20th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C Gospel Passage Luke 12:49-53 This gospel is about: Following Jesus. “I have come to bring Division, Not Peace.” Focus: To boldly proclaim our faith, seng the Earth on fire with love for Jesus. Catechist Context: Like the prophets before him and the martyrs aſter him, Jesus knew that living justly would put him at odds with many in the world. When we follow Jesus’ example, we too may face opposion. God offers us grace to be strong. With our eyes on Jesus, we embrace the struggle. Liturgical Season: Ordinary Time; use the green prayer cloth. Addional Acvies: Set the World on Fire Memory Game You will need one chair for each child set up in a circle to lead this acvity. This memory game will help the children see some of the different ways we can do good works and help spread the love of God to others. Provide the children with the following instrucon, personalizing as needed. “We will all go around the circle and each person will say one thing that he or she can do to set the world on fire with love for Jesus. We will do this as we go around one by one, but when it is your turn, you will also name all of the things your other classmates said before you.” If at any point the student cannot remember what was said before, have the rest of class help him or her out. Alternavely, you could restart the game from the child whose acon was forgoen.