As part of the Confirmation process, you are required to do service in various areas, one of which is service to the family. This service could be babysitting, caring for a sick or elderly family member, or helping your family around the house. Service means you are not getting paid for the work you are doing. You must do this type of service twice over the course of the two-year process and each time needs to be at least 3 hours of service. Please read the Scripture passage and YOUCAT selection below before you complete your service. Once the service is complete, go back and re-read the selections and answer the questions below.
“Children, obey your parents [in the Lord], for this is right. ‘Honor your father and mother.’ This is the first commandment with a promise, ‘that it may go well with you and that you may have a long life on earth.’ Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up with the training and instruction of the Lord.” (Ephesians 6:1-4)
“Jesus was a child who received love and affection from his parents and was brought up by them. Thus he increased “in wisdom and in stature, and in favor with God and man” (Lk 2:52); he belonged to a Jewish village community and took part in its religious rituals; he learned a trade and had to prove his ability as a craftsman. The fact that God in Jesus willed to be born into a human family and to grow up in it has made the family a place where God is present and a prototype of a helping community.” (YOUCAT 86)