Jesus Invites Us To Be Supportive
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Objective: For children to experience the feelings and needs of other people, such as a
expression of solidarity.
The term solidarity refers to that feeling and value through which people feel
and recognize each other, sharing the same obligations, interests, and ideals. When two or more people
they mutually collaborate to achieve a common goal, we speak of solidarity. This value is of great
transcendence for humanity, as it made it possible to confront great challenges and assaults
from adversity. "Being supportive" means caring about others, making an effort to provide help to those
they are in difficulties. This way of being of people is inspired by the desire to feel
useful and do good and is rewarded when the living conditions of those you care about improve
help improve.
The basis of solidarity lies in:
to know, feel, and assume that the human condition unites us with other people;
respect the differences between people;
to assume responsibility towards others, and before history, to build and share a better world.
Solidarity Day is celebrated every August 26 since 1998. This date commemorates the
the birth of Mother Teresa of Calcutta, and as an important event our Archdiocese it
celebrate throughout the month of August.
Motivation
1. Deliver photocopies with drawings of boys and girls showing different expressions: joy, fear,
tranquility, anger, sadness.
2. Ask the children to come up with a name and a story for each of the drawings and share them.
with the group: For example, María is angry because her little brother broke her homework, etc.
3. When everyone has a story, we ask them to share situations in which they have been.
sense in the same way.
Helping them understand how another person feels is the first step towards solidarity.
5. Ask them to think of someone in the community or at school who is going through a difficult time.
difficult and see how we can help him.
When we practice solidarity daily, we realize that we contribute to creating a society
more just, and more focused on the values of the Gospel that help us grow and be better people.
Even if we see that the people around us do not practice solidarity, respect, or any
value that we have learned, we should not get discouraged, on the contrary, we should keep practicing our
values, and be the example that others need.
Lighting: We read John 6:1-15
Reflection: (Guidelines)
Among the characters that participate in this story about the miracle of the multiplication of the loaves and the fish
fish, besides Jesus, the apostles, and the crowd, the boy who has the loaves and the fish passes very
unnoticed, it is barely mentioned, but his generosity and solidarity were very important for Jesus.
he performed the miracle of the multiplication of the loaves and fishes.
When it comes to helping others, many times we have in our baskets the five loaves and two
fish that our neighbor needs. Sometimes it's a donation, sometimes it's yielding the right of way in the street or a
a simple smile that restores confidence to someone who has experienced a mishap.
The five loaves are a representation of the talents that God has gifted us. If we keep them to ourselves...
we ourselves can go to waste. The miracle begins when that boy gave Jesus his
loaves, so that he could feed a whole crowd...
We talked about what we read
a) Why were Jesus and the apostles tired?
b) What food did a child have?
c) What did Jesus do with the loaves and fish?
d) How many ate?
e) What does this miracle remind you of?
Activity:
We made a drawing about the Gospel that we read today.
Sentence:
Walking in the footsteps of Jesus is living attentively to the needs of others and committing to life.
worthy of all.
We pray an Our Father.
