A Call to Repentance – Third Sunday of Lent

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Lesson Overview

In the Gospel for the third Sunday of Lent, Jesus tells a story of a fig tree that hasn’t grown any fruit for three years. The owner of the tree wanted to cut it down, but the gardener asked to care for the tree for another year in the hope that it would finally produce fruit. In many ways, we are like this fig tree. In this lessons, students will consider how Jesus helps them to grow and assess their progress so far this Lent.

Lesson Materials

Gospel Reflection

  • Have students read the Gospel passage, or read it aloud to your students, and then answer the focus questions. You may have students answer them on their own or you may discuss them together as a class.
  • Review and discuss the correct answers when finished.

Activity

  • Have students complete the Handout B: The Fig Tree activity. Then, ask for volunteers to share about how their Lenten journey has been going so far. Specifically, ask what students have done to help others, how their Lenten fast has been going, what challenges they have encountered in keeping their fast, and if they have any experiences of prayer they’d like to share about.
  • Conclude by showing the video of the song “Broken Vessels (Amazing Grace)” by Hillsong Worship, found at the following link: SophiaOnline.org/BrokenVessels. Invite your students to prayerfully reflect on their Lenten journey using the song. They may close their eyes and listen, or follow the lyrics in the video.

Answer Key

Handout A: Gospel Reading

  1. “Do you think that because these Galileans suffered in this way they were greater sinners than all other Galileans?”
  2. “If you do not repent, you will all perish as they did!
  3. It had not produced fruit in 3 years.
  4. The gardener asked to give the fig tree one more year, during which time he would cultivate the ground around it and fertilize it.
  5. If the tree had not produced fruit by the next year he could cut it down.

Handout B: The Fig Tree

Accept reasoned answers for all questions.

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