12 Venture John the Baptist 12/6/20 Gr 6

water

I was baptized when I was a little baby. Father poured _______ over my head and said: I baptize you in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

Baptism

In Sunday's Gospel we meet Jesus' cousin--John the Baptist who called people to a ____________ of repentance, another words to show sorrow for their sins and to ask Yahweh's, God's, forgiveness.

me

Jesus, you said: Whatever you do to the littlest sister or brother, you do to ________ . That profound relationship of Jesus to us is the Mystical Body of Christ. Whatever we do to other people, we do to Jesus. So we practice the Works of Mercy out of love for Jesus. We keep our eyes OPEN to see what needs to be done without being asked. To do this is to take one more step closer to being the person God is calling you to be!

sinned

As I examine my conscience the Holy Spirit helps me know when I "missed the mark," when I've _________.

hearts

Before I make a decision, I pray the Holy Spirit to help me know what to do. A Prayer to the Holy Spirit: Come, Holy Spirit, fill the _________ of your faithful, and kindle in them the fire of your love. Amen.

ask

Before bed when you examine my conscience the Holy Spirit helps you know what you have done, especially when you have "missed the mark," when you've _________. One small sin, follows another small sin, until we fall into a habit of that sin. By examining our conscience we see the pattern, we catch ourselves, we stop ourselves with God's help, God's grace.

Birth of Jesus

Christmas, the _________ starts New Testament Times and ends Old Testament Times.

church

Even though the Prophet Isaiah lived many years before Jesus, the early __________as they read from the Prophet Isaiah saw with the eyes of Faith how what was written referred to Jesus. As a result of that we often hear from the Prophet Isaiah both in Advent and Lent.

prepare

God called John the Baptist to speak for Him. John' job was to ________ everyone for Jesus' coming. So John said: "One mightier than I is coming after me. I am not worthy to stoop and loosen the ties on his sandals." John was talking about Jesus.

Moses

God gave __________ the Ten Commandments so we would honor that covenant relationship with Him. The first three Commandments tell me how to honor God. 1. Honor God Alone! 2. Honor the name of God 3. Remember to keep holy the Lord's Day. (Sunday for us Catholic Christians.)

covenant

God has always loved us! Out of love He called Abraham to make a _________ relationship with Him. That relationship is what makes us the People of God.

conscience

God loves you so much that He gives you an inner voice, to know right from wrong. This inner voice is your _________. It helps you decide what to do. When you are tempted your conscience helps you see clearly what God is calling you to do: Do this! Don't do that! Our job is to listen to the voice of conscience, the Voice of God deep within us.

saints

God's friends are called ___________ and they listen to the Holy Spirit.

baptized

Here is the Gospel of Mark: People from all over Judea went out to John the Baptist to be ___________ by him in the Jordan River as a way of saying they had sinned.

Holy Spirit

John said: "I baptized you with water; he will baptize you with the _______."

speaks

John was clothed in camel's skin, with a leather belt. John ate bugs (YUCK!) and wild honey. Why? Because he was prophet! Someone who _______ for God!

forgiving

Mercy is the love of God poured out as ________ or helping another person. Mercy is God's love in us that allows us to treat other people as God treats us. The saints and especially St. Nicholas knew how to do this!

Anticipates

Oftentimes what we see in the Old Testament such as in the Prophet Isaiah foreshadows, _________, or looks ahead to what will happen to Jesus in the New Testament. This is the reason the Prophet Isaiah is so often quoted during Advent and Lent.

poor

On Dec. 6, we honor St. Nicholas, a bishop with a great love for children and the_________. Many stories are told of his generosity and kindness as he practiced the Works of Mercy.

message

Prophets speak for God, with God's inspiration. They are NOT fortune tellers! They do not tell the future. They share the _______God inspires them with to the people.

disobey

Sin is a free, deliberate choice to turn away from God's love and friendship, to _________ God's law of love, and to hurt others or ourselves.

Confirmation

The Holy Spirit, the third Person of the Blessed Trinity, descends upon us at _______ just as at Pentecost, when the Spirit came down upon the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Apostles.

Bible

The _______ reveals to us how God has been reaching out to us from the first moment of Creation in the Old Testament to when we hear Jesus say in the Book of Revelation in the New Testament: Yes, I am coming soon.

Prophet

The ________ Isaiah had a special relationship with God. He listened with all his mind and heart that God inspired him to proclaim what we read in this Sunday's First Reading: A voice cries out: Prepare the way of the LORD! Make straight a highway for our God!

Holy Spirit

The descent of the _______ on the Blessed Mother and the Apostles starts Church Times.

Mother of God

The feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe is Saturday, Dec. 12 celebrates when the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to St. Juan Diego, saying to him: I am Mary, the _________. As you read this story, were you amazed at HOW God works? Who did Mary chose to appear to? The bishop? A priest? No, Our Lady appears to a poor man who is rich in faith. He does as Mary asks him to do and through Juan Diego a whole people were drawn closer to know, love and serve the Lord.

respect

The last seven commandments have to do with how I honor and ________ other people.

Christmas

Three events divide time: 1. Creation: When God made everything including the first humans; 2. The Birth of Jesus: __________ 3. Pentecost: The day the Holy Spirit came down upon Mary and the Apostles, the Birthday of the Church. On your paper above the 1st line write: CREATION, on the 2nd line write: CHRISTMAS, on the 3rd line write: PENTECOST. See the picture.

three

Time is divided into ________ parts: Old Testament Times; New Testament Times; Church Times. (Get a piece of paper; turn it sideways. Draw a line across, dividing it into 3 parts. Look at the pictures. It should look like this.) 1. |------------- 2. |-------------- 3. |------------

Advent

We are in the Church Season of _______! How do I know? Father wears PURPLE! The four candles on the Advent Wreath mark the 4,000 years people waited from Creation until Jesus' birth on Christmas Day!

gift

When I am in 8th Grade I will receive the fullness of the Holy Spirit in the Sacrament of Confirmation. The bishop will say: Be sealed with the Holy Spirit, the ______ of the Father!

grace

When my conscience tell me I sinned, I pray the Act of Contrition. O my God, I am heartily sorry for having offended You, and I detest all my sins because of Your just punishments but most of all because they offend You, my God, Who are all good and deserving of all my love. I firmly resolve, with the help of Your ________, to sin no more and to avoid the near occasion of sin. Amen.

messenger

Why does Mark quote from Isaiah the Prophet? The Mission of Jesus did not begin with __________ or Jesus' birth in Bethlehem or Mary's Yes when the Angel Gabriel came to her, Jesus' Mission, began with the word the Most High God spoke saying, "Now! The time has come; today is the day." God is the ONE Who sent Jesus to us to save us from our sins! This is what Mark wants us to know.

Creation

________ begins Old Testament Times, that moment when God created the First Man and the First Woman, the world and everything in it.

John the Baptist

_________ called the folks in the Gospel and he calls us to make straight the way of the Lord, to do what God calls us to do, to be friends of God! We do this when we really ask ourselves: What does God want me to do now?