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Consecration Curriculum Grades 6–8 Kerygma Lesson

Diocese of Metuchen Consecration to Our Lady of Guadalupe

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Teacher Guide Lesson: Kerygma Grades 6–8

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Begin class with a prayer, such as

the Our Father or Hail Mary. Or

lead students in the Consecration

Prayer.

Consecration Prayer: God our Loving Father, we lift up

our hearts in gratitude for sending Our Virgin Mother of

Guadalupe to set hearts on fire in the “New World” with

the saving message of the Gospel.

She is our compassionate Mother and she desires to

remedy our troubles, miseries and pain by bringing us into a

saving friendship with her Son Jesus Christ.

We turn again with renewed confidence and

outstretched arms to our Virgin Mother of Guadalupe to

set our hearts on fire in our Diocese of Metuchen as we prepare to be consecrated to her maternal care.

Give to each one of us a desire to be a missionary

disciple—so that the world may come to know the

transformative love of Christ through us.

Mother of the Americas and Star of the New

Evangelization, pray for us.

Read aloud the following

scripture verse. Scripture: (Mark 10:48–49) He cried out all the more,

“Son of David, have mercy on me!” And Jesus stopped and

said, “Call him.” And they called the blind man, saying to

him, “Take heart; rise, he is calling you.”

Show or distribute the image of

“Christ Healing the Blind Man”

and read aloud the prompt.

Prompt: Students, I am going to share a picture with you,

and see if you can figure out what is going on in this picture.


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Let students look at the picture

for a few minutes. Distribute

black-and-white coloring page and

read aloud the prompt.

Prompt: Let’s take a look at this picture in a different way.

Here is the picture again but now you get to add the color.

Alternative to Coloring: Recreate the Scene

Alternative: If students want a

more active project, break the

students into groups of 7 and

read the following prompt.

Smaller groups can leave out

some of the people in the

background of “Christ Healing

the Blind Man.”

Prompt: I want to give you a chance to experience what is

going on in the picture by recreating it. Each group will

recreate the picture, as if you were going to have your

photograph taken. Each of you will pose as one of the

characters in the picture, trying to stand where the

characters stand, do what they do, and look as much like

them as possible.

After you do it once, take turns trading characters, until

each one of you has posed as every character in the picture.

After students have had a chance

to play the different characters in

“Christ Healing the Blind Man,”

call the students back to their

seats and read aloud the prompt

or write the text of the prompt

on the board.

Prompt: Write an answer to these questions.

Questions: Who is standing still in the picture? Who is

moving? Who is moving the fastest and how can you tell?

Was there anything about the picture that you did not

notice until you recreated it? If so, what?

Let students color or recreate

the scene and write for 10–15

minutes. When you are ready to

move to the discussion, read

aloud the prompt.

Prompt: Let’s stop coloring (or writing) for a moment.

Take another look at the picture I showed you. Then let’s

see who can guess what is happening in the picture.


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Lead students in a discussion by

asking the following questions.

Good answers are provided

below each question.

Students may not know the

answer to every question, but

you can continue to involve them

in the discussion by asking them

to guess at the answers and

letting them share their thoughts

and reactions.

1. Look at the kneeling man. What is leaning against his

shoulder?

A staff.

2. Are his eyes open or mostly closed?

His eyes are mostly closed.

3. Why is he carrying a staff? Why aren’t his eyes fully open

and looking ahead?

He needs the staff to feel the path ahead and help him find his way. His

eyes are mostly closed because he cannot use them to see. He is blind,

which means he is not able to see.

4. Is the kneeling man rich or poor? How can you tell?

He is poor. You can tell from his robe and belt, which are a little ragged

at the edges. His name is Bartimaeus. He is a blind beggar.

5. What is a beggar?

A beggar is someone who has no money and is not able to work, so he

must ask other people to give him money in order to live. Bartimaeus is

very poor.

6. Who is in the center of the picture, reaching out to touch

Bartimaeus’ eyes?

Jesus is in the center of the picture.

7. Who is Jesus?

Jesus is God. He became a man to save us from our sins and give us

happiness with him forever and ever. He saved us so we could become

children of God and his brothers and sisters.

8. Look at Bartimaeus’ face. Does it seem more like he is

smiling or crying out? How can you tell?

He seems to be crying out. The corners of his mouth are turned down.


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Continue with the discussion.

9. Can you guess how Bartimaeus is feeling?

He seems a little sad or maybe in need of help.

10. Why is Bartimaeus reaching out to Jesus? What is wrong?

He is blind and wishes he could see. He hopes that Jesus will heal him.

11. How did Bartimaeus become blind?

We don’t know how Bartimaeus lost his power to see. We do know

how blindness and every other bad thing entered the world. When the

first human beings, Adam and Eve, lost their trust in God and sinned, it

hurt our friendship with God. Without God, sin, sickness, and all bad

things entered our world. Jesus came to fix this.

Question 12 has no suggested

correct answer. It serves to help

the students recognize that they

share Bartimaeus’ experience to

some degree. You can simply

pose question 12, pausing to note

student reactions, and then move

to the next question. Or you can

ask for a show of hands or solicit

reactions and responses.

12. Maybe you have experienced some of these bad things?

Sickness of the body, like colds, flu, or fever? Sickness of

the mind and heart: sins, for example, bullying, lying, or

fighting? Yes or no?

13. Now take a look at everyone’s feet. Who is standing still?

The four men in the background.

14. Who are the men in the background?

Disciples of Jesus and people from the nearby town of Jericho.

15. Are their hands open or closed?

Their hands are wide open.

16. Can you guess how they are feeling?

They are amazed that Jesus can heal Bartimaeus without tools or

medicine, simply because he is God.


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17. Who is moving in the picture? How can you tell?

The young boy, Bartimaeus, and Jesus are moving. You can tell by the

way their bodies are positioned, especially the feet.

The young boy’s feet are apart and his knees are bent like he is running.

Bartimaeus’ right knee is forward. The other knee is a little off the

ground and both hands are stretched out. This suggests Bartimaeus was

running and then started to kneel. We see him just after he began to

kneel and reach out to Jesus.

Jesus has his left foot forward. The heel of his right foot is slightly off the

ground. This shows he is walking forward to reach Bartimaeus.

18. Can you guess why they are moving?

The young boy is moving in for a closer look: he is amazed that Jesus

can heal Bartimaeus. Bartimaeus is rushing towards Jesus because he is

blind and wants to be healed. Jesus is hurrying towards Bartimaeus

because he loves and wants to help Bartimaeus.

19. Did Jesus heal Bartimaeus?

Yes, Jesus asked Bartimaeus “What do you want me to do for you?”

And Bartimaeus said, “Lord, let me receive my sight.” So Jesus healed

Bartimaeus and gave him the power to see. Bartimaeus became a friend

and follower of Jesus.

20. Did Jesus ever heal anyone else?

Jesus healed many people whose bodies were sick. He also healed

people’s minds and hearts by forgiving their sins and helping them to

become his brothers and sisters.


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21. What are some examples?

Jesus healed people who were not able to speak, hear, see, or walk. He

healed people of deadly diseases like leprosy. He raised people from the

dead, like Jairus’s daughter, the son of a widow in the town of Nain, and

his own friend Lazarus. Jesus also healed people in their minds and

hearts by forgiving their sins. He did this often. In Luke 5:17–39, Jesus

does both: he heals a man who is not able to walk and also forgives his

sins. Jesus continues to offer us healing today.

22. Why does Jesus heal us?

Jesus heals us because he loves us. Just like he helped Bartimaeus, he

wants to help us. God made us because he loved us. He became a man

to heal us from our sins and give us happiness with him forever.

End the discussion by reading aloud

the prompt. You can direct the

students to answer aloud, to write

their answer, or to think quietly

about how they would answer the

question without saying their

answers aloud.

Prompt: Let’s take a few moments to think. Is everything in my life

perfect? Or am I like Bartimaeus? Is there something in my life that I

want Jesus to heal? It can be anything. A sin: maybe I hurt someone’s

feelings and I am ashamed. It could be a problem in my family or at

school, sickness, sadness, any kind of problem.

If we go to Jesus like Bartimaeus, we can be sure Jesus will heal us. Jesus

can forgive any sin and help with any problem.

Take-home activity

Read aloud or write the take-home

assignment text on the board.

Assignment Text: Spend a little time looking at the image of Jesus. If

you want, you can talk to him in your own words. If there is anything

you want Jesus to heal, you can ask him and say what Bartimaeus said:

“Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”

End class by reading aloud the

following scripture verse.

Scripture: (Luke 18:42–43) And Jesus said to him, “Receive your sight;

your faith has made you well.” And immediately he received his sight

and followed him, glorifying God; and all the people, when they saw it,

gave praise to God.

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