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could be called the face of God that children manifest as profoundly… |
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reveal Christ as the bridegroom. For instance, there is the parable of… |
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it is first introduced to them. We present the True Vine parable to the… |
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The Gift of Baptism and the Language of Signs. During this first… |
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in response. Most frequently it is the mother, then the father, and… |
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The fact that these children, who have direct experience of shep-
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parables in the New Testament in which the Father of Jesus is
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Let us use food as a basic illustration. The newborn needs one
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We found a number of examples in the experience of many
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so forth; he is concretized and thus, in a certain sense, is easier to… |
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is the foundation of the Christian message. Listening to the Good… |
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Foundation of Love
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we must not fear to use it because this is indeed what Jesus tells us
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younger children. Rather, it comes from the parable itself, which… |
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will say, “prayer.” This is something very obvious for them. I would… |
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relation to the grandeur of God and God’s gifts, and we avoid the… |
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refer to other parts of Scripture. For instance, we have mentioned… |
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S: What is it about?
C: (Offer several responses.)
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go all the way back … even to before the beginning of
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touched not only because Jesus was God but because he
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S: We see that the line rises. Why does it rise…?
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novEMbEr 28, 1975
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S: So many were waiting for this child… a child like you
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Sofia lights one candle (except for the light from the windows there is… |
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S: Why have you put these sheep with candles attached
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S: The richness of God is in all….
C: We have it now.
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and ask, “I don’t see anything around who is capable of
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C: The piazza (recalling the image one of the children had used
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C: From then on it’s one road.
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S: What kind of prayer...?
~ Asking God for forgiveness.
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S: (A latecomer arrives, and to include her in the dialogue Sofia
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~ Close the door of your heart.
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~ The Good Shepherd.
~ The Found Sheep.
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S: Do you think the friend didn’t hear the knocking on the
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do our part to make the road ready because we know who
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represents a certain part of the Mass. Only the white cards (the “Propers… |
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History of Salvation. (Cavalletti & Coulter 2010, 15). Courtesy… |
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They focus briefly on the time before Christ’s coming and “enlarge… |
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like arriving at a banquet in which everything was prepared
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C: (adding many comments)
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S: (Repeats the last line of the second prophecy): “The glory of
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S: Because Jesus is always living, always risen…. And what
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about the second question? Abraham took his animals and
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development from the rest of the peoples….And they
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it. God had offered him something extraordinary and
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Let us use the image of a “draft” of a statue and look at
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~ “Do to others as you would have them do to you.”
~ “Ask and it will be… |
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These next two drawings are also in a set.
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Here are two drawings in color. In both of them, Jesus is outside… |
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In this drawing [8] Jesus is saying, “Ciao Mama” (Hello Mama).
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Here is a set of three drawings.
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I find this one [drawing 13] very beautiful. For me, this draw-
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This drawing [18] is divided into two parts. The first is about
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This drawing [20] is also beautiful: “First Transformation” (left
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There are surely a lot of drawings. What is interesting is that
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the “last enemy will be overcome” and the final enemy is death (1… |