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K AGES 5–6 Christ Our Life God Loves Us NEW EVANGELIZATION EDITION

Here are some prayers every Catholic should know. Color the cross above each prayer when you can pray it by heart.

Sign of the Cross In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Lord’s Prayer Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.

Hail Mary Hail, Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

Christ Our Life God Loves Us NEW EVANGELIZATION EDITION

K AGES 5–6

Authors Sisters of Notre Dame Chardon, Ohio

Imprimatur In accordance with c. 827, permission to publish is granted on March 22, 2018 by Very Reverend Ronald A. Hicks, Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Chicago. Permission to publish is an official declaration of ecclesiastical authority that the material is free from doctrinal and moral error. No legal responsibility is assumed by the grant of this permission.

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Acknowledgments Excerpts from the New American Bible, Revised Edition © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Catholic Doctrine, Washington, D.C., and are used by permission of the copyright owner. All rights reserved. No part of the New American Bible may be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the copyright owner. Excerpt from the English translation of The Roman Missal © 2010, International Commission on English in the Liturgy (ICEL); excerpt from the Rite of Penance © 1974, ICEL. All rights reserved. Excerpts from The Twelve Unbreakable Principles of Parenting. Copyright © 2006 by Ann Lang O’Connor, used by permission of the publisher, ACTA Publications. Loyola Press has made every effort to locate the copyright holders for the cited works used in this publication and to make full acknowledgment for their use. In the case of any omissions, the publisher will be pleased to make suitable acknowledgments in future editions.

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. Dedicated to St. Julie Billiart, foundress of the Sisters of Notre Dame, in gratitude for her inspiration and example

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Contents

Especially for Families A Note to Families begins on page v. At the end of every chapter and Special Seasons and Days lesson, there is material intended for use by families.

Unit 1 Learning About God’s Love 1 Welcomes Are Good 1 2 Names Are Good . . . . . 7 3 Stories Are Good . . . . . 13 4 God’s World Is Good 19 5 Quiet Is Good . . . . . . 25 6 Talking to God Is Good 31 Growing Faith 37

Unit 3 Sharing God’s Love 13 Shepherds Are Good . . . 77 14 Hearts Are Good . . . . . 83 15 Hands Are Good . . . . . 89 16 Forgiveness Is Good . . . . 95 17 Church Is Good . . . . . 101 18 Meals Are Good 107 Growing Faith 113

Growing in God’s Love

Celebrating God’s Love

Unit 2

Unit 4

7 Families Are Good 39 8 I Am Good . . . . . . . 45 9 Growing Is Good . . . . . 51 10 Thanking Is Good . . . . . 57 11 Preparing Is Good 63 12 Choosing Is Good . . . . . 69 Growing Faith 75

19 Seeds Are Good

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20 Butterflies Are Good 121 21 Light Is Good . . . . . . 127 22 Celebrating Is Good . . . . 133 23 Air Is Good . . . . . . . 139 24 Joy Is Good . . . . . . . 145 25 Life Is Good 151 Growing Faith 157

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Special Seasons and Days 161 1 All Saints Are Good . . . . 163 2 Advent Is Good . . . . . 165 3 Christmas Is Good 167 4 The Magi Are Good . . . . 169 5 Lent Is Good . . . . . . 171 6 Easter Is Good 173 7 Pentecost Is Good 175 8 Jesus Our Light Is Good . . . 177 9 Mary Is Good . . . . . . 179 10 Saint Joseph Is Good . . . 181 11 The Holy Family Is Good . . . 183 12 Angels Are Good . . . . . 185 The Year in Our Church . . What Catholics Should Know 209 Stations of the Cross . . . . . 216 The Seven Sacraments . . . . 220 Holy Days of Obligation . . . . 224 Commandments . . . . . . 225 Prayer and How We Pray

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13 Saint Thérèse of the

Child Jesus Is Good . . . . 187 14 Saint Francis of Assisi Is Good 15 Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Is Good 16 Saint Nicholas Is Good 193 17 Saint Bernadette Is Good . . 195 18 Saint Valentine Is Good . . . 197 19 Saint Patrick Is Good . . . 199 20 Saint Julie Billiart Is Good . . 201 21 Our Lady of Guadalupe Is Good 203 22 Our Mother in Heaven Is Good 205 189 191

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Making Good Choices . . . . The Bible . . . . . . . . Showing Our Love for the World . . . . . . . .

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Glossary 231 Index . . . . . . . . . . 239

Scripture Index 245 Punchouts . . . . . . . . . . . . 249

Gather and Go Forth pages within each chapter support faith, knowledge, and the goals of discipleship. The New Evangelization

Goals of the Program The God Loves Us program of the Christ Our Life series is designed to make young children aware of God’s love through the many good and beautiful people, events, and things he has placed in their lives. Each chapter leads the children to appreciate their uniqueness and sense God’s presence in all the wonderful things around them. As the year progresses, children are introduced to themes designed to lead them toward a greater desire to love God in return through their prayers and acts of kindness for others. Because your faith makes a profound impact on your child, the Christ Our Life series provides a Building Family Faith feature at the end of each chapter, which summarizes the chapter’s message. This feature also offers suggestions for living the message in your family. Since the children’s text contains the message, you are encouraged to read it over with your child each week after the material has been presented in your child’s religious education class. Each unit ends with a Growing Faith feature to further nurture your NOTE TO FAMILIES Format Designed for a Family Program

family’s faith and provide activities to do at home. A Celebrating Faith feature ends each Special Seasons and Days lesson, offering background information on saints and seasons of the Church, as well as suggestions for additional family-centered faith experiences.

Visit www.christourlife.com/family for more family resources.

Educating Your Child to Live in Christ Jesus As parents, you have a sacred trust. You are the primary religious educators of your child. God calls you to nurture not only the physical life of your child but also the life of grace he or she received at Baptism. This responsibility requires that you grow in your own faith and share your faith with your family. Here are some ways to deepen your relationship with God and with your family this year: • Set aside a time (about 15 minutes) and a quiet place for private prayer each day. Read the Bible, Bible commentaries, or spiritual books, and listen to the Lord speak to you. Respond to him. NOTE TO FAMILIES

• Set aside a time for family prayer each day, preferably at mealtimes. • Celebrate the Eucharist on Sundays or Saturday evenings as a family, if possible. Children learn much from your example of prayer. • Make reconciliation—forgiving and being forgiven—a part of family living. Celebrate the Sacrament of Reconciliation (Penance) regularly. • Attend adult faith formation programs scheduled in your parish. • Involve your whole family in service projects for the Church and civic community. • Proudly live out your faith at home, at work, in the neighborhood, and in the world. 10 Principles to Nurture Your Child’s Faith 1 Listen with your heart as well as with your head. 2 Encourage wonder and curiosity in your child. 3 Coach your child in empathy early. It’s a building block for morality. 4 Display religious artwork in your home. This will serve as a steady witness that faith is an important part of life. 5 Gently guide your child to a life of honesty. 6 Whenever appropriate, model for your child how to say, “I’m sorry.”

7 Eat meals together regularly as a family. It will be an anchor for your child in days to come. 8 Pray together in good times and bad. Worship regularly together as a family. 9 Be generous to those who need help. Make helping others an important focus of your life as a family. 10 See the wonder that God made in your child. Communicate your conviction that your child was created for a noble purpose—to serve God and others in this life and to be happy with God forever in the next.

Unit 2

Growing in God’s Love

C H A P T E R

Families Are Good

God made each of us part of a family. Family members love and care for one another. God the Son, Jesus,

lived with Mary and Joseph. We

call them the Holy Family .

A Moment with Jesus

Talk with Jesus about your family.

When we were baptized, we became part of God’s special family, the Church. Through God’s love we are made children of God. God loves us and watches over us.

In God the Father, we are brothers and sisters to people all over the world.

The pope in Rome, Italy, is the leader of the Church on earth.

Scripture

“I will bless the L ord at all times; his praise shall be always in my mouth.” Psalm 34:2

UNIT 2 • Growing in God’s Love

We belong to God’s family. We pray the Lord’s Prayer to honor God our Father.

Trace the words from the Lord’s Prayer.

Our Father who art in heaven , hallowed be thy name ;

Families Are Good • CHAPTER 7

NEW EVANGEL IZAT ION

Gather and Go Forth

C H A P T E R 7

W e know God is our loving father.

Know and Proclaim We are God’s children.

“. . . I will be a

We Know Our Faith We Proclaim Our Faith We are part of our own family. All over the world, Roman Catholics celebrate Mass in the same way. We are part of the Church family too.

father to you,

and you shall

be sons and daughters to me,

says the Lord

Almighty.”

2 Corinthians 6:18

Test Your Catholic Knowledge Fill in the circle that best answers the question.

What makes us part of God’s special family ? our name our Baptism

UNIT 2 • Growing in God’s Love

Catholics to Know Saint Joachim and Saint Anne were Mary’s father and mother. They cared for her. They raised Mary to be loving and faithful.

Saint Joachim and Saint Anne

Witness and Share We can find our Church family all around the world. Color the globe.

Families Are Good • CHAPTER 7

C H A P T E R Review 7

We Remember Whom do we call the Holy Family? We call Jesus, Mary, and Joseph the Holy Family. Words to Know

Draw a picture of the Holy Family.

Holy Family Lord’s Prayer

We Respond We are children of God.

Building Family Faith

The Lesson Your Child Learned Jesus reveals that God is Father to us all and that we are brothers and sisters in his family. In this chapter the children learned that in God, they are brothers and sisters to people all over the world. Through their Baptism, they are members of God’s family, the Church, and call God “Father.” They were introduced to the first two lines of the Lord’s Prayer. Bringing the Lesson Home • Read with your child the pages that were sent home. • Declare and celebrate a special Family Week. Honor a different family member each day. Take turns telling the honored member what makes him or her special and how important he or she is to your family.

• Keep in a special place of honor the Lord’s Prayer prayer card your child brought home. As a family, pray the Lord’s Prayer together each day. • Pray Psalm 22:11 as part of your family prayers this week. Ask your child to teach you and other family members the gestures for this psalm, and pray it together as a family. • For tips on how to live this chapter’s lesson and raise faith-filled kids, go to www.christourlife.com/family for Living the Lesson by Tom McGrath.

I Am Good

C H A P T E R 8

Wonderful Me! Wake me! Wake me! Time to walk, listening to the birdies talk! See me! See me! Wrinkling my nose, wonderful me, smelling a rose. Swing me! Push me!

Feed me! Feed me! I’m weak in the knees. Something to eat, a snack, please. Hold me! Hold me! Squeeze me tight. Now’s the time to kiss good night. Me! Me! Wonderful me!

Way up high. I need to grab a piece of sky.

Tell Jesus something special about yourself. A Moment with Jesus

God the Father made me special. There is no one else exactly like me. God loves me j ust the way I am. I praise and thank God for making wonderful ME! God is great! Thank you, God!

Scripture

I praise you, because I am wonderfully made. Psalm 139:14

UNIT 2 • Growing in God’s Love

I can do all kinds of wonderful things.

Read the words and look at the pictures. Make an × on each picture that does not belong.

I can hear.

I can taste.

I can touch.

I can smell.

Thank God for making you so wonderful.

I Am Good • CHAPTER 8

NEW EVANGEL IZAT ION

Gather and Go Forth

C H A P T E R 8

W e believe God made us to love him and others. We have come to know and to believe in the love God has for us. 1 John 4:16

Know and Proclaim God made us special. He loves us.

We Know Our Faith We Proclaim Our Faith God made us wonderful. As Catholics, we

believe that all life is precious and comes from God the Father.

Test Your Catholic Knowledge Fill in the circle that best answers the question.

You are special because you have lots of toys.

God made you and loves you.

UNIT 2 • Growing in God’s Love

A Catholic to Know Saint John Paul II spoke to people in many lands. He shared God the Father’s message of love, hope, and peace. He taught that life is precious.

Saint John Paul II

Witness and Share Draw someone in your family. Share the picture with him or her.

God made you special!

I Am Good • CHAPTER 8

C H A P T E R Review 8

We Remember How did God make you? God made me wonderful. Word to Know praise

Write m in each and e in each . God m ad e m e wonderful!

We Respond I will declare all your wondrous deeds.

Psalm 9:2

Building Family Faith

The Lesson Your Child Learned We are made in God’s image and are called to share eternal life with him. In this chapter the children learned that God made them and considers them precious. They engaged in activities designed to help them appreciate themselves as worthwhile individuals. Bringing the Lesson Home • Read with your child the pages that were sent home. • Children learn by doing. Refrain from helping your child before it is needed. Trust in your child’s abilities and encourage independence. Provide age-appropriate responsibilities within the family to promote your child’s development. • Encourage your child to make small but relevant choices, such as what clothes to wear. As your child grows, so will the importance of the decisions, and his or her ability to make wise choices. • Pray Psalm 139:14 as part of your family prayers this week. Ask your child to teach you and other family members the gestures for this psalm and pray it together as a family. • For tips on how to live this chapter’s lesson and raise faith-filled kids, go to www.christourlife.com/family for Living the Lesson by Tom McGrath.

The Year in Our Church

W i n t e r A d v e n t C h r i s t m a s O r d i n a r y T i m e L e n t H o l y W e e k S p r i n g Ash Wednesday Palm Sunday Holy Thursday Good Friday Holy Saturday Easter Sunday Christmas Epiphany

E a s t e r

Ascension Pentecost

First Sunday of Advent

F a l l

S u m m e r

All Souls Day All Saints Day

O r d i n a r y T i m e

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The Year in Our Church

Special Seasons The seasons of spring, summer, fall, and winter are marked on the calendar. The Church also keeps a calendar of special seasons and days. The Church year includes the seasons of

Advent, Christmas, Lent, Easter, and Ordinary Time. We celebrate God’s love for us throughout the Church year. Special Days We like to celebrate special days. We celebrate special days during the Church year. We remember holy people who show us how to love God the Father and follow his Son, Jesus.

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Special Seasons and Days

S E A S O N S A N D D A Y S 1

Feast of All Saints

All Saints Are Good People living in heaven with God are called saints. Saints are holy people who spent their lives living by Jesus’ words. We honor all the saints on the Feast of All Saints.

We are all called to be saints. Draw a picture of yourself with your favorite saint.

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Special Seasons and Days

Feast of All Saints What makes someone a saint? You have to dream big, do good, and love greatly. Saints are the heroes of the Catholic faith, men and women who— whether they have been canonized or not—provide us with an example of how to live as disciples of Christ. On November 1 we celebrate the Feast of All Saints. We remember the lives of ordinary men and women who loved God above all things. By their actions saints have shown us what matters most in life. The measure of a life lived for God is not what we earn or own, not the job we have, nor the people we know. What really matters is how much we love God, others, and ourselves, and how well we show that love in all we do. God calls each of us to be saints. As parents you have an awesome responsibility: to form your child in the likeness of Christ, to foster good habits, and to nurture your child’s natural inclination toward goodness. But you are not left on your own. The Church— in particular, the lives and examples of the saints—provide guidance on how to raise faith-filled kids. • One of the great gifts of our Catholic tradition is the remembrance of and prayer with the saints. On All Saints Day we recall and pray with the saints. Make a point of celebrating Mass together as a family on this special feast day. • Together as a family, name and tell the story of favorite saints. Prepare a list of some of the traits these people have in common, such as generosity, CELEBRATING FAITH

courage, and prayerfulness. Discuss how you might live like these saints at home, work, and school. • Pray together as a family a Litany of the Saints. To pray the Litany of the Saints, the leader prays a saint’s

name, “Saint Elizabeth,” and the rest of the family is invited to reply, “Pray for us.” Take turns being the leader and the responders. Include in your list the saints and holy people you named in your discussion.

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Special Seasons and Days

S E A S O N S A N D D A Y S

Advent

Advent Is Good During Advent, God the Father’s family waits and prepares to celebrate the birth of his Son, Jesus. We light a candle each week on the Advent wreath. We pray, “Come, Lord Jesus.”

Draw a picture of something you like to do as you prepare for the birth of Jesus.

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Special Seasons and Days

What Catholics Should Know

Additional Catholic Prayers It is good for us to know prayers by heart. To learn prayers by heart means that we not only learn, or memorize, the words, but also try to understand and live them.

Apostles’ Creed I believe in God, the Father almighty, Creator of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried; he descended into hell; on the third day he rose again from the dead; he ascended into heaven,

and is seated at the right hand of God the Father almighty; from there he will come to j udge the living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting. Amen.

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What Catholics Should Know

Hail, Holy Queen Hail, Holy Queen, Mother of Mercy, our life, our sweetness and our hope. To thee do we cry,

poor banished children of Eve. To thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears. Turn, then, most gracious advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us, and after this exile show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary.

Prayer for Vocations God, thank you for loving me. You have called me to live as your child. Help all your children to love you and one another. Amen.

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What Catholics Should Know

Stations of the Cross The 14 Stations of the Cross represent events from Jesus’ Passion and Death. At each station we use our senses and our imagination to remember Jesus’ suffering, Death, and Resurrection.

Jesus Must Die Pontius Pilate sentences Jesus to death.

Jesus Takes His Cross Jesus accepts his Cross.

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What Catholics Should Know

Jesus Falls the First Time Weakened by his suffering, Jesus falls beneath the Cross.

Jesus Meets His Mother Jesus meets his mother,

Mary, who is sad to see Jesus suffer.

Simon Helps Jesus Soldiers force Simon to help Jesus carry the Cross.

Veronica Helps Jesus Veronica steps through

the crowd to wipe the face of Jesus.

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Stations of the Cross

Glossary

A Advent the four weeks before Christmas. During Advent, we prepare for the birth of Jesus, our Savior. Alleluia a word we use to offer praise to God B

Baptism the first sacrament. Baptism makes us part of God’s family, the Church. Bible the story of God’s love for his people. The Bible is God’s Word.

bishop a leader in the Church. Bishops are the shepherds of God’s people. They do the work of the Apostles.

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choice | cross

C choice something we freely decide to do Christ a title for Jesus that means “anointed with oil” (like a king) church the building where God’s people gather together to worship Church God’s family, the people who follow Jesus Christ. creation everything that God has made. God said that all creation is good. Creed a prayer that says what we believe about God cross a symbol that reminds us of how Jesus died to save us

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Index

A Act of Contrition, 212 Adam and Eve, 95, 236 Advent, 63–68, 162, 165–66, 231 wreath, 65–66, 75, 165–66 All Saints, Feast of, 154, 163–164, 224 Alleluia, 34, 122, 124, 126, 173, 231 angels. See guardian angels Anne, Saint, 43 Apostles’ Creed, 210 Ascension, 134, 224 Ash Wednesday, 171–72 Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Feast of, 205–6, 224 Augustine, Saint, 105 Ave, Maria, 213 B Baptism, 40, 42, 52, 54, 56, 101, 140, 178, 220, 231, 237 Bernadette, Saint, 61 Feast of, 195–96 Bible, 13–18, 20–21, 34, 78, 84, 90, 92, 108, 128, 180, 227, 231 Anointing of the Sick, 222, 237 Anthony of Padua, Saint, 35

bishop, 79, 80, 111, 193, 221, 223, 231 Body and Blood, 107, 108, 112, 158, 221, 233 C choice, 69–74, 105, 140, 151, 226, 232 Christ, 152, 221, 224, 232, 233 Christians, 54, 221, 226 Christmas, 64, 162, 167–68, 231 church, 26, 28, 102, 232 Church, 40, 52, 79, 101–6, 128, 231, 232 commandment, 225 See also Ten Commandments Commandment, Great, 225 Commandment, New, 225 Commandments, Ten, 151, 156, 225, 226, 238 Confirmation, 220, 221, 237 creation, 20, 23, 24, 192, 230, 232 caring for, 20, 230 Creed, 10, 134, 138, 232. See also Apostles’ Creed cross, 117, 120, 232 Cross, 116, 152, 154. See also Stations of the Cross

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Index

D Dominic Savio, Saint, 149

Gloria Patri, 213 Glory Be to the Father, 142, 213 God, 233 children of, 40, 42, 44 as Creator, 14, 19–24, 45–50 family of, 41, 44, 52, 54, 98, 101–6, 165, 220, 230, 231, 232 as Father, 8, 14, 20, 21, 27, 40, 42, 63, 68, 70, 83, 86, 98, 102, 117, 139, 230, 233, 238 forgiveness and, 98, 105, 222 gifts from, 57, 59, 133, 233 love of, 14, 15, 16, 22, 40, 46, 48, 52, 83, 86, 115–20 promises, 21, 24, 63, 68, 121, 227

E Easter, 122–126, 171, 173–74, 224 Elizabeth, Saint, 67 Elizabeth Ann Seton, Feast of Saint, 191–92 Epiphany, Feast of the, 169–70 Eucharist, 103, 107–12, 134, 220, 221, 233, 235, 237 Eve, and Adam, 95, 236 F faith, 2, 52, 221, 233 family, 39–44, 228. See also Holy Family Celebrating Faith features, 164, 166, 168, 170, 172, 174, 176, 178, 180, 182, 184, 186, 188, 190, 192, 194, 196, 198, 200, 202, 204, 206 Growing Faith features, 37–38, 75–76, 113–14, 157–58 Faustina Kowalska, Saint, 99 forgiveness, 95–100, 116, 222, 233 family and, 113–14 Francis of Assisi, Saint, 23 Feast of, 189–90

sacraments and, 52 talking to, 31–36, 209

Word of, 16, 108, 134, 231 Good News, 122, 124, 199 Good Shepherd, 77–82, 234 grace, 69, 220, 226, 234 Great Commandment, 225 growing, 51–56 guardian angels Feast of the Holy, 185–86 prayer to, 185

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Here are some prayers every Catholic should know. Color the cross next to each prayer when you can pray it by heart.

Prayer to One’s Guardian Angel Angel of God, my guardian dear, to whom God’s love commits me here, ever this day be at my side, to light and guard, to rule and guide. Amen.

Grace Before Meals Bless us, O Lord, and these thy gifts, which we are about to receive from thy bounty, through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Grace After Meals We give thee thanks, for all thy benefits, Almighty God, who live and reign for ever. Amen.

Christ Our Life God Loves Us

Dear Jesus, Thank you for loving us and welcoming us. Help us know and share your love as we learn and grow each day. Amen.

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