The angel said to them, “He is risen!”

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

Sunday, May 4, 2014 Volume 2, Issue 18

Jesus’s most loyal friendsJesus’s most loyal friendsJesus’s most loyal friendsJesus’s most loyal friends Do you have a loyal friend? You know,

somebody who will be your friend all the time,

even when other people decide not to be?

Maybe you’ve had a friend who was not

loyal...somebody who ignored you when he or she

felt like it.

Today is the Sunday of the Myrrh-bearing Women.

These women were some of Je-

sus’s most loyal friends. When

Jesus was arrested, they stayed

loyal to Him. When Jesus was

put on the Cross, these women stayed loyal to Him.

Even after Jesus died, they stayed loyal to Him and

brought sweet-smelling myrrh to the tomb. They

thought His body would be there.

The myrrh-bearing women stayed loyal to Christ during

the hardest and most dangerous part of His life on earth.

And God rewarded them. They were the very first people

to know that Christ had risen!

When they came to the tomb, the women found an angel there. “He has risen!”

the angel told them. Christ had risen, and the women stayed loyal to Him still!

St. Mary Magdalene St. Mary Magdalene St. Mary Magdalene St. Mary Magdalene

was one of the myrrhwas one of the myrrhwas one of the myrrhwas one of the myrrh----

bearing women. Do you bearing women. Do you bearing women. Do you bearing women. Do you

see her bottle of myrrh?see her bottle of myrrh?see her bottle of myrrh?see her bottle of myrrh?

Can you Say it?

WORD FINDWORD FINDWORD FINDWORD FIND

Say “Christ is Risen!” in

Arabic!

Al Maseeh Qam! Al Maseeh Qam! Al Maseeh Qam! Al Maseeh Qam!

“Truly He is risen” is:

Haqqan Qam!Haqqan Qam!Haqqan Qam!Haqqan Qam!

Can you find

these words in

the scramble?

ANGEL

IDOLS

IRENE

LICINIUS

LOYAL

MAGDALENE

MYRRH

PEACE

RISEN

L J I Y R I H B Y A R N J T Y

O S B U D R E N E L A D G A M

Y M H O R V G B Z A J Z J H J

A U L Y A R O L P Q V K M P F

L S M T E N R S G Z N R F Y P

S Y C P N S N A N G E L V H O

R U U H E S U V G Y Z S O P Q

I F I F R G D U Q U P T C S A

W S B N I S D E C A E P F X G

R Q X V I A W R D E H V O P C

K I D H D C I I W H R L M V X

F X S L T W I T A C Y D Y G C

N T F E H S T L Q D H C O Q C

B U V C N N F J M U N I Y M H

M I A A Q J X Q D V Q H A W Q

SAINT IRENE

A GREAT MARTYR

Lots and lots of the saints of our

church lived about 1,600 years ago.

Why? Because the emperors were all pa-

gan. They worshipped idols, false gods

who weren’t God. In those days, nobody

could worship our God and get away with

it.

St. Irene lived in Greece during this time.

Her father was the king, Licinius. He locked

her in a tower all through her childhood so

she wouldn’t learn about Christ. But she

found out about Him anyway, and was baptized.

Her father was so angry that she had become a Christian that he did

something awful. He sent his daughter to be trampled by horses. But

what happened then? The horses wouldn’t move. Instead they came

after the king, Licinius. When he saw this miracle, he and his whole

family, and 3,000 other people became Christian. They knew then

that this was the true faith.

Finally, a new king came along. He refused to let Irene live as a Christian

in peace (Irene means “peace”), so he had her killed. But now, of course,

Saint Irene lives in peace with our Lord!

We celebrate Saint Irene’s day tomorrow, on May 5th.

Saint Irene Saint Irene Saint Irene Saint Irene