Set Apart for God: The Meaning of Holiness
Please begin by saying the Prayer to the Holy Family found on page 2 of the Retreat Guide. Then, watch the video below. When you are done, continue with Section 1 in the retreat guide.
The Scripture Reflection artwork and questions are provided below in a larger format than the printed PDF to increase your child’s engagement.
Scripture with Reflection Questions
Read this Scripture passage prayerfully and carefully. Don’t rush. Reflect upon Rembrandt’s painting of St. Paul writing in prison as an additional way of entering into this mystery.
Ephesians 4:1-7, 22-24; 5:1-2
I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all lowliness and meekness, with patience, forbearing one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of us all, who is above all and through all and in all. But grace was given to each of us according to the measure of Christ’s gift.
Put off your old nature which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful lusts, and be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and put on the new nature, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.
Therefore, be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
Questions to Discuss
- What does this passage reveal about what happens when we are baptized?
- What are some ways we can “be imitators of God, as beloved children?
- What do you notice in the painting of St. Paul in Prison?
- Do you know why Paul was in prison and who put him there?