THE PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING. (Part 1) Let us give thanks to the beneficent and merciful God, the Father of our Lord, God and Savior, Jesus Christ,

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1 THE PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING (Part 1) Let us give thanks to the beneficent and merciful God, the Father of our Lord, God and Savior, Jesus Christ, for He has covered us, helped us, guarded us, accepted us unto Him, spared us, supported us, and brought us to this hour. Let us also ask Him, the Lord our God, the Almighty, to guard us in all peace this holy day and all the days of our life. Can you memorize the brown part of The prayer of thanksgiving. This journal belongs to: St. John the Beloved & Arch Angel Raphael Coptic Orthodox church (Sunday School Curriculum for First Grade.)

2 Night of the last supper Refrain - Our Master, Our Savior, gave us the vine of love. He is the Bread of Life, coming from heaven above. 9- Christ suffered for my sake, His mercy is so great. My sins Jesus erased, and a new life He gave. 10- My heart is filled with joy, and my spirit rejoices. with God I have union, when I take Help your kids memorize the memory verse in page 5 for reviewing next week. There will be a reward for the child who will memories it. Mothers to help children plan a good preparation for the liturgy. Plan should include, Body (shower and fasting), Mind (prayer; to express our hunger for Christ's Holy Eucharist and readings), Heart (thinking of Christ.) Prepar- Review the lesson with your children by asking them these questions: Q: How do we get our hearts ready to receive communion? Communion. The Answers: A: Eucharistic fasting, sleeping early, getting our best clothes ready, preparing our gift and prayers of thanksgiving, petitions and confessions Attending vespers the night before (if we can), not talking to anyone during communion, praying the prayer before communion

3 Every week we will learn about one virtue that one of the saints or a person in the bible is famous with. Pope Kirols used to be called a man of prayer. It is said that Pope Kyrillos VI prayed more than 12,000 masses during his lifetime. He would start the day spiritually at 3:00 or 4:00 am with the Holy Psalmody and finish the liturgy early so that many of his children can go to school and work. How to obtain it: By praying any time either when you have a problem or not. Coptic Practice qeoc Theos God q theta TH The Letter The Word - Parents initials' Pray Read the Bible Have Communion Do my Chores My Day With God Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Practice Z Zaal ذ Arabic ذئب Zyab Wolf The Letter The Word -

4 When we are getting ready to come to communion, we should pray that our Lord helps us to receive Him in a holy and joyful way. Our Lord is coming to us, to be with us and inside us. He is the most special Person in our lives and we give Him our most special attention and love. 1. The Eucharistic Fasting: We fast 9 hours before Communion. We fast because we are invited to eat at the Table of the Lord. 2. On the day before Taking communion, we prepare by attending vespers prayers, sleeping early, washing our body and at confessing my sins. We prepare our prayers: - Thanksgiving: we go to the Eucharist with all the things that we need to thank our Father for. - Things we need to ask our Father for ourselves, families and others. - Things we need to ask forgiveness for. 3. While we are waiting to take communion, we should pray the Prayer Before Communion. In this prayer I ask our Lord to help me be ready to receive Him into my body. 4. We shouldn t talk to anyone or look around at anyone. 5. We use the corporal on our hands to receive any pieces of the Body (Jewels) that fall during communion. We open our Cats A. Cats are born with blue eyes. They change at approximately 12 weeks of age.. B. Cats can jump between 5 & 7 times as high as their tail. C. Cats not only walk on their toes but they have 5 toes on their front paws and 4 toes on the their back paws. Do you know any saint or some one from the bible that cats have played a special rule in his/her life? Write the name below

5 N I P I L T H G B S C O Y R L F N W O U M Q I D A I S E D N U Z S N T Y D P Y E X F W S U A F R N R Z Q A Y L M H U D A C F X L C S M U T P mouths widely to receive the Body. I should not move quickly or close my mouth until abouna has finished placing the body in my mouth and be very careful when moving from the communion place. 6. When we receive the Blood, we want to make sure we do not have Chap Stick on or anything else on our lips I should keep my hands at my chest in the position of the cross and do not move them until I am about to drink water. I should drink water immediately after the communion of blood and avoid talking or opening my mouth till then. 7. We pray the Prayer After Communion in which I thank our Lord for the gift of His most precious body and blood. 8. After we take communion, we should not spit or put anything in our mouths and then take it out B L O O D J O O R E B C W N O O R R C R S Q G X K P N Z T P BLOOD BODY COMMUNION FASTING PRAY PREPARE Vocabulary list 1. Corporal: a cloth that we use to cover our mouth after we take the Body of Christ in communion.

6 Can you arrange the verse and put it in the right order: bread, I of came this from he If the eats Said: heaven which am anyone will Jesus bread live living forever down. (John 6:51) Jesus said: "I am the living bread which came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever" John 6:51