Appendix for Religious Education 4

Appendix 1

Story “Love is” by Diane Adams.

Appendix 2

Circle of Love

Appendix 3

Finger Prayer:
- Your thumb is closest to your heart, so prayer for those closest
to you - your friends and family.
- The pointer finger is used to give directions. Pray for teachers,
coaches, therapists, doctors and first responders.
- The middle finger is the tallest. Pray for leaders in
government, business and the church.
- The ring finger is the weakest. Pray for the sick, poor and the
most in need.
- The pinkie finger is the smallest. Pray for yourself and your
own needs.
Appendix 4 - Jesus in the temple - Luke 2:41-52
41 Every year Jesus’ parents went to Jerusalem for the Festival of the Passover. 42 When he was twelve years

old, they went up to the festival, according to the custom. 43 After the festival was over, while his parents
were returning home, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, but they were unaware of it. 44 Thinking
he was in their company, they traveled on for a day. Then they began looking for him among their
relatives and friends. 45 When they did not find him, they went back to Jerusalem to look for him. 46 After
three days they found him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking
them questions.47 Everyone who heard him was amazed at his understanding and his answers.48 When his
parents saw him, they were astonished. His mother said to him, “Son, why have you treated us like this?
Your father and I have been anxiously searching for you.”
49“Why were you searching for me?” he asked. “Didn’t you know I had to be in my Father’s house?”[a] 50 But
they did not understand what he was saying to them.
51Then he went down to Nazareth with them and was obedient to them. But his mother treasured all
these things in her heart. 52 And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.

Appendix 5

Post card
Appendix 6

Sacrament Placemat

Appendix 7

Wonder Cloud
Appendix 8 - Mary Visits Elizabeth - Luke 1:39-45
39 At that time Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judea, 40 where she entered

Zechariah’s home and greeted Elizabeth. 41 When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her
womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. 42 In a loud voice she exclaimed: “Blessed are you
among women,and blessed is the child you will bear! 43 But why am I so favored, that the mother of my
Lord should come to me? 44 As soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb
leaped for joy. 45 Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord would fulfill his promises to her!”

Appendix 9 - Luke 1:46-56 - Mary’s Song

46 And Mary said:

“My soul glorifies the Lord

47 and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,
48 for he has been mindful

of the humble state of his servant.

From now on all generations will call me blessed,
49 for the Mighty One has done great things for me—
holy is his name.
50 His mercy extends to those who fear him,

from generation to generation.

51 He has performed mighty deeds with his arm;

he has scattered those who are proud in their inmost thoughts.

52 He has brought down rulers from their thrones

but has lifted up the humble.

53 He has filled the hungry with good things
but has sent the rich away empty.
54 He has helped his servant Israel,

remembering to be merciful
55 to Abraham and his descendants forever,

just as he promised our ancestors.”

56 Mary stayed with Elizabeth for about three months and then returned home.

Appendix 10 - Luke 2:15-20 -

15 When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go to

Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.”
16So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. 17 When
they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, 18 and all
who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them. 19 But Mary treasured up all these things
and pondered them in her heart. 20 The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things
they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.

Appendix 11 - Matthew 2:13-18 - The Escape to Egypt

 When they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up,” he said, “take the
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child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the
child to kill him.”
14So he got up, took the child and his mother during the night and left for Egypt, 15 where he stayed until
the death of Herod. And so was fulfilled what the Lord had said through the prophet: “Out of Egypt I
called my son.”[a]
16When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was furious, and he gave orders to kill
all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, in accordance with the time
he had learned from the Magi. 17 Then what was said through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled:
18 “A voice is heard in Ramah,
weeping and great mourning,
Rachel weeping for her children
and refusing to be comforted,
because they are no more.”[b]

Appendix 12 - Matthew 2:19-23 - The Return to Nazareth

19 After Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt 20 and said, “Get up, take

the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who were trying to take the child’s life are
dead.”

So he got up, took the child and his mother and went to the land of Israel. 22 But when he heard that
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Archelaus was reigning in Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. Having been
warned in a dream, he withdrew to the district of Galilee, 23 and he went and lived in a town called
Nazareth. So was fulfilled what was said through the prophets, that he would be called a Nazarene.

Appendix 13 - John 2:1-12 - Jesus Changes Water into Wine

On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there,2 and Jesus and his
disciples had also been invited to the wedding. 3 When the wine was gone, Jesus’ mother said to him,
“They have no more wine.”
4 “Woman,[a] why do you involve me?” Jesus replied. “My hour has not yet come.”
5 His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”
6 Nearby stood six stone water jars, the kind used by the Jews for ceremonial washing,each holding from
twenty to thirty gallons.[b]
7 Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water”; so they filled them to the brim.
8 Then he told them, “Now draw some out and take it to the master of the banquet.”
They did so, 9 and the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine. He did not
realize where it had come from, though the servants who had drawn the water knew. Then he called the
bridegroom aside 10 and said, “Everyone brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper wine after
the guests have had too much to drink; but you have saved the best till now.”
11 What Jesus did here in Cana of Galilee was the first of the signs through which he revealed his glory;
and his disciples believed in him.
12 After this he went down to Capernaum with his mother and brothers and his disciples. There they
stayed for a few days.

Appendix 14 - John 19:25-27

 Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary
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Magdalene. 26 When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said
to her, “Woman,[a] here is your son,” 27 and to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” From that time on, this
disciple took her into his home.

Appendix 15 - Jigsaw Example

Appendix 16 - Mary, Mother of Jesus - Prayer

Appendix 17 - Strengthened like Mary Activity

Appendix 18 - Final Self-Assessment
Appendix 19 - I love and God loves Me! (song)
I love the warmth of the sun
And I Love a hug from mum
I love to jump and to run
These are the things that I love
And God loves me
I love an apple to crunch
And I love a carrot to munch
I love my sandwich for lunch
These are the things that I love
And God loves me
I love to walk with my dad
And I love a kiss from my nan
I love to play with grandad
These are the things that I love
And God loves me Whistle interlude
I love to play with my dogs
And I love to sing happy songs
And I love it when you sing along
These are the things that I love
And God loves me
These are the things that I love
And God loves me

Appendix 20 - Love is the Greatest Gift of all”

I can feel his love
He has touched my heart
And the spirit dove
Came and will not part
He beseeches me to listen
As He reaches me with wisdom
What He teaches me.

Is the greatest gift of all

From heaven up above
Is the love that He gives to all
Doesn't matter where you've been
He forgives the greatest sin
With His love that He gives to all.

If you make one wish

Just before you sleep
Pray that all your days
Your soul, He keeps
He beseeches you to listen
As He fills your soul with wisdom
What He teaches you.

Is the greatest gift of all

From heaven up above
Is the love that He gives to all
Doesn't matter where you've been
He forgives the greatest sin
With the love that He gives to all.

Peace will come your way

If you only follow
What He came to say
Is of joy, not sorrow
He beseeches you to listen
As He fills your heart with wisdom
What He teaches you.

(Oh-oh-oh-oh)
Is that the greatest gift of all
From the heavens up above
Is the love (is the love)
That He gives (that He gives) to all
Doesn't matter where you've been
He forgives the greatest sin
With the love that He gives to all.

Precious love that He gives to all...

Appendix 21 - The Power of Love (song)

Lord, I come to You
Let my heart be changed, renewed
Flowing from the grace
That I found in You

Lord, I've come to know

The weaknesses I see in me
Will be stripped away
By the power of Your love

Hold me close
Let Your love surround me
Bring me near
Draw me to Your side

And as I wait
I'll rise up like the eagle
And I will soar with You
Your Spirit leads me on
In the power of Your love

Lord, unveil my eyes

Let me see You face to face
The knowledge of Your love
As You live in me

Lord, renew my mind

As Your will unfolds in my life
In living every day
By the power of Your love

Hold me close
Let Your love surround me
Bring me near
Draw me to Your side

And as I wait
I'll rise up like the eagle
And I will soar with You
Your Spirit leads me on
In the power of Your love

Hold me close
Let Your love surround me
Bring me near
Draw me to Your side

And as I wait
I'll rise up like the eagle
And I will soar with You
Your Spirit leads me on
In the power of Your love

And I will soar with You

Your Spirit leads me on
In the power of Your love
And I will soar with You
Your Spirit leads me on
In the power of Your love