We begin our class reading the gospel for the coming Sunday as our opening prayer. The gospel for this Sunday is the story of Zacchaeus, (Lk 19:1-10), in the Gospel Zacchaeus repents of his dishonesty and says he will give half of his possessions to the poor, and to all who he extorted he will repay four times over, so I gave the students 4 butterscotch disc to represent four gold coins that Zacchaeus gave as repayment.
Here are the Women of faith that we learned about:
Eve-The Mother of all the Living
Eve, our first mother brought death and division into the world through her sin.
Sarah-The Mother of Israel
Deborah-The Judge of Israel
Ruth-The Righteous Gentile
Hannah-The Mother of Samuel
Esther-The Courageous Queen
The Jewish people have a Feast of Purim to celebrate how Esther saved their lives. The feast is very elaborate with rich foods, so I made thumbprint cookies for a treat for the students.
Judith-The Heroine
Mary-The Handmaid of the Lord
The second Eve, Mary, the mother of Jesus, brought life through her obedience to the call of God.
Zacchaeus was a wee wicked man, a wee wicked man was he...He climbed up in a sycamore tree for the Lord he wanted to see. And as the savior passed his way, he looked up in the tree. And he said "Zacchaeus you come down!" For the Lord is coming today...
ReplyDeletePS- that is a song from the bible shows we watched.
I think it went, Zacchaeus was a wee little man not a wee wicked man.
ReplyDeleteHaha, well, I was close. Still pretty good.
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