1. Opening hymn.
2. Recitation of the "Our Father".
3. A reading from the Bible: Ac 20, 7-20.
4. A reading from the Teaching of the Church:
1. Sunday is the heart of the entire liturgical year because it celebrates the Lord's death and resurrection, which is the center of the whole of history and the source from which all saving grace springs. This is how it was understood and celebrated by the Apostles and the first Christian communities.
2. From the beginning, the Eucharist has been the center of Sunday. This is what the martyrs of Abitene said when they were caught celebrating the Eucharist on a Sunday. When they were interrogated as to why they had transgressed the emperor's severe command, they replied, "Sine dominico non possumus": that is, if we do not meet in assembly on Sunday to celebrate the Eucharist, we cannot live. We would lack the strength to face our daily problems and not succumb.
3. However, Sunday is not exhausted in the celebration of the Eucharist. It is prolonged in other celebrations and experiences, such as family gatherings, concern and attention for the poor, rest, etc.
4. For this reason it is necessary to emphasize and highlight the Sunday Eucharist and Sunday itself as a special day of faith, the day of the Risen Lord and the gift of the Spirit. Participation in the Eucharist should be the center of Sunday for every baptized person. This is an inescapable duty that must be carried out not only to fulfill a precept, but also as a requirement of a truly conscious and coherent Christian life. The duty to take part in the Eucharist every Sunday is one specific aspect of the Christian community's identity, even when it is living in circumstances where it is a small minority, or in isolated or difficult conditions.
5. By bringing Christians together weekly as the family of God around the table of the Word and the Bread of Life, the Sunday Eucharist is also the most effective antidote against dispersion because it is the privileged place where communion is cultivated and lived continuously.
6. For all these reasons, the Sunday Eucharist must be the center of the parents' and the family's devotion. When children see their parents taking part with them in the Sunday Eucharist, they will incorporate it into their lives and make it the main sustenance of their devotion. Participation as a family in the Sunday Eucharist is an ideal to strive for, thereby signifying its supremacy over all the other noble and worthy activities on Sunday.
7. If there is proper participation in the Eucharist, especially by receiving Holy Communion, this urges us to live the dimension of Christian charity. For this reason, parents must be a living example for their children of concern for the poor and needy.
8. To receive the Sacrament of the Eucharist worthily, when someone is conscious of having committed a mortal sin, it is necessary to have recourse to the Sacrament of Reconciliation because as Saint Paul says, "Anyone who eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord unworthily is answerable for the body and blood of the Lord" (1 Cor 11:27).
5. Reflections of the leader.
6. Dialogue:
7. Commitments.
8. Recitation of the "Hail Mary" and invocation: "Regina familiae. Ora pro nobis".
9. Prayer for the family: O God, you gather us together every Sunday around the table of your Word and your Son's Body and Blood to celebrate the memorial of the Risen Lord. We ask that when the Sunday without sunset comes, you will let us live as a united family and praise your mercy forever. Through Jesus Christ Our Lord.
10. Closing hymn.