November 13, 2021: Chapter 4

 Chapter 4: Jesus Works Among the People 

Opening Prayer: Hail Mary 

Vocabulary: 

• Trust - To believe in someone’s love for us 

1. Chapter Story 

• Listen to the story and then answer the following: 

• What are some of the ways that you and your family make guests feel welcomed? 

• How do people welcome you into their home 

2. We Believe 

• We Believe that John the Baptist helped people to get ready for Jesus. 

• John the Baptist was the cousin of Jesus!

• When John grew up, he became one of God's helpers.

• John went around and told everyone that they should put God first in their lives. 

• Question: What are some ways to put God first in your life?

• God gave John an important message to share. John wanted the people to know that Jesus is the person God promised to send. He also wanted them to know that  they would soon be able to see and hear this person. They could get ready by sharing and by being kind and fair to others.

• Many people heard John's message and this helped the people get ready to welcome Jesus, the Son of God, into their lives. 

• Here are some ways that we can welcome Jesus:

• Share with our friends 

• Say our prayers

• Be fair when we Play 

• Saying “Please” and “Thank you”

• Help my family at home 

• We believe Jesus shared God's love with all people. 

• Jesus went from town to town teaching people.

• He told them about God.

• Jesus treated all people with respect. 

• He shared the news of God's love with everyone. 

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fe7dTNID6h8

• Read Along: Let's read about the story of Zacchaeus and how Jesus reacted to Zacchaeus. 

• Now some people did not like Zacchaeus because since he used to work as a tax collector he used to steal a lot money from other people. However, Jesus still invited himself to Zacchaeus’ home and showed him God’s love. 

• Zacchaeus was very happy that Jesus was coming to his house. 

• Jesus knew that Zacchaeus needed to hear the news of God’s love.

• We believe Jesus teaches that God watches over us and cares for us.

• Read along: Let’s read about what Jesus says about God caring for us and other.

• When Jesus said this to the people he wanted people to understand that God who takes care of the birds, would take care of us even more. 

• God loves and takes care of us even when we do not know it. 

• When we believe someone loves us, we trust them. 

• Jesus tells us to trust God.

• Whenever God provides for us and takes care of us, we have to thank God. We do this by praying to him. 

• As Catholics we all need a quiet place to talk to God in prayer. When we pray we can praise God, we can thank God, and we can ask God for help. 

• We believe Jesus helped all those in need.

• Jesus comforted people who were sad or afraid.

• He helped people who were poor or hungry and he healed people who were sick. 

• Read Along: Let’s read a story about Jesus helping people in need.

• People often came to Jesus with problems they needed help on and Jesus would help all of those who needed him. 

• In this story, Jesus healed two blind men simply because they believed Jesus could heal them.