This Sunday, some of our children will receive Jesus: Body and Blood, Soul, and Divinity, for the first time. Please pray for them and their families.

From our youngest children in the religious education class:

How can you see Jesus in other people?

• When they help others…
• When you see them being nice and helpful…
• By them being nice…
• When people help each other…
• When they help us…
• By helping other people…
• If a kind person or family is super kind…
• They help other people even if they don't know them very well…
• When I see people helping each other…
• If somebody helps you clean up, it would be very kind...
• When they are doing a good deed…

How can my talents help others?

• By playing with my little brother…
• I know math a lot and I can help people learn math…
• I can tell people to believe in God, even if they do not go to church…
• By praying and forgiving them…
• I can sing in church and make other people come to church…
• Doing art. Helping them imagine something they can do when they grow up…
• I am good at helping…

What is God telling you to do?

• God is calling you to help your family…
• Helping my family by cleaning the dishes and throwing the trash away…
• To be respectful and nice to others…
• Helping my family…
• Help my Mom and give God all of my love…
• Having good behavior…
• Telling me to help others…

Isn't it lovely to know that our children are aware of God's presence in their lives AND are called to help others see God in their actions! Isn't it lovely to allow our children to know, love, and serve Him!

PS: Go to www.sanpablomarathon.org and under Ministries, click on Faith Formation and register your children for 2022-2023 religious education classes!

-Terry Walters, DRE faithformation-children@sanpablomarathon.org