I hope everyone had a safe and fun Halloween. I spent the evening at home giving out candy and watching country music videos. I saw some of my sweet little patients trick-or-treating.
OK that is the one I wanted!
We tried to have a high school party and met at the church. Only 4 students came so we had a good time at the movies and saw the comedy, "chick flick" that was out and thoroughly enjoyed it. We will have to do it again.
Well this week started off with mass and we celebrated the feast of St. Martin de Porres. He was a priest in Peru in the when there was a lot of prejudice because his parents were of Spanish and Black descent. Because of that he was treated very poorly and had a hard time even becoming a priest. When we visited Peru 2 years ago we saw his burial and church dedicated to him. Father Jason told us how he ministered to the African slaves in Peru and served the poorest of his community. Father told the students how in America we waste enough food to feed the poor and starving in other countries. A lot to think about! In our readings at mass Jesus tells us to the greatest commandment to love God and then our neighbors as ourselves.
At class we started with a quiz over Lesson 4 in our teen Timeline series. I must say the students did a good job especially since it had been 2 weeks since watching the video. I was very pleased, KEEP IT UP!
This weeks lesson 5 in the series covered 1st and 2nd Samuel and 1st and 2nd Kings in the Bible. We started off with the Israelites wanting a King so God gives them Saul who unites the tribes. However because of his failings God has the prophet Samuel pick his replacement and he picks David from the house of Jesse. David the shepherd who because of his great faith will later beat Goliath. David is the portrait of Courage. David then expands the Kingdom but he also fails with Bathsheba. But David repents and God forgives him. David and Bathsheba's son will be the next king. Solomon builds the temple for the Ark of the Covenant. But all of the building causes taxes and dissension and the united kingdom splits into a Northern and Southern Kingdom. During the years of the divided kingdom God sends numerous prophets to help the Israelites and we heard a little bit about Isaiah, Jeremiah, Josiah, and Hosea.
We learned a lot this week and got a lot of tidbits to give us incentives to read and learn further by reading our Bible.
Before I finish I want to remind parents and student about the Owensboro Diocesan Youth Conference in Bowling Green on November 19-20. So far we have 9 students with Allie, Mary and me. I hope others will consider going to this event.
Have a wonderful week you will be in my prayers,
Dr. Joyce
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