SAINTS – FIRST COMMUNION YEAR 1

1. God wants everyone to be a saint. Saints are the people in God’s Family in heaven.

2. Know that God is a Family: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

3. Know that we become part of God’s Family through Baptism, but we keep growing as His children until we get to heaven. People in heaven are called saints. We are all to desire to be saints. With God’s grace (both His life and His help) we can be saints.

4. We should also ask the saints to help us to be holy. They are our friends, our brothers and sisters, in heaven. They want us to be with them in heaven.

5. Know that angels are not saints, they are God’s helpers.

6. Know the following new saints:

- Sts. Zechariah, Elizabeth and John the Baptist, Jesus’ cousins.

Circumstances surrounding John’s birth. The Visitation. John the Baptist as the last prophet, sent to prepare the way for Jesus and calling for repentance. Jesus’ baptism by John.

- St. Nicholas, the first real Santa Claus.

- St. Francis of Assisi, his love for all God’s creatures, great and small, the happy friar who gave up his family and fortune to devote his life to God and the poor.

- St. Valentine, priest, martyr, secretly married couples, was arrested, while there converted the jailor by restoring sight to his daughter

- Guardian angels. Everyone has at least one guardian angel, who is our special helper and protector.

- Mary is the Mother of God and Mary is Our Mother.

7. Review:

-Jesus’ first family: Father, Jesus (Son). and the Holy Spirit

-Jesus’ family on earth began with: Mary, Jesus and Joseph (the Holy Family)

-Archangel Gabriel the one who came to Mary, awaited her “yes” and announced Jesus’ birth

-Sts. Joachim and Ann, Mary’s parents and Jesus’ grandparents

Father

Son (Jesus)

Holy Spirit

Mary

Joseph

Sts. Joachim and Ann

Sts. Zechariah and Elizabeth

St. John the Baptist

St. Nicholas (Santa Claus)

St. Francis of Assisi

St. Valentine

Guardian Angels

Archangel Gabriel

Mary, Mother of God

Mary, Our Mother