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CATECHESIS According to the liturgical time ADVENT - cycle/A
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| Director: P.Celerino Anciano o.p. |
| Text and design : Sister Teresa Castaño m.a.r. |
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Translated by: Ana María Diaz y Eleazar González |
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1st. Sunday of Advent |
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1st. Sunday of Advent.
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" To be prepared "
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Especific objective: |
Get the children to think about the meaning of advent "to be prepared" and how to prepare themselves.
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1) GREETING |
Greet the children and start the meeting with this prayer:
Dear Jesus , you have taught us that God our father loves us all and he wants the best for all of us, who are his children. We ask you to make us capable of understanding the message that you are going to give us today so that in this way we could give the message to others.
Tell the children that Jesus has something very important to tell us so we should have our ears and our heart open to be able to listen to him.
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2) ACTIVITY |
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Game of incompleted objects. |
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Each one of the children is going to get a card like one of the following. After a few seconds of observation , each one has to complete and give utility to the object or figure.
When all the children have finished, make comments about what they thought and how they finished the drawing.
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3) THE GOSPEL |
Let’s pay attention to the Gospel according to Matthew, chapter 24, 37-44.
While we are listening to the gospel, let us contemplate the drawing.
“As were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of the man. For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking , marrying and giving in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, and they did not know until the flood came and swept them all away so will be the coming of the Son of the man. Then two men will be in the field; one is taken and one is left. Two women will be grinding at the mill; one is taken and one is left. Watch therefore, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming . But know this, that if the householder had known in what part of the night the thief was coming, he would have watched and would not have let his house be broken into.”
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4) MEDITATION |
-Together we talk about the passage we have just read with the help of the drawing.
-Ask the children what they know about the flood. ( the catequist should have read Genesis chapters 6,7 and 8 before.
-Talk about why Jesus said we must be prepared and what must we be prepared for.
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5) Catequist explanation: |
Advent means to be preapred, it could happen that many people, many children are like those uncompleted objects, but just as you all did, they could change and be useful. The word of God is telling us about the second coming of Jesus at the end of the world. The first coming was the day of his birth at Betlehem. Because of this, he asks us to be prepared and not to be uncompleted, to be prepared is to help others,to be good , charitable, solidary, respectful, studious......sharing what we have and to be confident in Jesus who is our best friend.
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6) Let us sing a song of Advent. |
( before hand the catequist should choose a song)
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7) Celebration: |
The table could be decorated with a light and some pine branches.
-Tell the children to write a petition in their notebooks starting with the words: Come oh Lord Jesus ( because many people in the world do not know Jesus.)
-As soon as the petitions are ready, all the children should stand up and make a circle, each one will read the petition out loud.
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8) Commentment for the week: |
-Put a poster on the wall of their bed rooms with these words: COME OH LORD JESUS.
-Every night before going to bed I pray for all the children who do not know Jesus, and because of this, are not waiting for him.
