH
 God tells Jeremiah that He “knew” him before
he was formed within the womb.
 God already knew Jeremiah’s strengths and
weaknesses.
 He already knew Jeremiah would possess what
God wanted to use during this trying time of
Israel’s story.
 Before Jeremiah was born, God had already
set him aside for a special task which he would
give him years later as a young adult.
 Jeremiah was afraid at first because he was
still young and doesn’t know how to speak
well. He was not sure if he can do the mission
God wanted him to do what he denied God’s
call.
 But God promised him that he will be guided.
“Then the Lord stretched out His hand and
touched my mouth and the Lord said to me,
Behold I have put My words in your mouth.”
 When Jeremiah spoke by inspiration, the
words came to him by God’s Spirit.
3.5 SHARING GOD’S WORD AND WITNESSING HIS
LOVE
SINCERITY is doing the things with no pretensions.
 Jesus sends all of us just as He sent his apostles.
 Jesus wants us to bring the Good News to others
and share His love.
 Loving Jesus is easy for the simple hearted but
difficult for those who are so full of themselves.
 When we love Jesus, we can do what God asks
us, to be obedient and kind, respectful and
helpful.
 Everyone of us is called to do something in our
daily life.
 When we love Jesus, we imitate Jesus’ kindness
toward the sick, the poor, the outcasts and
sinners.
 When we love Jesus, we follow His example of
compassion and love even if others don’t show
the same for us.
JESUS IN GALILEE (The Gospel of Matthew)
 The 11 disciples went to Galilee, the mountain to
which Jesus had ordered them.
 When they saw Jesus, they worshipped, but
doubted.
 Jesus said, “All power in heaven and on earth has
been given to me. Go, therefore, and make disciples
of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the
Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
teaching them to observe all that I have commanded
you. An behold, I am with you always, until the end
of the age.”
 This Gospel narrates us the commissioning or the
send-off of the Apostles, which is an episode in the
life of Jesus that appears in all three Synoptic
Gospels – Matthew, Mark and Luke but not in the
Gospel of John.
What does it mean to be sent?
 Being “sent” connotes a mission.
 In the Gospel of Matthew, it presents Jesus
gathering His apostles in one of Matthew’s favorite
places – a mountain.
 The mountain, in a tradition of the Jews, is a holy
place because the Ten Commandments were given
to Moses on a mountain.
 Many events in the life of Jesus happened on a
mountain. Jesus delivered a total of 5 sermons in
the mountain which is the name number in
Pantateuch, the traditional book of Moses.
 Faith according to Matthew is not always strong as it
should be. But even, with little faith, the disciples
were sent forth on a mission by Jesus.
Things we should remember as “SENT BEINGS”
To be sent on a mission is the same as being
entrusted to do a task, which may be big or small
but requires to be fulfilled.
Remember that:  God the Father loves His Son Jesus. They are
1. The mission is for all, whether big or small, we together happily. This is the kind of relationship
are all called to be like Jesus’ disciples. He wants us also have and experience.
We are to “make disciples of all nation” –  The Mass is our nourishment. It unites us to
meaning, we are all called to do our part in spite Christ and to the whole Church. It is the
of our differences. sacrament that inspires and encourages us to
2. The way of the mission is: To baptize “in the live out the call of Jesus to love one another by
name of the Father, and of the Son and of the making disciples of all nations.
Holy Spirit”.
This is not to literally baptize people. The priests
and ministers do that.
Our mission is first to see ourselves a member of
God’s family, the Church and community.
3. We must love Jesus. The disciples are to teach
people “to observe all” that he has commanded
them. If we do not love Jesus it will be hard to
follow what He asks us. If we follow Jesus, we
are supposed to change.
To change is a call to be better or become new.
4. To believe that God will always be with us. This
is an assurance that whatever happens, God is
with us for He said, “I am with you always.” We
just need to trust Him more.
KESZ’ STORY
 Kesz was born to a poor family.
 When he was only 2 years old, his father forced
him to work, to get things from garbage or
anything that can be sold.
 The money will be used by his father to buy some
drugs and alcohol.
 When Kesz was 4 years old, he ran away from his
family and started to live in the streets and sleep
in the public cemetery with other street children.
 At the age of 7, something happened to him. He
was scavenging with his friend when he fell on a
pile of burning tires causing him a severe injury.
 His arm was burned. He was brought to the
community day care where he met Harnin
Manalaysay.
 He treated Kesz wounds and later adopted him
under his care.
 Harnin used the example of the life story of Kesz
to campaign and bring awareness to many
Filipinos about children’s rights.
 Because of this, Kesz was able to help more than
10,000 children in his community through his
Caring Children Organization.
 Kesz’s story won in the International Children’s
Peace Prize at the Netherlands.