Calming Life's Storms

Key Passage
Then Jesus said to them all, "If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me."
Questions
Adults: Which crosses in your life do you find especially heavy? What or who helps you bear them?
Children: When you have something hard to do, what or who helps you get through it?

Readings

First Reading • Messianic Jerusalem
Zechariah 12:10-11; 13:1 (NRSVCE | GNT | MSG | NLT | NRSVACE)
Psalm
Psalms 63:2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9 (NRSVCE | GNT | MSG | NLT | NRSVACE)
Second Reading • One in Christ Jesus
Galatians 3:26-29 (NRSVCE | GNT | MSG | NLT | NRSVACE)
Related activities & tools
Gospel • Followers of Jesus
Luke 9:18-24 (NRSVCE | GNT | MSG | NLT | NRSVACE)