29-Dec-24 (Luke 2:41-52)

In our gospel lesson for today, Jesus stays at the temple while his parents start to go back home. When they figure out that he's not with someone else in their traveling group, they get very worried and rush back to find him. Now I know that we adults often tell you that you should try to be like Jesus, but in this one case, I don't think you should do this. I'm sure your parent would agree.
What you should do that is like what Jesus did is to spend time talking and learning with other people who share your faith and asking questions about it. Think about all the people you go to church with. Some of them have been in the church for a long time and they know a lot about God, about Jesus, and about how we can live in ways that show the world God's love. We'd like very much to help you with the questions you might have about that. Just ask us.
Let's pray about that.

Prayer

God, we thank you for all the people who can help us to know you better and to live in the way you want us to do. Help us to learn from the people around us and help us to share what we've learned with others.
We pray in Jesus' name. AMEN