Lent 2008 Volume 1, Issue 1

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1 Lent 2008 Volume 1, Issue 1 CatholicMom.com Connection Lenten Blessings! Hello CatholicMom.com Friends and Families, As we enter the season of Lent, I want to share with you my profound thanks for your prayerful support of our website. We enjoy hearing from readers around the world who are using the website and our children s activities to grow closer to Jesus! As we enter the season of Lent and Sacraments, I wanted to remind you of a few ways that you can support CatholicMom.com while purchasing books, supplies and gifts for sacraments. If you are a teacher or DRE, I hope that you will share this information with the families in your classroom. We have an Affiliate relationship with The Catholic Company, a wonderful online retailer of gifts, books, religious supplies, devotional items and more. When you purchase any item through our catholic Company store, 20% or your purchase price is donated to CatholicMom.com! This means that if you purchase a gift for your favorite First Communicant, you will also give a gift to the children of the world who use our CatholicMom.com gospel activities each week. To make purchases online through our store, please go to: Users may also call the Catholic Company at and mention that they are ordering through affiliate number 1457 to give credit to CatholicMom.com. Online purchases with Amazon.com made through the main website at also support the site. I also wanted to share with you the good news about our new Catholic Moments Podcast. The podcast is a weekly interview format show where we share the good news about the work of Catholic authors, musicians and other newsmakers who are doing great work to spread our faith. You can find the podcast at As we anticipate the season of Lent and the glory of Easter, please know that I keep all of our CatholicMom.com readers in my thoughts and prayers. I love hearing from you, so please feel free to me at lisa@catholicmom.com any time to share your stories and feedback. Lisa Hendey Founder and Editor, CatholicMom.com

2 Please note: Some of our lesson plans contain links to Christian, non-catholic resources. When preparing your lessons, we urge you to inform yourself on the teachings of the Catholic Church with respect to the Sunday gospel and readings. If you find links in any of the lesson plans which may be counter to the teachings of the Church, please notify These lessons plan helpers are designed to assist you in pulling together creative ideas and activities to supplement your lesson plan, but are not designed to be catechetical in nature. Thank you for your continued prayerful support. Activities February 3, 2008 Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time Gospel - Matthew 5: 1-12 Sermon on the Mount Beatitudes catholicmom.com Scroll down to Coloring Page, Mass Worksheet, Crossword Puzzle, newadvent.org The Eight Beatitudes jesuschristsavior.net The Eight Beatitudes of Jesus and their meanings. ainglkiss.com The Beatitudes explained for young children. silk.net/reled/ Resources on the Beatitudes in general and on each of the Beatitudes. rotation.infopop.cc Beatitudes lesson plans with crafts, activities, snacks, games, drama, etc. salt.claretianpubs.org Climb the ladder of the Beatitudes. word-sunday.com Lectionary resource. members.tripod.com/~roberwells/

3 What each Beatitude means is answered. textweek.com Lectionary, Scripture Study and Worship Links and Resources webelieveweb.com e=eng&book=0 Scroll down to Gospel Reflection, Discussion Questions for the Gospel, and Proclaiming Faith Activities children.calvarychapel.com The Beatitudes lesson with memory verses, circle the correct words, true or false, fill in the blanks, puzzles, and color sheets. ebibleteacher.com Sermon on the Mount: Blessed Are Those... lesson with discussions, songs, crafts, games, questions, worksheets, memory work, etc. msssbible.com Sermon on the Mount references with illustrating the story, coloring/activity sheets, crafts, Sabbath School Lesson, etc. word-sunday.com Who is Happier, Mark or Daniel? Lesson gardenofpraise.com The Beatitudes lesson with questions, test, word search, and crossword The "Bee - Attitudes" object lesson with coloring page, word search, and puzzle. The Happy Puppy object lesson with coloring page, word search, and puzzle. sundayschoollessons.com God Redistributes Blessings and Heartaches lesson sundayschoollessons.com Jesus Counts Our Blessings For Us lesson

4 baptist-church.suite101.com The Beatitudes and Being Blessed- Preschool Sunday School Lesson Plan Ideas game ideas, snack, and craft. medievalmind.blogspot.com A creative way to present and teach the Beatitudes to students. childrensermons.com Blessed Are object lesson childrensermons.com Show Mercy object lesson homiliesby .com Activity sheets, coloring pages, puzzles, etc. Coloring The Sermon on the Mount applesaucekids.com The Sermon on the Mount childrenstory.info Sermon on the Mount s.pdf Jesus Giving the Beatitudes mscperu.org Clip art servicioskoinonia.org Clip art

5 Beatitude #1 coloring page Beatitude #3 coloring page Beatitude #5 coloring page Beatitude #7 coloring page Crafts sundayschoolcrafts.com A Mother s Beatitudes- Print this out and have the children decorate it. Laminate or make a special frame to put it in to give to their mother. bellaonline.com Beatitude Bunny Use these bee crafts and put the child s favorite Beatitude on it: dltk-kids.com Handprint Bumblebee Craft first-school.ws Printable Bee Craft allfreecrafts.com Free fun foam bee craft with template akidsheart.com Printable Bee Craft

6 Games CatholicMom.com Gospel Activity Celebrating Our Catholic Faith rainbowcastle.org Beatitude Cards Matching rainbowcastle.org Bee and Beehive Matching for Beatitudes Color Your Actions- (The Really Big Book of Bible Games, page 161). Kindness Toss- (The Really Big Book of Bible Games, page 231). Bucket Brigade- (The Really Big Book of Bible Games, page 70). Puzzles Maze Blessed Are the Pure in Heart- The hearts are broken and need to be mended by love. Cut out the pieces and match them together. What do the pictures show? (Big Puzzles for Little Hands: Jesus Life and Lessons by Carla Williams, page 40). People May Dislike You- Peter and John were brought before the religious leaders. Hidden in this picture are a cat, a Bible, an airplane, a ball, a pencil and a kite. (Big Puzzles for Little Hands: Jesus Life and Lessons by Carla Williams, page 42). Don Crownover s Bible Puzzles christianbiblereference.org gardenofpraise.com

7 edoxy.com and Crossword puzzles gardenofpraise.com Crossword sewhttkr.home.comcast.net Crossword sewhttkr.home.comcast.net Answer to crossword Crossword Break the Code #1 with answers Break the Code #2 with answers Break the Code #3 with answers Quiz gardenofpraise.com The Beatitudes fill in the blanks with word bank. Skit home.mchsi.com The Bee Attitudes

8 Worksheets catholicmom.com Beatitudes Matching worksheet Beatitude Match with answers m Beatitude Reflections with answers m Beatitude Equations with answers Beatitude fill in the blanks with answers Beatitude Match It with answers blestarewe.com Unscramble the words. Use the circled letters to complete the last sentence.