Jesus Christ, Son of God

The Name Jesus

Often parents think about the names of __________ members and ________ when thinking of a name for their child

In the Bible people’s names often describe he roles they played in God’s plan of ______________

The Hebrew name Jesus means “______ __________”

The very name of Jesus reveals that he is the ___________ of the world

Titles for Jesus

All of God’s promises in the Bible come true in _________

Jesus is the ________, the ________ and ________ of the world

These titles express our ________ in who Jesus is and the work the Father sent him to do

Titles for Jesus: Messiah

Throughout the ______ ____________, God promised to send a messiah

The title messiah means “________ ______” The Messiah would save, or deliver God’s people

from their _______ Matthew’s Gospel tells that ________ _________

the Apostle confessed his faith in Jesus to be the Messiah

Titles for Jesus: Christ

The English word Christ is used for the Hebrew word ________ and the Greek word ________

Through Jesus we have been freed from ____ and given new ______

Saint ___________ wrote, Christ Jesus came into the world to save _______ (1 Timothy 1:15)

Titles for Jesus: Lord

The Israelites used the word Lord for God in place of the divine name ________

When we call Jesus “Lord” we are professing our faith that Jesus Christ is truly ______

He is the ______ of God, the ________ divine Person of the ________ _________

The Announcement of the Birth of Jesus

The Angel Gabriel told Mary that the ______ _________ would come to her and that she would conceive a son and name him _______

We call this moment in the life of Mary the _____________ After the birth of Jesus, _______’s Gospel tells us that an

angel of God appeared to the _________, announcing them the birth of Jesus

The angel said to them, “Do not be _______; for behold, I proclaim to you _______ _________ of the great joy that will be for all people. For today in the city of _________ a ________ has been born for you who is _________ and _________ (Luke 2:10-11)

The Birth of Jesus

The Church names the mystery of the Son of God becoming man the ___________ and means “________ on _________”

Jesus is true ______ and true _______ We read in Luke’s Gospel, “Joseph too went up from

Galilee from the town of _________ to Judea, to the city of David that is called __________.

The story of the ________ of the infant Jesus lying in the __________ in ___________ is told over and over, year after year

The account of the birth of Jesus is found only in the Gospels of Saint ________ and Saint ________

Mary, the Mother of Jesus

Mary and Joseph shared the ________ faith with Jesus Luke’s Gospel tells us that when Jesus was twelve years

old, Mary, Joseph, and Jesus traveled to Jerusalem to celebrate the Jewish feast of ________

When Jesus was an adult, Mary sometimes traveled with him and the ________

John’s Gospel tells us that at a wedding in _______ there was little ______ left and Mary let Jesus know this. Jesus responded by changing ________ in six stone jars into _______

Mary, the Mother of God

Each year on ___________ 1st, the __________ of Mary, the Mother of God we remember and celebrate that Mary is the Mother of Jesus who is true _____ and true ______

This honor God has blessed Mary with is a _________ of ________

Mary, our Mother

Mary is our _________ Mother and the Mother of the ________

We take Mary, our ________, into our homes and into our _______ as the disciple John and the early _________ did

We believe that Mary cares for us, watches over us, and wants us to grow closer to __________

Madonna and Child

From the early days of the Church, the Church has expressed her ________ to Mary through ______

The word _________ means “My Lady” and manifests the love and devotion of the ________ for Mary