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Kids Chronicles
Thursday, February 25, 2021
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By Jennifer Ficcaglia (CNS)
Jesus taught the people and
performed miracles as he trav
eled to different places with
his apostles.
One time, Jesus fed a crowd
of 4,000 people with seven
loaves of bread and a few fish.
After everyone ate their fill,
there were seven baskets of
food left over. Another time,
he restored sight to a blind
man in Bethsaida.
During these travels, Jesus
talked to the apostles about
many things. As they were
heading toward the villages of
Caesarea Philippi one day, he
asked them a question.
“Who do people say that I
am?” he asked his friends.
“John the Baptist, others
Elijah, still others one of the
prophets,” they answered.
“But who do you say that I
am?” he wanted to know.
“You are the Messiah,” Peter
replied.
Jesus warned the apostles
not to tell anyone.
He then began teaching his
friends that the Son of Man
must suffer greatly and be
rejected by the elders, the
chief priests and the scribes,
and that he would be killed
and rise after three days.
After six days, Jesus took
Peter, James and John and
led them up a high moun
tain while the other apostles
remained behind.
Jesus was transfigured
before his friends’ eyes, and
his clothes became a dazzling
white.
Then Elijah and Moses
appeared and began talking to
Jesus.
Peter, James and John were
so terrified that they really
didn’t know what they should
do or say.
“Rabbi, it is good that we are
here!” Peter managed to get
out. “Let us make three tents:
one for you, one for Moses and
one for Elijah.”
After Peter spoke, a cloud
came and cast a shadow over
them.
A voice could be heard from
the cloud.
“This is my beloved Son.
Listen to him,” the voice said.
Suddenly, Peter, James and
John looked around. Moses
and Elijah were gone, and
Jesus was alone with them.
As they came down the
mountain, Jesus told his
friends not to tell anyone what
they had seen until the Son of
Man had risen from the dead.
So they kept the matter to
themselves, questioning what
rising from the dead meant.
SPOTLIGHT ON THE SAINTS:
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ABOUT IT:
Mark 8 & 9
Q&A
What did the transfigured Jesus’
■ ■ clothes look like?
( Who appeared to speak to
, ■ Jesus?
PUZZLE:
St. Joseph
St. Joseph was the husband of Mary
and the earthly father of Jesus. He
was a carpenter, and he also was a
relative of King David.
Joseph is a model of humility and
obedience to God’s will. He followed
God’s instructions that had been
given by angels in dreams. In his first
dream, he was told to take the preg
nant Mary into his home as his wife.
Right after Jesus was born, he was
warned in a dream to protect Mary
and the baby by fleeing to Egypt.
To commemorate the 150th anniver
sary of Joseph being declared patron
of the universal church, Pope Francis
proclaimed a yearlong celebration
dedicated to the saint.
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Unscramble the letters in the words and arrange them to form a quotation from
the children’s story.
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TRIVIA:
What item did Jesus and the apostles forget to bring in the boat during their
travels? (Hint: Mark 8:4)
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BIBLE ACCENT
In Mark 9, we read that Jesus, Peter, James and John saw quite a sight
when they came down the mountain.
A large crowd had gathered around the rest of the apostles, and some
scribes were arguing with them:
“What are you arguing about with them?” Jesus asked.
“Teacher. I have brought to you my son possessed by a mute spirit. ... I
asked your disciples to drive it out, but they were unable to do so,” a man
in the crowd said.
Jesus asked for the boy to be brought to him. The spirit threw the
boy into convulsions, and the boy fell on the ground, rolled around and
foamed at the mouth.
“It has often thrown him into fire and into water to kill him,” the father
said. “But if you can do anything, have compassion on us and help us.”
“Tf you can!’ Everything is possible to one who has faith,” Jesus replied.
“I do believe, help my unbelief!” the boy’s father cried.
“Mute and deaf spirit, I command you: Come out of him and never enter
him again!” Jesus said.
The unclean spirit left the boy, and Jesus helped the boy to stand.
We remember Joseph on March 19.
