Overcoming Jealousy

Key Passage
Then Herod sent the [magi] to Bethlehem, saying, "Go and search diligently for the child; and when you have found him bring me word so that I may also go and pay him homage." (Matthew 2:8)
Questions
Adults: When have you been jealous or fearful of another person? When are such feelings harmful?
Children: When have you been jealous because something good happened to another person instead of you? What is the problem with feeling that way?
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Readings

First Reading • Glory of the New Zion
Isaiah 60:1-6 (NRSVCE | GNT | MSG | NLT | NRSVACE)
Psalm
Psalms 72:1-2, 7-8, 10-11, 12-13 (NRSVCE | GNT | MSG | NLT | NRSVACE)
Second Reading • Commission to Preach God's Plan
Ephesians 3:2-3a, 5-6 (NRSVCE | GNT | MSG | NLT | NRSVACE)
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Gospel • The Visit of the Magi
Matthew 2:1-12 (NRSVCE | GNT | MSG | NLT | NRSVACE)
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