The Savior of the World

“Let the little children come to me, and do not forbid them, for such is the Kingdom of Heaven.” Mark 10:4

Sunday, May 18, 2014 Volume 2, Issue 20

God is on our side!God is on our side!God is on our side!God is on our side! Have you ever been in trouble?

Sometimes when we have done something

wrong, we know we’re going to hear about

it from our teacher or our parents.

In today’s Gospel reading, we hear about a

woman who did some bad things in her life.

When she talked with Jesus, she didn’t tell

him she did something wrong. He just knew

it! He already knew all about her. Maybe she

thought, “I’m in trouble now!”

But then, Jesus told this woman more about

God. He told her how she can worship Him.

Instead of telling her how wrong she was, Jesus showed her how He cared

about her. He wanted her to come closer to God! He wanted to save her!

In another part in the Bible are some great words. It says, “God did not

send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world

through Him.” That means that God didn’t send Jesus here to tell us we’re

in trouble! God sent Him to save us. Just like for this woman in the story

today, God wants to bring us closer to Him!

Sometimes it might seem like we’re always doing something wrong, but our

Lord is on our side. He wants to save us!

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Can you Say it?

FIND THESE WORDSFIND THESE WORDSFIND THESE WORDSFIND THESE WORDS

Say “Christ is Risen!” in

Spanish!

¡Cristo ha resucitado! ¡Cristo ha resucitado! ¡Cristo ha resucitado! ¡Cristo ha resucitado!

“Truly He is risen” is: ¡En ¡En ¡En ¡En

verdad ha resucitadoverdad ha resucitadoverdad ha resucitadoverdad ha resucitado! ! ! !

Can you find

these words?

APOSTLES

CHRIST

CHRISTIANS

CONDEMN

CONSTANTINE

HELEN

MILAN

SAMARITAN

G C P T H Q W I A S T O M K V

N D H D S R B P Q A M N B A N

D J H R O I O S U M K A X O L

D G R Z I S R I O A Q Y E Z P

M Q V O T S C H I R H Y G G J

E A N L N Q T N C I A X C Z M

H Z E A R P P I D T H D H O P

L S L Q W C A X A A J U S Z X

D I E C O N S T A N T I N E T

M V H T Q O N G C E S X E N Q

Y C P Y H J D O B Q Y N I S M

A T O O D P S K S P V Z O P L

N M E D N O C J Y D E Q H F Y

S C O O Y G Z S G I C V D J Z

L R V P X R V Y D H M Y Q R S

EQUAL TO THE APOSTLES SAINTS CONSTANTINE AND HELEN

You probably know the story about

how Saint Helen found the Cross of

Christ. But what do you know about her

son, the Emperor Constantine? These two

great saints did something that gave them the

name “Equal to the Apostles.” That means

they did something that brought a lot of peo-

ple to Christ and His Church. Because of

them, lots of people became Christian.

Before Emperor Constantine came along, lots

and lots of Christians were hurt and killed for

their faith. They were supposed to worship

whatever idols the emperor wanted them to worship. But in the year 313,

Emperor Constantine passed a great law called the

Edict of Milan. That law made it so being a Christian

was legal. Christians were allowed to worship our one

true God.

Always remember that the saints are people we can

pray to for help! Maybe you could ask Saints Constan-

tine and Helen to help all the Christians in the world

who aren’t allowed to be Christian. The ones who are

hurt or killed for their faith. Can you remember that?

We celebrate these two great saints on Wednesday, May 21st.

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